Watching TV tops the list of leisure activities according to a recent Korean survey...
Since Korea switched to the five-day week, workers have more time for leisure activities, most of them indoors, from the sauna and movie theaters to karaoke bars. The top favorite of watching TV.
A survey by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the Korea Culture & Tourism Policy Institute interviewed 3,000 people over 10 years of age from 15 cities and provinces. It found that watching TV or listening to the radio topped the list of favorite leisure activities since the 40-hour week was introduced. In addition to watching TV, Korean enjoy talking on the phone, games both on-and offline, relaxing at the sauna or bath house, drinking, reading newspapers or magazines, watching movies or other social activities, shopping, taking walks, taking naps, surfing the Net or chatting online. Going for walks was the lone outdoor activity to make the list.
For men, the most popular activities were individual pastimes like playing games, drinking, reading magazines or the paper, while women were keener on relationship-oriented activities like chatting, going to bath houses and shopping. Average daily leisure time was three hours a weekday and five hours and 30 minutes on days off. The average monthly expenditure on leisure activities was $142.00
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