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Korean labor force to shrink by 10 million by 2044: report
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[AtoZ Korean Mind] Does your job define who you are? Should it?
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Allegations surrounding BTS resurface, enraged fans demand apology
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Students with history of violence will be barred from becoming teachers
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'Super Rich in Korea' will leave viewers appreciating Korea more: producers
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Probe of first lady on Dior bag allegations set to begin
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Top prosecutor pledges 'speedy, strict' probe into first lady's luxury bag allegations
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Medical feud leaves hospitals in financial crisis
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'Queen of Tears' riding high on Netflix chart
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Samsung mocks Apple over iPhone alarm glitch
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[Graphic News] US draws fewer new foreign students for 3rd straight year
A new report found that the number of foreign students coming to US universities continued to decrease last year. The annual report from the Institute of International Education found a 1 percent decrease in the number of newly enrolled international students in fall 2018 compared with the year before. This follows two years of decreases after more than a decade of upward movement. Some schools have blamed US President Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric for driving students away, but
World NewsDec. 4, 2019
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[Graphic News] Americans prefer mobile devices for news: survey
Americans rely on their mobile devices for online news far more than desktop or laptop computers, building on a trend that began several years ago, a survey showed. The Pew Research Center report found 57 percent of US adults often get news from a smartphone or tablet compared with 30 percent from a PC. The share of Americans who often get news on a mobile device is more than double the 21 percent who did so in 2013, the first time Pew asked this question. The percentage who often get news on a
World NewsDec. 3, 2019
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[Graphic News] More countries affected by terrorism even as deaths fall: index
The number of global deaths from terrorism fell 15.2 percent in 2018, even as the number of countries affected by extremist violence continued to grow, the 2019 Global Terrorism Index showed. From a high of 33,555 deaths in 2014, when the Islamic State group lured tens of thousands of jihadists to the Middle East, the number of terrorism deaths has more than halved to 15,952 in 2018, the index published by the Sydney-based Institute for Economics & Peace showed. Afghanistan topped the list
World NewsDec. 2, 2019
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[Graphic News] 7 out of 10 South Koreans agree with efforts to resume Kumgangsan tours
Seven out of 10 South Koreans are supportive of government efforts to resume a long-suspended inter-Korean tour program at Kumgangsan on North Korea‘s east coast, a recent poll showed, amid the North’s threat to end the cross-border project. According to the survey, conducted by the National Unification Advisory Council, 66.8 percent of the respondents said they either strongly agree or agree with efforts to resume the Kumgangsan tour by allowing individual visits or in-kind paymen
NationalDec. 1, 2019
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[Graphic News] French nationality ranked No. 1 globally
France topped a worldwide nationality ranking for the eighth consecutive year, ahead of the Netherlands and Germany. The Kalin and Kochenov’s Quality of Nationality Index examines factors including the freedom to travel and settle, peace and stability, economic strength and human development to come up with a score. European Union countries dominate the top of the index, “largely due to the liberal degree of settlement freedom permitted between member states, as well as the stand-
World NewsNov. 28, 2019
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[Graphic News] 1 in 5 Seoul households live with a pet: data
One in 5 households in Seoul have a pet and the number of homes that have embraced cats is on the rise, data showed. Some 20 percent of the surveyed households said they were living with a pet as of 2018, compared with 18.8 percent in 2014, according to data from the Seoul Metropolitan Government. The survey was conducted in September last year on 20,000 households in the city. The poll had a margin of error of 0.47 percentage point and a 95 percent confidence level. The number of households w
Social AffairsNov. 27, 2019
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[Graphic News] ASEAN members
ASEAN stands for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. The political and economic community comprises 10 member countries.
WorldNov. 24, 2019
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[Graphic News] S. Korea ranks among top OECD member countries in treatment of cancer: data
South Korea ranks as one of the leading members among the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in the treatment of cancer, medical data showed. The 2019 Health at a Glance report released by the Paris-based organization said Asia’s fourth-largest economy had the highest five-year survival rate for colorectal, rectal and stomach cancers among the 32 member states checked, the Ministry of Health and Welfare, which examined the data, said. The cancer survival rate, which is
TechnologyNov. 21, 2019
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[Graphic News] Over half of Americans favor Trump impeachment: poll
A slim majority of Americans believe President Donald Trump should be impeached and removed from office for his controversial Ukraine actions, according to the first poll after the launch of public hearings in the US Congress. Fifty-one percent of those asked said they think Trump should be tried and convicted in the US Senate, while another 6 percent favor impeachment but not removal, according to the ABC News-Ipsos poll released. That appeared to represent an increase from before the hearings
World NewsNov. 20, 2019
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[Graphic News] Global market size for luxury goods and jewelry
According to Euromonitor International, global luxury goods sales reached $954 billion in 2017 and the global market grew 5 percent in 2018 across most segments. Luxury cars sales accounted for almost 53 percent of all global luxury goods sales. This proportion grew over the reviewed period, and is expected to continue increasing to 2022.
World BusinessNov. 19, 2019
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[Graphic News] Number of Chinese tourists dips 41% over 3 years on THAAD row
South Korea suffered a tumble of about 41 percent in the number of visiting Chinese tourists over the past three years, since its decision to deploy an advanced US missile defense system here, according to a recent report. A total of 4.79 million Chinese travelers visited South Korea in 2018, down 40.6 percent from 8.07 million two years prior, according to the report from the Federation of Korean Industries. In contrast, the number of Chinese tourists to Japan surged 31.4 percent to 8.38 milli
NationalNov. 18, 2019
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[Graphic News] S. Korea recaptures No. 1 spot in shipbuilding orders
South Korea recaptured the top spot in global shipbuilding orders last month, industry data showed, on the back of its dominance in the liquefied natural gas carrier market. In October, local shipyards, led by Hyundai Heavy Industries, won orders totaling 1.29 million compensated gross tons to build 17 ships, accounting for 86 percent of the orders placed around the globe, according to London-based Clarkson Research Services, the world’s leading provider of data for the shipping and ship
IndustryNov. 17, 2019
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[Graphic News] N. Korea ranks 193rd out of 195 countries in ability to cope with epidemic
North Korea ranks 193rd out of 195 countries in terms of its ability to prevent, detect and respond to an epidemic, a recent global health security index showed. The impoverished North scored 17.5 points in the index compiled by the Nuclear Threat Initiative, a US-based nonprofit organization, and the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, coming higher than only two countries -- Equatorial Guinea and Somalia. The global average was 40.2 points. Meanwhile, South Korea ranked 9th in the index
North KoreaNov. 14, 2019
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[Graphic News] Shenzhen, Beijing lose out to Chengdu as China’s best performing city
Chengdu, the capital of China’s southwestern province Sichuan, overtook technology hub Shenzhen to top the Milken Institute’s 2019 index of the nation’s best-performing cities. This is the third time that Chengdu, best known internationally for its pandas, has been ranked first since the list began in 2015. The index incorporated nine indicators for the period up to 2017, including employment and wage growth, the growth in gross regional product per-capita, and foreign direct
World NewsNov. 13, 2019
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[Graphic News] Over 800 North Koreans have defected to S. Korea this year
Over 800 North Koreans have defected to South Korea so far in 2019, government data showed, indicating their annual figure will be similar to that recorded a year earlier. A total of 828 North Koreans defected to the South during the January-October period, according to data provided by the Unification Ministry handling inter-Korean affairs. At the current rate, the annual number of North Koreans settling here is expected to be similar to 1,137 registered last year. (Yonhap)
North KoreaNov. 12, 2019
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[Graphic News] No. of China’s ‘unicorn’ startups exceed US for first time
China now has more privately held startups valued by investors at over $1 billion than the US, a report said. There were 206 Chinese firms out of a global total of 494 ultravaluable startups - known as unicorns - in June 2019, according to the research firm Hurun Report. This makes China the country with the largest number of unicorns in the world, with the US coming in second with 203 such companies. According to Hurun, China is home to the world’s three most valuable unicorns - Alibaba
World BusinessNov. 11, 2019
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[Graphic News] Number of temporary workers rises 13.1% in 2019
The number of temporary workers in South Korea rose 13.1 percent on-year this year, with such positions also accounting for a rising percentage of the total, government data showed. A total of 7.48 million workers were nonregular workers, part-timers or outsourced laborers as of August 2019, up about 870,000 from a year ago, according to the data from Statistics Korea. They accounted for 36.4 percent of the country’s 20.55 million salaried employees. In 2018, temporary workers accounted f
Social AffairsNov. 10, 2019
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[Graphic News] 5G smartphone users’ monthly data use hits record high in Sept.
Users of smartphones running on fifth-generation networks used a record amount of data in September, data showed, amid growing demand for mobile content. The combined amount of data used by South Korean users of 5G mobile devices reached 87,928 terabytes, according to the data released by the Ministry of Science and ICT. Since the number of 5G subscribers totaled 3.46 million that month, the figure translates to 25.97 gigabytes per user. A two-hour high-definition movie file has around 2 gigaby
IndustryNov. 7, 2019
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[Graphic News] Protests around the world in Oct.
The past weeks have seen a wave of protest movements erupt in countries worldwide. The high cost of living, limits on civil liberties and government corruption have sparked major demonstrations. Here is an overview of the main demonstrations around the world that started last month and others that are ongoing. (AFP)
World NewsNov. 6, 2019
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[Graphic News] 130 million children under 5 have died since 2000
More than 15,000 children under the age of 5 die every day in the developing world, with huge disparities in death rates between countries, according to a detailed assessment of childhood mortality. From 2000 to the end of 2017, 123 million newborns, infants and toddlers perished in 99 low- and middle-income countries, which account for more than 90 percent of under-5 deaths, the study found. Globally, under-5 mortality has declined by almost half since 2000, from nearly 10 million to 5.4 milli
World NewsNov. 5, 2019