2oceansvibe News | South African and international news

Sponsored by RSAWeb rss
2ov Radio
  • Home
  • About
    • Terms and Conditions
    • Seth Rotherham
  • du Cap Collection
  • Café du Cap
  • Cabine du Cap
  • Media Packs / Advertising
  • Contact
    • Contact
    • Anonymous Tips
    • Twitter
    • Facebook
Seth Rotherham
  • Burning Out? Everything We Know About The ‘Fast Healing’ Industry Exploding In Seoul

    28 Sep 2017 by Sloane Hunter in Health, Lifestyle, Skin Renewal, Vibe
    Related Posts
    • Gangnam Style's Psy Is Still Selling Out Massive Stadiums After 11 Years [Video]
    • Wednesday Morning Spice
    • One Country Stands Out As The World's Biggest Spender On Luxury Goods
    • ‘Korea’s Got Talent’ Singer Who Faked Cancer Dies At 33 [Video]
    • Get Ready For The 'Squid Game' Reality Show Coming To Netflix Soon [Video]

    How many times have you needed that five-minute nap to boost your day?

    Me, countless times. I live for five minute naps, which is why I struggle with a full day’s work.

    Well, South Korea is on it. In 2015, Jung Woon-mo, 59, opened Shim Story. A “public convenience lounge”, Jung realised that ” stressed out and exhausted Koreans had few public parks or other resting areas to go to during their lunch hours in the capita,” explains Quartz:

    Customers, who also include tired students looking for some downtime before going to tutoring sessions, pay 7,000 won ($6.20) to nap for an hour with a drink included.

    When can we get this in Cape Town?

    But nap cafes are part of a bigger movement.

    A growing industry known as “fast healing” is taking hold as tired but time-poor South Koreans look for “quick fixes to soothe not only their bodies, but also their minds”:

    It’s an industry that encompasses everything from massage chairs to yoga to mattresses—the word “sleeponomics” is used to describe the rapidly growing industry servicing Korea’s sleep deprived.

    A “healing fair” held earlier this year in Seoul had over 300 booths selling “healing” products, as well as activities including group yoga, ornament-making classes, and seminars, including one titled “The solution to brain fatigue that makes a happy life.”

    And the idea extends into politics: President Moon Jae-in has promised to “take all of his allotted 21 days of paid leave this year to set a good example for people”.

    That’s not all:

    Moon has pledged to reduce working hours to about 1,800 hours a year, partly in order to increase jobs. Working hours went down after Korea began shifting from a six-day to a five-day work week over a decade ago but that trend has stalled, and one in five employees still works more than 54 hours a week.

    Then again, calling for nap cafes in a city where people work a 10-3 day doesn’t make that much sense, now does it?

    I guess we’re playing catch up around these parts. If you do find yourself exhausted, give Sleep Renewal a call and they can help you sort all that out.

    [source:quartz]

    • ← Peppa Pig Breaks China
    • The Latest Round Of Celebs Reading ‘Mean Tweets’ On Kimmel Is Great [Video] →
    • Tweet
    • Tags:
    • nap cafe
    • Seoul
    • sleep
    • sleep renewal
    • sleeping
    • south korea

    Latest News

    • London’s Cold War-Era Spy Tunnels May Be Turned Into a High-End Tourist Attraction [Video]

      [imagesource:x/thesun] When London’s mile-long Kingsway Exchange Tunnels were built i...

    • Something Called ‘Functional Mocktails’ Is The New Thing On The Scene

      [imagesource:flickr] With sober curiosity on the rise and a hard no for hard liquor com...

    • Those Hips Do Lie? Spain Is Hammering Down On Shakira For Various Tax Evasion And Fraud Cases

      [imagesource:wikimediacommons] It seems Shakira's hips do lie a little, especially when...

    • Take A Look Inside BMW’s Fully Electric Hydrofoil Yacht “The Icon”

      [imagesource:bmw] BMW has jumped into the 'sustainability on water' market with the rel...

    • The Strange Story Of Sharks That Lived In A Golf Course Pond – Then Vanished [Video]

      [imagesource:freedomain] Golfers have had to deal with alligators before, but sharks in...


    • 2oceansvibe Partners

    • CONTACT US
    • GOT A HOT STORY?
    • 2oceansvibe Radio
    • 2oceansvibe Media
    • Media Pack
    • Seth Rotherham
    • Café du Cap
    • Cabine du Cap
    • Cape Town City Accommodation
    • Terms & Conditions
    • Business
    • Media
    • Entertainment
    • Tech/Sci
    • World
    • Travel
    • Lifestyle
    • Sport
    • Politics
  • Follow

    2oceansvibe.com is part of the 2oceansVibe Media Group

    DMMA Logo