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[News Focus] China, ASEAN countries emerge as biggest consumers of Korean agro-fishery products

SEJONG -- South Korea’s agro-fishery products are gaining popularity in China and Southeast Asia on the back of their reputation for quality, freshness and safety. According to the Ministry of Ocean...

[News Focus] Jobless rising fastest among 40-somethings

SEJONG – With the 2018 GDP growth rate estimated to be stuck at about 2.7 percent, concerns and uncertainty are growing among middle-aged salaried employees. Weakening profitability and lackluster b...

January 17, 2019
Social affairs
[News Focus] Consumer confidence in Korea lowest among OECD members

SEJONG -- The atmosphere on the streets at year-end was not the same in 2018 as what people remembered from past years. To explain it, they pointed to the large number of struggling small business ow...

January 15, 2019
Economy
[News Focus] 16-years on, Lotto still generates disputes, complaints

SEJONG -- South Korea’s biggest lottery “Lotto 6/45” has entered its 17th year, with more than 5,600 citizens netting the weekly jackpot since 2002. The jackpots ranged from 40.7 billion won ($36.4 ...

January 14, 2019
Social affairs
[News Focus] Provincial makgeolli gains popularity via e-commerce

SEJONG -- Makgeolli has drawn wide attention at home and abroad over the past few years after a research report claimed the Korean alcoholic drink from fermented rice’s anti-cancer effect is about 20...

January 13, 2019
Industry
[News Focus] Complaints grow over housing benefit for newlyweds

SEJONG -- The Moon Jae-in administration has introduced a housing benefit for married couples in an effort to promote marriage and raise the nation’s fertility rate, which is among the lowest in the ...

January 9, 2019
Social affairs
[News Focus] Korean harbors brace for 4th industrial revolution

SEJONG -- South Korea is mapping out mid- and long-term plans to become a global logistics hub by introducing “smart” harbors across the country, a project that is expected to last a decade from 2021...

January 7, 2019
Economy
[News Focus] Will 2019 job market see effect of W54 trillion spending?

SEJONG - During his 2017 presidential campaign, candidate Moon Jae-in promised to create 800,000 jobs if elected. His employment pledge is estimated to have appealed to many voters, including among t...

January 3, 2019
Economy
[News Focus] Stock short-selling surges while ‘abolishment’ petitions grow

SEJONG - South Korea’s small individuals have continued to express their discontent with a systematic practice on the local stock market in which foreign and domestic institutions take huge gains via...

January 2, 2019
Finance
[News Focus] Widening economic gulf presents another headache for Moon in 2019

SEJONG -- As the new year approaches, so does the middle phase of President Moon Jae-in’s 60-month tenure. The coming 20 months could be a time for Moon to respond to the concerns of citizens, the m...

December 31, 2018
Economy
[News Focus] Korean-style apartment complexes go global

SEJONG -- Major South Korean builders are making inroads into overseas emerging markets to foster new residential towns on the back of pacts signed between the Land Ministry and its counterparts in S...

December 27, 2018
Industry
[News Focus] Indices unfavorable to Moon’s ‘quality of life’ motto

SEJONG - One month ago, President Moon Jae-in expressed his philosophy that indices for quality of life are more important than gross domestic product growth, during his meeting with Organization for...

December 26, 2018
Economy
‘Game changer’ in guardrail industry taps overseas roads

Local enterprise Caris Guardrail Co. has been drawing global attention for its recent development of safe, eco-friendly guardrails, which have passed various tests for commercialization in both South...

December 23, 2018
Industry
[News Focus] Korea’s unemployment, GDP growth enter critical phase

SEJONG -- Global research organizations have revised their growth outlook for the South Korean economy, predicting its GDP growth in 2018 and 2019 would stay under 3 percent. The International Monet...

December 20, 2018
Economy
[News Focus] Who benefits from Seoul apartment application system?

SEJONG -- Apartment prices in Seoul recorded an all-time high this year. Some complexes in southern districts saw prices shoot up 30 to 50 percent in only two or three years, which made ordinary hous...

December 18, 2018
Social affairs

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