SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea saw an increase in the average first-marriage age last year, with men marrying at an average age of 33.7 and women at 31.3, up from a year ago. The number of first marriages declined, while the number of single-person households increased. On Wednesday, the Ministry of Gender [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The employment rate for women exceeded the 60 percent mark for the first time last year, but the wage gap between genders still remains high, a government report showed Wednesday. The employment index for women aged 15 to 64 reached 60 percent in 2022, up 7.3 percentage points from [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A significant proportion of South Korean women have experienced workplace sexual harassment, a survey showed Sunday. According to a survey conducted by local pollster Embrain Public, upon the request of the civic organizations Gapjil 119 and the Beautiful Foundation, 35.2 percent of women said that they had experienced sexual [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Half of South Korean men are single without having been married before, while 1 in 3 women are also single, data showed Tuesday. According to a report released by Statistics Korea, there were 192,000 marriages in South Korea last year, a drop of 103,000 cases since 1970. The crude [...]
SEOUL, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Women’s burden of domestic work, such as cleaning and childcare, continues even into old age, an analysis of data showed Tuesday. Statistics Korea analyzed the lifecycle deficit using the newly-developed NTTA (National Time Transfer Accounts) statistics. The analysis revealed that the younger generation, aged 0 to 14, had a [...]
SEOUL, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) — In the last three years, career interruptions due to the coronavirus pandemic have become a serious problem among South Korean women, with a higher percentage of them experiencing career interruptions compared to men, and it takes longer for them to return to the job market. The Ministry of Gender [...]
SEOUL, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent series of violent crimes against ex-girlfriends is causing unrest and fear among the female population in South Korea. Last Friday, in Seoul’s Geumcheon District, a 47-year-old woman was murdered by a 33-year-old man after she asked for a breakup. The murder was an act of retribution and [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Men waiting to join the military and women pursuing their studies had the highest level of perceived gender conflict, a government study has shown. Notably, the perception of gender conflict among women negatively affected their intention to have children. The joint study by the Ministry of Gender Equality and [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The proportion of female executives at South Korea’s major companies came to 7 percent in the first quarter of 2023 following last year’s implementation of a related law, a corporate tracker said Tuesday. The number of female executives at 349 out of the country’s top 500 firms by sales [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of infants born to mothers in their 40s has significantly increased compared to a decade ago, data showed Monday, indicating the growing prevalence of older-age childbirth in the present era characterized by low birth rates. According to data received by Rep. Shin Hyun-young of the Democratic Party [...]