SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent survey has revealed that one in five South Korean adults believes the government’s decision to designate October 1st, Armed Forces Day, as a temporary public holiday is inappropriate. Polling firm PMI announced on September 20 that it had surveyed 3,000 South Koreans aged 20-69 about their thoughts on [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Smoking accounted for more than 80 percent of in-flight illegal acts reported by South Korea’s 10 carriers in the past five years, government data showed Tuesday. In the five years through July this year, 1,509, or 80.8 percent, out of 1,868 illegal acts were related to smoking onboard, according [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The proportion of one-person households in South Korea is projected to surpass 40 percent in 2052 amid a delay in marriages and rapid aging, the statistics agency said Thursday. The number of households consisting of one member is forecast to reach 9.62 million in 2052, taking up 41.3 percent [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s total births fell to a fresh low in 2023, while the proportion of babies born to mothers who were unmarried reached an all-time high, data showed Wednesday. A total of 230,000 babies were born last year, down 7.7 percent from a year earlier, according to the data [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Nearly half of South Korea’s population is experiencing prolonged feelings of embitterment, according to a recent study. The research, conducted by a team led by professor Yoo Myung-soon at Seoul National University’s Graduate School of Public Health, reveals that 1 in 10 South Koreans is grappling with severe levels of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of South Korean youth opting to remain economically inactive without a specific reason set a new record in July, data showed Sunday, amid economic uncertainties and high job competition. The number of such individuals aged 15 to 29 reached 443,000 last month, an increase of 42,000 from [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of foreign medical doctors in South Korea has been on a steady increase, data showed Saturday, amid a prolonged walkout by doctors and trainee doctors here over a government-proposed spike in the medical school quota. The report comes amid plans by the health ministry to allow foreign [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of patients hospitalized for COVID-19 has grown sharply in South Korea recently amid a virus resurgence in summertime nationwide, health authorities said Friday. The number of people admitted to 220 hospitals nationwide for COVID-19 came to 861 in the first week of August, the highest level since [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Nearly 2,500 cases of prohibited items, including live ammunition and Tasers, have been detected during security checks at South Korean airports over the past 4 1/2 years, data showed Sunday. The Korea Airports Corp., which operates 14 international and domestic airports nationwide, and the Incheon International Airport Corp., the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Men accounted for one-third of employees who took child care leave in the first half of this year, marking the first time the male proportion has surpassed 30 percent, labor data showed Sunday. A total of 69,631 employees received their first child care leave allowance from the national employment [...]