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[News Focus] International marriages increasing after lull in 2010s
Social affairsJanuary 21, 2020
Foreigners in their 30s were the most numerous at 640,000 as of September 2019, comprising 26.4 percent of the total. Next were those in their 20s at 610,000 (25 percent), those in their 40s at 390,0...
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![[News Focus] Korea’s youth population sees steepest fall among OECD members](http://res.heraldm.com/phpwas/restmb_idxmake.php?idx=601&simg=/content/image/2020/01/18/20200118000039_0.jpg)
[News Focus] Korea’s youth population sees steepest fall among OECD membersSocial affairsJanuary 20, 2020SEJONG -- Fifty years ago, South Koreans aged 14 and under made up 42.5 percent of the population in the wake of the country’s 1955-1963 baby boom. Korea ranked second in a retrospective comparison ... -
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[News Focus] South Korea’s farm population halves in 20 yearsEconomyJanuary 16, 2020SEJONG -- Fifty years ago, the number of South Koreans engaged in agriculture accounted for more than 40 percent of the total population. But the farming population (defined by the government as peo...
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[News Focus] Centrist voters hold key to April election outcomePoliticsJanuary 14, 2020SEJONG -- In South Korea, swing voters have often determined winners in the past presidential, general and local elections, playing a pivotal role. The swing voters who usually are ideologically neu... -
![[News Focus] No. of Koreans aged over 80 up 1 million since 2009](http://res.heraldm.com/phpwas/restmb_idxmake.php?idx=601&simg=/content/image/2020/01/11/20200111000061_0.jpg)
[News Focus] No. of Koreans aged over 80 up 1 million since 2009Social affairsJanuary 12, 2020SEJONG -- South Korea has been picked as one of the few aged societies in Asia, alongside Japan, Hong Kong and Macao, with the average lifespan continuously rising. According to Statistics Korea, li... -
![[News Focus] Government unemployment calculations face skepticism](http://res.heraldm.com/phpwas/restmb_idxmake.php?idx=601&simg=/content/image/2020/01/09/20200109000002_0.jpg)
[News Focus] Government unemployment calculations face skepticismEconomyJanuary 9, 2020SEJONG -- Government officials actively publicized that the number of unemployed people aged between 15 and 29 and the corresponding unemployment rate had dropped during the Moon Jae-in administratio... -
![[News Focus] Korea sees widening income disparity](http://res.heraldm.com/phpwas/restmb_idxmake.php?idx=601&simg=/content/image/2020/01/06/20200106000705_0.jpg)
[News Focus] Korea sees widening income disparitySocial affairsJanuary 7, 2020SEJONG -- South Korea saw income polarization between the haves and have-nots continue to widen over the past few years. Some research analysts say the nation’s middle income bracket has collapsed a... -
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[News Focus] South Korea’s population declines in DecemberSocial affairsJanuary 5, 2020SEJONG -- State demographic data for last month indicates that South Korea is on the threshold of the era of population decline. According to the Ministry of Interior and Safety, the nation’s popula... -
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[News Focus] Korea in FTA talks with Asian, South American powerhousesIndustryJanuary 2, 2020SEJONG -- South Korea has secured 16 free trade partners -- 12 countries and four trade blocs -- around the globe since it started pursuing bilateral free trade agreements two decades ago. The 12 co... -
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[News Focus] 5 ministries enjoy ‘Seoul-area stay’ thanks to lawPoliticsJanuary 1, 2020SEJONG -- Sejong is expanding most quickly among the eight major cities and nine provinces in South Korea. The city is absorbing households from Seoul, Gyeonggi Province, Daejeon and the South and No... -
![[News Focus] Payouts for jobless soared 81% since 2017](http://res.heraldm.com/phpwas/restmb_idxmake.php?idx=601&simg=/content/image/2019/12/25/20191225000190_0.jpg)
[News Focus] Payouts for jobless soared 81% since 2017EconomyDecember 26, 2019SEJONG -- Data provided by a state-funded agency showed that the volume of unemployment benefits paid to the jobless has sharply increased over the past two years. The figures, from the Korea Employ... -
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[News Focus] Korea falls short of G-20 average in Q3 growthEconomyDecember 24, 2019SEJONG -- South Korea’s policymakers are struggling to invigorate the sluggish economy, having suffered minus 0.37 percent on-quarter growth in the first quarter this year. The nation posted 1.04 pe... -
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[News Focus] Men’s population in Korea falls for 4 consecutive monthsSocial affairsDecember 23, 2019SEJONG -- South Korea’s sex ratio -- ratio of males to females in a population -- has been showing drastic changes in recent years. The female population in Korea came to 25.98 million as of Novembe... -
![[News Focus] Korea clings to record-low rate despite unfavorable indices](http://res.heraldm.com/phpwas/restmb_idxmake.php?idx=601&simg=/content/image/2019/12/22/20191222000141_0.jpg)
[News Focus] Korea clings to record-low rate despite unfavorable indicesMarketsDecember 22, 2019SEJONG -- South Korea’s benchmark interest rate ranged between 3 percent and 5.25 percent per annum from 2000 to 2008. Though the monetary policy committee of the Bank of Korea cut the key rate to 2... -
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[News Focus] Korea clings to record-low rate despite unfavorable indicesEconomyDecember 19, 2019SEJONG -- South Korea’s benchmark interest rate ranged between 3 percent and 5.25 percent per annum from 2000 to 2008. Though the monetary policy committee of the Bank of Korea cut the key rate to 2...
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