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'Super Rich in Korea' will leave viewers appreciating Korea more: producers
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Top prosecutor pledges 'speedy, strict' probe into first lady's luxury bag allegations
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Korean battery makers heave sigh of relief over 2-year IRA reprieve
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Indonesia’s KF-21 fighter jet deal cut back -- what’s next?
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Over 80,000 millionaires, 20 billionaires in Seoul: report
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[KH Explains] Can tech firms' AI alliances take on Nvidia?
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Police seek arrest warrant for med student who killed girlfriend
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Will China's self-sufficient dream in HBM come true?
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[Graphic News] Winter Olympics: Ski jumping
Competitors launch themselves from a takeoff ramp in an effort to fly as far as they can before touching down in the landing zone. Five judges mark competitors for distance and style. The four events are: men's normal hill individual, women's normal hill individual, men's large hill individual and men's team.
SportsFeb. 20, 2018
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[Graphic News] Winter Olympic Games: Bobsleigh
Bobsleigh is an event in the Winter Olympic Games where a two-or four-person team drives a specially designed sled down an ice track, with the winning team completing the route with the fastest time. For bobsleigh, the track length is 1,200 to 1,500 meters long with an average slope of 8 to 15 percent while the curve radius is minimum 20m. The bobsleigh reaches an average maximum speed of 135 kilometers per hour.
Olympic GamesFeb. 19, 2018
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[Graphic News] Winter Olympic Games: Curling
Three gold medals are up for grabs in curling at the 2018 PyeongChang Games: men’s team, women’s team and mixed doubles. A curling team is composed of two or four athletes, and each team takes turns launching the nearly 20-kilogram curling stone. When the curling stone is thrown, athletes follow the movement of the stone and sweep the ice surface using brooms to control the direction and speed of the stone. Having started from the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics, mixed doubles have been introduced
Olympic GamesFeb. 18, 2018
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[Graphic News] Winter Olympic Games: Luge
Competitors ride a small flat sled in single or two-person format and accelerate feet first and face-up down a sharp gradient on an ice track measuring 1,000 to 1,500 meters. Maximum average speeds reach 140 kilometers per hour - faster than bobsleigh and skeleton. Medals are awarded in men’s singles, women’s singles, doubles and team relay. The course includes left curves, right curves, hairpin curves, S-shaped curves, and a labyrinth. The track has a U-shaped groove, and the walls on both sid
Olympic GamesFeb. 13, 2018
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[Graphic News] Winter Olympic Games: Biathlon
Eleven gold medals (five for men, five for women, one mixed) are on offer in biathlon. Biathlon is a sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting, two events that are very different from each other. Athletes strap the guns on their backs, ski for a certain distance, and then stop to shoot at a designated target. For the shooting, there are two types of the shooting positions. One of these is shooting while lying face down, and the other is shooting while standing up. The final ra
Olympic GamesFeb. 12, 2018
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[Graphic News] Winter Olympic Games: Skeleton
Skeleton competitors ride a small lightweight sled head first down an ice course while lying flat on their stomachs. The sport was once considered too dangerous for the Olympics. Two gold medals are on offer, for men’s and women’s singles. Unlike the luge, there are no doubles or team events. Skeleton was reintroduced to the Olympic program for the Salt Lake City Games in 2002, with a woman’s event added. Sliders speed down ice tracks 1,200 to 1,500 meters long.
Olympic GamesFeb. 11, 2018
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[Graphic News] Korea ranks 10th worldwide in autonomous vehicle
South Korea ranks 10th among major economies in the world in terms of the autonomous vehicle readiness index, a report showed. According to the recent report from global accounting and consulting giant KPMG International, South Korea has received a total score of 20.71 points in the index, the 10th highest among the 17 other major countries. The index measures which countries are most prepared for self-driving cars and covers four categories -- policy and legislation, technology and innovation,
IndustryFeb. 8, 2018
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[Graphic News] Those in 20s, 30s least happy among age groups in S. Korea: Survey
According to new survey results, those in their 20s and 30s in South Korea are less happy than other age groups. The Center for Happiness Studies at Seoul National University and KakaoTalk, the country's top mobile messaging service provider, unveiled the results of their joint survey conducted on the Mind Weather website, which opened in September. In the combined Happiness Index, respondents in their 20s and 30s tied for the lowest score of 52 on a scale of 1 to 100. Children under the age o
Social AffairsFeb. 7, 2018
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[Graphic News] Number of foreign students in Korea grows
According to the National Institute for International Education, the number of foreign students registered at South Korean universities was nearly 124,000 as of April last year. Around 70,000 of them attended degree programs, while the remaining 51,856 were enrolled in nondegree programs. After falling in the negative territory in the 2012-2014 period, the growth rate of foreign students at South Korean universities rose to 7.6 percent in 2015 and 14.2 percent in 2016. The largest number of stu
Social AffairsFeb. 6, 2018
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[Graphic News] Airbnb crowns Gangneung top trending destination
Gangneung, a subhost city of South Korea’s 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, tops the list of trending destinations with bookings rising 2,175 percent from last year, according to travel booking website Airbnb. The study was based on bookings for the first six months of 2018. British beach town Bournemouth ranked second and Alberta province capital Edmonton in Canada came in at third.
WorldFeb. 5, 2018
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[Graphic News] Apple overtakes Samsung in global smartphone dominance
US tech giant Apple shipped 77.3 million smartphones worldwide in the fourth quarter of 2017, an industry tracker said, overtaking Samsung Electronics in the global market. Apple captured first place with 19.3 percent global market share, nudging Samsung into second place, Strategy Analytics said in a report. The industry tracker said there was robust demand for the iPhone X, though global iPhone volumes have been on the decline on an annual basis for five of the past eight quarters. Samsung El
World BusinessFeb. 4, 2018
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[Graphic News] Korea’s average retirement age rose to 61.1
The average age of retirement for salaried workers in Korea now exceeds the age of 61, with a law raising the retirement age to 60 coming into full effect last year, according to the Labor Ministry. A survey by the ministry found that workers were retiring at an average age of 61.1 in 2017, the first year the new law was expanded to affect all companies with more than one employee. The ministry had surveyed 20,000 randomly selected firms with more than one worker from June to November 2017.
Social AffairsFeb. 1, 2018
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[Graphic News] Washing machine exports on decline
South Korea’s washing machine exports have nearly halved over the past five years due to US safeguard measures. According to the Korea Customs Service, exports of washers last year amounted to $118.6 million, down $4.56 million from the previous year. Last year’s exports were about half of the $209.59 million in 2012, data showed. Exports of washers to the US fell to as low as $6.16 million in 2015 but bounced back to $23.4 million in 2016 and to $43.02 million last year.
BusinessJan. 31, 2018
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[Graphic News] PyeongChang to host largest Winter Olympics in history
According to the PyeongChang Organizing Committee, 2,925 athletes from 92 countries have registered to compete in the Olympics, marking the biggest number of athletes in history. The 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics had been the largest with 2,858 athletes from 88 nations. South Korea will have a record 144 athletes competing in all 15 sports at the games. The US has the largest team for the games, with 242 athletes, followed by Canada with 226. Meanwhile, North Korea will have 22 athletes in five
Olympic GamesJan. 30, 2018
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[Graphic News] Per capita rice consumption falls to low in 2017
South Korea‘s per capita rice consumption hit a record low last year, government data showed. The average annual consumption of rice per person fell to 61.8 kilograms in 2017, down 0.2 percent from the previous year’s 61.9 kg, according to the data by Statistics Korea. Daily rice consumption per person also dropped to 169.3 grams last year from 169.6 grams tallied in the previous year, the data showed. Consumption of non-rice grains edged down 2.2 percent on-year to 9.1 kg in 2017 from 9.3 kg a
FoodJan. 29, 2018
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[Graphic News] More women promoted to corporate executive positions
More women have been promoted to corporate executive positions in recent months, according to CEO Score, a site that appraises corporate management. There were 65 job promotions for women among a total of 1,968 at the top 30 business groups from November last year to Jan. 18. The number of women also accounted for 3.3 percent of all executive-level promotions, marking the first time it has crossed the 3 percent threshold. The proportion was 2.3 percent in 2017. KT, the country’s largest telep
BusinessJan. 28, 2018
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[Graphic News] Over 33,000 Korean restaurants across the world
The number of Korean restaurants worldwide, serving bibimbap, bulgogi and other Korean dishes, rose to 33,499 across 90 countries last year, according to a report published by the Korean Food Promotion Institute. The number increased 262 percent from 9,253 in 2009. There were 15,985 restaurants in China, 9,238 in Japan and 3,293 in the US. Taiwan, Indonesia, Europe and the Middle East also had a greater number of Korean restaurants last year compared to 2009.
FoodJan. 25, 2018
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[Graphic News] Athletes to watch at the PyeongChang Winter Games
Some are already stars, while others are stars in the making. Here are 10 of the most dominant and decorated international athletes eying medals at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics.● Alpine skiingAthletes to watch (주목할 선수)Mikaela Shiffrin (US)Lindsey Vonn (US)Aksel Lund Svindal (Norway)Marcel Hirscher (Austria)● SnowboardingAthletes to watchChloe Kim (US)● BiathlonAthletes to watchMartin Fourcade (France)Darya Domracheva (Belarus)● Figure skatingAthletes to watchYuzuru Hanyu (Japan)Nathan Chen (US)
World NewsJan. 24, 2018
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[Graphic News] EU sets 2030 target for recyclable plastic packaging
The European Union unveiled plans for all plastic packaging in Europe to be recyclable by 2030 and to phase out single-use plastic-like coffee cups to fight pollution. The strategy announced by the European Commission follows China’s decision to ban imports of foreign waste products for recycling, including huge quantities from Europe. The Commission said its proposals aim to create business opportunities by transforming the way plastic products are designed, produced and recycled in Europe. Th
WorldJan. 23, 2018
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[Graphic News] World's most innovative companies
Samsung Group has been named the world’s fifth most innovative company, according to a survey report published by the Boston Consulting Group. Apple took the top spot. Google, Tesla and Microsoft took up the following positions. The list was based on a survey of over 1,000 senior innovation leaders from a wide variety of countries and industries.
World BusinessJan. 22, 2018