SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The government and the ruling People Power Party (PPP) agreed Tuesday to take measures to support the unemployed youth and to swiftly pass a bill aimed at assisting the “youth in crisis.” During their policy consultations, the two sides decided to support young people seeking employment by increasing work [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent survey has revealed that young adults in South Korea are at the forefront of changing media consumption habits, with 20-somethings spending an average of 70 minutes daily on online video streaming services (OTT). The “2024 Target Report,” released on August 26 by MezzoMedia, a digital marketing firm under [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study has uncovered concerning patterns in the health behaviors of South Korean youth, with flavored tobacco products playing a significant role in initiating smoking habits and alcohol consumption beginning as early as middle school. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) released statistics from its Youth Health [...]
WASHINGTON, Jul. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The U.S. special envoy for global youth issues will travel to Korea’s southeastern city of Busan this week to attend the first-ever trilateral youth leadership program involving people from South Korea, the United States and Japan, the State Department said Tuesday. Abby Finkenauer plans to visit Busan from Wednesday [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The yearly number of drug offenders surpassed the 20,000 mark for the first time last year, driven by increases among young people and women, a report showed Wednesday. A record high of 27,611 people were apprehended for drug-related offenses last year, marking nearly a 50 percent increase from the [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul, long hailed as a global metropolis, is rapidly shrinking, battered by low birth rates and an aging populace. Over the past two decades, the city has lost over 600,000 residents, with one in five people leaving the districts of Nowon, Dobong, and Gangbuk. As projections indicate that Seoul’s population [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The gender ministry is set to launch an official survey on isolated and reclusive teens for the first time starting Tuesday as part of efforts to identify such groups and come up with support measures. Isolated teenagers refer to those without someone to rely on in case of emergencies, [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – A staggering 43 percent of patients who visited emergency rooms after attempting suicide in South Korea last year were under 30 years old, including teenagers and those in their 20s, according to a government survey released on Tuesday. The “2023 Survey on Suicide” by the Ministry of Health and Welfare [...]
JEONJU, Mar. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Ask Im Chung-sik, a 48-year-old resident of Jeonju, if he considers himself a “youth,” and his answer typifies the blurred boundaries around the definition. “Does that even matter at my age?” replied Im, who is approaching the “ji-cheon-myeong” – the traditional age at 49 when one is said to gain [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – In a bid to help teenagers with drug addiction recover their daily lives and foster self-reliance, the South Korean government plans to pilot the country’s first residential treatment camps in the latter half of this year. According to the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, the state-run Korea Youth Counseling [...]