SEOUL, Oct. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans’ happiness level is rising slowly but surely, unlike what the country’s ranking on happiness indices might suggest, according to a presidential committee promoting national cohesion. The Presidential Committee of National Cohesion said in a paper published last month that it reached the conclusion after comparing and analyzing [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The happiness index, representing the level of life satisfaction, remains low among South Korean adults. According to a report from the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, a research team conducted a study of 226,545 adults over 19 years of age who participated in the community health survey in [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — While the COVID-19 pandemic has pulled down the level of happiness and overall life satisfaction among the public, the sense of solidarity has strengthened, a report said Sunday. The Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs conducted a survey of 3,923 men and women between the ages of 19 [...]
SEOUL, May 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 1 in 5 children in South Korea said they are unhappy, citing pressure to do well at school as the biggest reason, a survey showed Thursday, as the country marked Children’s Day. According to the poll conducted by the health ministry and the National Center for the Rights [...]
SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Asking each generation to look back on their school life, the younger generation was less happy than the older generation, a Seoul-based charity said Monday. A recent study conducted by ChildFund Korea showed that millenials, members of Generation Z and high school teenagers were more likely to have a poor [...]
SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — While people are happier if they can earn more by working longer, the level of happiness stops rising after reaching a certain level of income, even if longer working hours results in a higher income, a recent study revealed. The Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs conducted a [...]
SEOUL, March 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea ranked 59th among 146 countries in a U.N.-sponsored world happiness index. The Sustainable Development Solutions Network under the United Nations announced the 2022 World Happiness Report on Friday (local time). Finland topped the list for the fifth consecutive year, followed by Denmark, Switzerland and Iceland. South Korea [...]
SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean’s happiness levels hit a new low last August, during the second wave of the coronavirus outbreak, the latest survey showed. Last year, the Center for Happiness Studies at Seoul National University, in collaboration with Kakao Corp.’s charity foundation, conducted a survey of 1.4 million South Koreans over [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent survey has revealed that most individuals living by themselves in Seoul intended to continue to live alone, but their sense of happiness showed a tendency to decline during their 40s. On Wednesday, the Seoul Metropolitan City Government unveiled the results of its analysis of the Statistics Korea [...]
SEOUL, June 16 (Korea Bizwire) — One out of two residents of agricultural communities turned out to feel happy with their current life, with young farmers, among others, having the strongest feeling of happiness, a recent survey revealed. The Rural Development Administration revealed on Sunday the results of a survey it conducted from Sept. 1 [...]