SEOUL, Mar. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – The government will launch a new initiative aimed at enriching the cultural experiences of young people across the country. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said Wednesday it will issue the “youth cultural-arts pass,” a program designed to empower all residents aged 19 with greater access to the [...]
SEOUL, July 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of young South Koreans preparing for exams for public jobs and professional licenses has fallen for the second year in a row, data showed Tuesday. Some 634,000 people out of 4.16 million economically inactive people aged 15-29 have been preparing for exams to land jobs this year, [...]
SEOUL, April 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Six out of 10 South Korean young people think it is unnecessary to get married and have kids, a government survey showed Saturday. The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family conducted the triennial poll on 7,100 people aged between 9 and 24 and 4,800 parental caregivers from November through [...]
SEJONG, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of young South Koreans preparing for job exams rose in May this year, data showed Wednesday, as job markets are hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. The data released by Statistics Korea showed that 804,000, or 17 percent, of 4.73 million economically inactive youths aged 15-29 prepared [...]
SEJONG, Jul. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of young South Koreans are preparing for state exams for public jobs and professional licenses, data showed Tuesday. The data released by Statistics Korea showed that 714,000, or 15.3 percent, of 4.68 million economically inactive youths aged 15-29 prepared for state exams in May, up 2.2 [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Sixteen percent of young South Korean students are at risk of smartphone or Internet addiction, a poll released by the government said Tuesday. According to the survey of 1,286,567 fourth, seventh and 10th graders by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, 206,102 students, or 16 percent, were found [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean youths appear far more open than adults toward immigrants, as the country has seen a growing number of marriages between South Korean and foreign partners, and children born to these couples, according to a government survey released Thursday. The survey, conducted by the Ministry of Gender Equality [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of youths getting treated for alcohol addiction neared 2,000 last year, doubling from seven years ago, a report said Wednesday. The drinking rate among the young is declining, but the severity of problems from drinking is still heavy, with one out of two youths drinking to dangerous [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will expand providing free medical examinations to more than 7 million people in their 20s and 30s next year, the government said Wednesday. According to a revision to the relevant health law that will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2019, some 7.2 million people who had [...]