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[Graphic News] COVID-19 vaccines get lukewarm response in South Korea

NationalMar 2, 2021

Less than half of South Koreans are willing to receive COVID-19 vaccine shots immediately, without waiting for further reports on those vaccines’ effects, an opinion poll showed. In the survey con...
[Graphic News] Online food sales see explosive growth in S. Korea

BusinessMar 1, 2021

South Korea’s online food market posted explosive growth in 2020 from a year earlier due to the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, data showed. The value of online food transactions in Asia's ...
[Graphic News] Homebuying top priority for Lotto winners

NationalFeb 25, 2021

More than 40 percent of people who won Lotto, the country‘s most popular lottery, said they will use the prize money to acquire real estate assets, a survey showed. Among 271 Lotto winners in the ...
[Graphic News] Samsung remains No. 2 chip buyer in 2020: report

BusinessFeb 25, 2021

Samsung Electronics remained the world’s second-largest chip buyer behind US tech titan Apple last year, a report showed, while manufacturers’ spending on semiconductors increased due to the pandemi...
[Graphic News] N. Korea ranks lowest in world democracy index: poll

North KoreaFeb 24, 2021

North Korea ranked the lowest in a world democracy index last year for the 16th consecutive year, a recent report showed. North Korea placed at the bottom among the 167 countries polled, with an o...
[Graphic News] Paternity leave increases 23% in 2020

NationalFeb 23, 2021

The number of men going on paternity leave jumped 23 percent last year from the previous year, reflecting cultural and policy changes, the Labor Ministry said. The total number of private sector w...
[Graphic News] Air pollution caused 160,000 deaths in big cities last year

WorldFeb 22, 2021

Serious pollution caused around 160,000 premature deaths in the world’s five most populous cities last year, even as air quality improved in some places due to coronavirus lockdowns, an environmenta...
[Graphic News] Exports of sauces hit all-time high

BusinessFeb 19, 2021

South Korea’s exports of sauces reached an all-time high in 2020 as more people enjoyed cooking at home around the globe amid the new coronavirus pandemic, data showed. Outbound shipments of sauce...
[Graphic News] S. Korea’s exports of cosmetics up 16% in 2020

BusinessFeb 18, 2021

South Korea’s exports of cosmetics shot up 16 percent in 2020 from a year earlier, data showed, on the back of the growing demand from the United States and elsewhere in Asia. Outbound shipments o...
[Graphic News] Over half of S. Koreans in favor of tax hike on high earners: poll

NationalFeb 17, 2021

More than half of South Koreans are in favor of raising taxes for high income earners to mitigate the polarization that has deepened during the pandemic, a poll showed. In the survey of 1,000 Sout...
[Graphic News] S. Korea’s electric car exports shoot up 66% in 2020: KITA

BusinessFeb 16, 2021

South Korea’s exports of electric vehicles advanced nearly 66 percent on-year in 2020, data showed, despite the overall slump in the automobile industry amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Outbound shipme...
[Graphic News] South Korea leads world in innovation

BusinessFeb 15, 2021

South Korea returned to first place in the latest Bloomberg Innovation Index, while the US dropped out of a top 10 that features a cluster of European countries. Korea regained the crown from Germ...
[Graphic News] 2020 sees surge in working days lost to strikes

NationalFeb 10, 2021

The number of working days lost due to labor disputes surged by nearly 40 percent in South Korea last year, a report said, indicating a likely deterioration in labor relations at local firms. Acco...
[Graphic News] Number of cattle in S. Korea grows 3.9% in Q4

NationalFeb 9, 2021

The number of cattle in South Korea rose nearly 4 percent in the fourth quarter of the year on increased beef consumption, government data showed. Asia‘s fourth-largest economy had 3.36 million ca...
[Graphic News] Number of airport passengers in S. Korea plummets after 12 years of gains

NationalFeb 8, 2021

The number of passengers using South Korean airports fell sharply last year due to the fallout from the new coronavirus outbreak, marking the first drop in 12 years, data showed. The number of peo...

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