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Younger Generation of Korean Females Experience Earlier First Period
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The research showed that women born in 1988 went through their first period when they were around 13 years old. (image: Jeollanamdo Office of Education)
SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) The average age when South Korean young women experience their first period has dropped by five months over the past 15 years, a recent study revealed.
Researchers from Inje University Sanggye Paik Hospital studied the average age of women who had experienced their first period among 351,006 women between 12 and 18 years of age from a 2006 to 2015 online survey on health patterns among teenagers, coming up with the said results.
Pet Owners Feel South Korean Vets are Too Expensive
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Roughly one-third of hospital visitors claimed that they spent more than 100,000 won (US$92) per visit. (Yonhap)
SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) The vast majority of visitors to vet clinics feel uncomfortable with the exorbitant cost of medical treatment as well as overtreatment, a consumer advocacy group said Tuesday.
The Consumer Union of Korea conducted a survey of 1,000 consumers with prior experience of visiting a vet clinics, 80.7 percent of whom felt uncomfortable with the medical costs.
A single medical procedure normally costs 83,000 won (US$76.50) on average, up by 9.6 percent since the previous survey (75,000 won). Roughly one-third of clinic visitors claimed that they spent more than 100,000 won per visit.
S. Korea to Restrict Abuse of Refugee Status Applications
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Unidentified Yemeni asylum seekers leave the immigration office on the southern island of Jeju after receiving humanitarian stay permits on Sept. 14, 2018. (image: Yonhap)
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) The government has decided to impose stricter measures to prevent abuse of refugee status applications with malicious intent to extend the duration of stay.
The Ministry of Justice announced the introduction of a newly amended refugee law Monday that will reject all reapplications for refugee status unless an exceptional reason is provided.
Any reapplications without a reasonable explanation may irreversibly deprive the applicant’s rights to be reviewed for refugee status.
Home Ownership is Important, but Impossible: Millenials
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This photo taken July 28, 2020, shows apartment complexes in southern Seoul. (Yonhap)
SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) More than 7 in 10 millennials believe buying a home is necessary, but most don’t have high enough incomes to do so, a recent study showed.
Mirae Asset Investment and Pension Center conducted a nationwide survey of 700 men and women between 25 and 39 years of age, 70.6 percent of whom believed buying a home was necessary.
Home ownership appears to a pipe dream for many, as 73 percent of respondents believed that their current level of income wasn’t high enough to purchase a home.