Mar 21, 2019

[Graphic News] Seoul ranks 7th most expensive city for expats

Paris has climbed to the top of the world‘s priciest city for expatriates, tied first with Singapore and Hong Kong according to a survey that named the capital of strife-torn Venezuela as the cheape...

Mar 20, 2019

[Graphic News] Counseling for twilight divorce increasing rapidly

A growing number of couples over the age of 60 are applying for divorce counseling, data released by a provider of free legal consultation services showed. The Korea Legal Aid Center for Family Re...

Mar 19, 2019

[Graphic News] 1 in 4 Korean students overweight

A quarter of young South Korean students were obese or overweght, the Ministry of Education said. According to data compiled from a survey of 108,000 elementary, middle and high school students co...

Mar 18, 2019

[Graphic News] Number of gas stations drops for 4th year in 2018

The number of gas stations in South Korea dropped for the fourth straight year in 2018, amid worsening profitability facing the industry, data have showed. As of end-December, 11,769 gasoline stat...

Mar 17, 2019

[Graphic News] Private education costs up 4.4% in 2018

South Korea’s total spending on private tuition for children came to about 19.5 trillion won ($17.2 billion) in 2018, up 4.4 percent from a year earlier, government data showed. The data compiled ...

Mar 14, 2019

[Graphic News] Bezos, Gates still top world’s ultrarich: Forbes

Jeff Bezos remains the world’s richest person, ahead of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, according to the latest Forbes list of the ultrarich, while far behind President Donald Trump jumped 51 spots i...

Mar 13, 2019

[Graphic News] 50,000 women a year killed by intimate partners

More than half of women murdered worldwide last year were killed by intimate partners or family members, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Data found that of 87,000 women ...

Mar 12, 2019

[Graphic News] The nations grounding their Boeing 737s

A number of countries grounded Boeing’s 737 MAX 8 medium-haul workhorse jet on Monday in response to an Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed all 157 people on board. The Nairobi-bound plane was th...

Mar 11, 2019

[Graphic News] World's dirtiest air is in India

Seven of the top 10 most polluted cities in the world are in India, according to a new study showing South Asia’s battle with deteriorating air quality and the economic toll it’s expected to take wo...

Mar 10, 2019

[Graphic News] Foreign patients report satisfaction with S. Korean medical services

Foreigners visiting South Korea for medical treatment are largely satisfied with the services they receive, a poll showed. Foreign patients gave an average rating of 90.5 out of 100 for the level ...

Mar 7, 2019

[Graphic News] S. Korea's overseas direct purchases up 31%

South Korea’s direct purchases from foreign countries rose 31 percent in 2018 from a year earlier on rising consumer demand for cheaper and higher quality products, customs data showed. South Kore...

Mar 6, 2019

[Graphic News] Measles rates soar worldwide

Of the global surge in measles last year, just 10 countries accounted for three-quarters of all cases, the UN children’s agency said, including one of the world’s richest nations, France. Ninety-e...

Mar 5, 2019

[Graphic News] S. Korea tops in number of low-paid women workers

South Korea remained the top country where women face lower wages in the workforce, a report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development showed. Data from 2017 revealed that 35....

Mar 4, 2019

[Graphic News] Civilian deaths in Afghan war hit record in 2018

More civilians were killed in the war in Afghanistan in 2018 than during any other year on record, after nearly two decades of fighting, according to a UN report recently released. Civilian deaths...