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[Graphic News] Number of foreign home rental business operators nears 2,400

NationalOct 14, 2021

Nearly 2,400 foreign nationals are engaging in the home rental business in South Korea, with Chinese nationals accounting for more than one-third of the total, government data showed. The number o...
[Graphic News in Motion] Child labor swells for first time in two decades: UN

World NewsOct 13, 2021

The world has marked the first rise in child labor in two decades and the coronavirus crisis threatens to push millions more youngsters toward the same fate, the United Nations said. In a joint repo...
[Graphic News] Over 42% of people in their 30s unmarried in 2020

NationalOct 13, 2021

More than 42 percent of 30-somethings in South Korea remained unmarried last year, census data showed, underscoring the trend in which many young people delay or give up on marriage, amid a prolonged...
[Graphic News] S. Korea top Asian country in global innovation rankings

WorldOct 12, 2021

South Korea has clinched the top spot in Asia in a United Nations agency’s global innovation rankings, coming in fifth globally. In the World Intellectual Property Organization’s Global Innovation...
[Graphic News] Imports of cats, dogs double in 2 years

NationalOct 8, 2021

South Korea has imported twice as many cats and dogs this year compared with two years ago, as people spend more time at home amid the protracted COVID-19 pandemic, customs data showed. According ...
[Graphic News] Traffic accidents involving personal mobility devices soar fourfold from 2018 to 2020

NationalOct 7, 2021

Traffic accidents involving personal mobility devices, such as electric scooters, quadrupled from 2018 to 2020, government data showed, raising alarm over the safety of riders. According to the da...
[Graphic News] S. Korea spends second-most on chip equipment in Q2: report

World BusinessOct 6, 2021

South Korea was the world‘s second-largest spender on chip equipment in the second quarter of the year, a report showed, amid a global semiconductor shortage. South Korea, home to major memory chi...
[Graphic News] Ronaldo leapfrogs Messi in Forbes list of top-earning players

WorldOct 5, 2021

Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo has reclaimed the top spot in the list of the world’s highest-paid soccer players from Lionel Messi, according to Forbes. Forbes said Ronaldo, among the...
[Graphic News] Weather, climate disasters surge fivefold in 50 years: UN

WorldOct 1, 2021

The United Nations warned that weather-related disasters have skyrocketed over the past half-century, causing far more damage even as better warning systems have meant fewer deaths. A report from ...
[Graphic News] AmorePacific has highest ratio of female workers among Korean firms

NationalSept 30, 2021

South Korea's top cosmetics maker AmorePacific has the highest ratio of female employees among major local firms, a corporate tracker said. AmorePacific had 8,117 female workers as of the end of D...
[Graphic News] Luxury imported car sales soar 65.5% this year

BusinessSept 28, 2021

Sales of high-end imported cars spiked nearly 66 percent in the first eight months of the year amid the popularity of big-ticket eco-friendly models among local motorists and a post-lockdown shoppin...
[Graphic News] Animal-based food generates nearly twice the emissions as plant

WorldSept 27, 2021

Animal farming accounts for twice as many greenhouse gas emissions as plants grown for consumption, according to a study published that mapped agricultural activities worldwide. What humans eat ac...
[Graphic News] Overseas card spending jumps 80% in Q2 as lockdown eases

BusinessSept 24, 2021

South Koreans‘ overseas card spending jumped 80 percent on-year in the second quarter as many nations eased lockdown rules following the COVID-19 pandemic, central bank data showed. The amount of ...
[Graphic News] Number of medical tourists to Korea dips 76.5% in 2020 amid pandemic

NationalSept 23, 2021

The number of medical tourists to South Korea tumbled nearly 77 percent in 2020 from a year earlier, amid the coronavirus pandemic, data showed. Roughly 117,100 foreign patients visited South Kore...
[Graphic News] Number of delivery workers hits new high in 2020 amid pandemic

NationalSept 17, 2021

The number of delivery workers in South Korea swelled nearly 12 percent in the second half of last year to hit a record high amid the coronavirus pandemic, government data showed. Asia’s fourth-la...

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