Apr 7, 2020   Retail

[Graphic News] Retail sales up 9.1% in Feb. amid virus pandemic

Retail sales in South Korea rose 9.1 percent in February from a year earlier as more people purchased daily necessities through online platforms amid the spread of the new coronavirus here, data sho...

Apr 6, 2020   Industry

[Graphic News] Car sales fall 15% in March on coronavirus impact

South Korea’s car sales fell 15 percent last month from a year earlier as the spreading coronavirus outbreak affected vehicle production and sales. The country’s five carmakers - Hyundai Motor, Ki...

Apr 5, 2020   Politics

[Graphic News] S. Korea halts overseas election process in US, 24 other nations

South Korea will stop overseas election affairs for the April polls in 41 diplomatic missions of 25 nations, including the United States, over the coronavirus pandemic until April 6, according to th...

Apr 1, 2020   World News

[Graphic News] COVID-19 increases mobile app use in Feb.

People in South Korea spent more time using applications on their mobile devices last month, data showed, amid the spread of the novel coronavirus. Koreans spent an average of 3.9 hours a day on m...

Mar 31, 2020   Industry

[Graphic News] S. Korean exports to China perk up in March

South Korean exports to China are picking up in March as the new coronavirus retreats in the neighboring country, data showed. Daily exports to the world’s second-largest economy averaged $436 mil...

Mar 30, 2020   Social affairs

[Graphic News] S. Korea reports more deaths than births for 3rd month in Jan.

South Korea reported a net decrease in its population for the third consecutive month in January, due mainly to the critically low birthrate that has plagued Asia’s fourth-largest economy for years....

Mar 29, 2020   Sports

[Graphic News] 6 stars for whom Olympics in 2021 may come too late

With the 2020 Olympics postponed until 2021, there are fears the delay will shatter the gold medal hopes of many aging athletes. AFP Sport looks at six evergreen stars for whom a delayed Tokyo Gam...

Mar 26, 2020   Health

[Graphic News] Secondhand smoke kills 880,000 people per year worldwide

More than 880,000 people worldwide died from exposure to secondhand smoke in 2016, compared with nearly 950,000 in 1990, an analysis published by JAMA Network Open concluded. This despite the fact...

Mar 25, 2020   Social affairs

[Graphic News] S. Korea begins coronavirus tests on all arrivals from Europe

Starting Sunday, all people traveling to South Korea from Europe are required to take COVID-19 tests and undergo a two-week quarantine regardless of symptoms. Of the 1,444 people who landed in Kor...

Mar 24, 2020   Social affairs

[Graphic News] Number of marriages hits record low in 2019

The number of South Koreans getting married sank to an all-time low in 2019, government data showed, as young people increasingly delay marriage amid a prolonged economic slowdown. The number of c...

Mar 23, 2020   Business

[Graphic News] S. Korea’s exports of masks up 2,200% in Feb.

South Korea’s exports of protective masks surged nearly 23-fold in February from a year earlier amid the global outbreak of the new coronavirus, data showed, although the volume is likely to plummet...

Mar 22, 2020   Social affairs

[Graphic News] No. of foreign residents in Korea falls below 2.5 million

The number of foreigners staying in South Korea fell nearly 4 percent in January this year, after topping a landmark 2.5 million the previous month, government data showed. According to data relea...

Mar 19, 2020   Social affairs

[Graphic News] Korean adults read fewer books

South Korean adults spent less time reading books last year, in contrast to children, a survey said. According to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s latest survey on the reading habits ...

Mar 18, 2020   Social affairs

[Graphic News] COVID-19 most seriously affects older people

The World Health Organization called for countries to test suspected cases of COVID-19, as the rest of the world registered more infections and deaths in the pandemic than China. The worst affecte...