Sep 22, 2019

[Graphic News] Biggest buyers of Saudi Arabian oil

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group last week attacked two plants at the heart of Saudi Arabia’s oil industry in a strike that could impact about 5 million barrels per day of crude production - close ...

Sep 19, 2019

[Graphic News] S. Korean beer imports from Japan plunge 97%

South Korean imports of Japanese beer slumped almost to zero last month in the face of a consumer boycott sparked by a bitter trade and historical dispute between Seoul and Tokyo, data showed. Jap...

Sep 18, 2019

[Graphic News] Aramco is the biggest oil firm in the world

Drones attacked the world’s largest oil processing facility in Saudi Arabia and a major oilfield operated by Saudi Aramco last weekend. Aramco is the biggest energy company in the world. It prod...

Sep 17, 2019

[Graphic News] North Korea world’s 2nd most censored country

North Korea is the world’s second-most censored country, an international press freedom group said in a recent report, calling Pyongyang’s media a state “mouthpiece.” Access to the internet is res...

Sep 16, 2019

[Graphic News] S. Koreans hold W61.5tr in overseas accounts

South Korean individuals and corporations held a combined 61.5 trillion won ($51.5 billion) worth of wealth in overseas accounts this year, down 7.4 percent from a year earlier, the country’s tax ag...

Sep 15, 2019

[Graphic News] Seoul now world’s 9th safest city

South Korea’s capital Seoul has ranked as the world’s ninth safest city, according to a recent report. Tokyo took the No. 1 spot in the Economist Intelligence Unit’s ranking for the third time run...

Sep 11, 2019

[Graphic News] Bangkok world’s most visited city again

Bangkok was the world’s most-visited city in 2018 for the fourth consecutive year, ahead of Paris and London, according to a ranking compiled by Mastercard. Thailand’s capital hosted more than 22 ...

Sep 10, 2019

[Graphic News] Credit card firms’ H1 net dips on decline in commission fees

South Korea’s credit card firms saw their combined earnings fall in the first half, hit by a decline in credit card processing fees, data showed. The combined net profit of eight card issuers, inc...

Sep 9, 2019

[Graphic News] Nearly half of S. Korean population to be aged 65 or older by 2067

The proportion of people in South Korea aged 65 years or older could increase sharply amid a rapidly aging population, the country’s statistics agency said. Statistics Korea forecast that the coun...

Sep 8, 2019

[Graphic News] Pirated content increasing on YouTube

A state copyright agency found a total of 8,833 YouTube videos so far this year to be illegally copied content that violates copyrights here, marking a sharp rise from last year, data from the agenc...

Sep 5, 2019

[Graphic News] More than 2,300 tigers killed and trafficked this century

More than 2,300 endangered tigers have been killed and illegally trafficked since the turn of the century, according to a recent report, urging more action to protect the giant cats. With an avera...

Sep 4, 2019

[Graphic News] 42% of N. Koreans likely to face food insecurity by 2029: USDA

Forty-two percent of North Korea’s population is expected to remain food insecure even 10 years later, a recent US Department of Agriculture report said, as the impoverished country grapples with wo...

Sep 3, 2019

[Graphic News] What is a Category 5 storm?

What is a Category 5 storm? Hurricane Dorian has slammed into the northern Bahamas, one of the strongest storms to make landfall in history. It’s also the fifth Category 5 storm to form in the Atla...

Sep 2, 2019

[Graphic News] Quarter of world’s population facing extreme water stress

Nearly a quarter of the world’s population lives in 17 countries facing extremely high water stress, close to “day zero” conditions when the taps run dry, according to a recent report. The World R...