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[Graphic News] COVID-19 increases mobile app use in Feb.
World NewsApr 1, 2020
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...
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[Graphic News] S. Korean exports to China perk up in MarchIndustryMar 31, 2020South 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... -
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[Graphic News] S. Korea reports more deaths than births for 3rd month in Jan.Social affairsMar 30, 2020South 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....
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[Graphic News] Secondhand smoke kills 880,000 people per year worldwideHealthMar 26, 2020More 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... -
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[Graphic News] S. Korea begins coronavirus tests on all arrivals from EuropeSocial affairsMar 25, 2020Starting 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... -
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[Graphic News] Number of marriages hits record low in 2019Social affairsMar 24, 2020The 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... -
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[Graphic News] S. Korea’s exports of masks up 2,200% in Feb.BusinessMar 23, 2020South 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... -
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[Graphic News] No. of foreign residents in Korea falls below 2.5 millionSocial affairsMar 22, 2020The 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... -
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[Graphic News] Korean adults read fewer booksSocial affairsMar 19, 2020South 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 ... -
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[Graphic News] COVID-19 most seriously affects older peopleSocial affairsMar 18, 2020The 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... -
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[Graphic News] Korea's traffic deaths dip 11% in 2019Social affairsMar 17, 2020The number of traffic fatalities in South Korea fell 11.4 percent last year from a year earlier, data showed. A total of 3,349 people died from car accidents in 2019, down from 3,781 tallied a yea... -
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[Graphic News] Samsung retains top spot in S. American smartphone market: dataWorld BusinessMar 16, 2020Samsung Electronics retained its dominant position in the South American smartphone market last year, data showed. Samsung accounted for 38 percent of the South American smartphone market in 2019,... -
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