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Kim Yon-se

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Articles by Kim Yon-se

[News Focus] Number of foreigners in Korea up for 1st time in 20 months

Social affairsSept 26, 2021

The rebound in August, though the extent was meager, was somewhat attributed to a surge in the number of inbound visitors to study in universities or international schools, while the figure for inbou...
[News Focus] Korea sees tax burden grow 3rd-fastest in OECD

Social affairsSept 22, 2021

The pace in the increase of tax wedge in Korea was the third-fastest among the 36 members of the OECD as of 2020 on-year. Of the total 37 members, Colombia was not included in the analysis. Korea pl...
[News Focus] Assets held by NK defectors shrink since 2017

Social affairsSept 16, 2021

Only 6.8 percent of the refugee families owned houses or land worth 300 million won or over. The findings showed 6.5 percent of defectors owned property worth between 200 to 300 million won, followe...
[News Focus] Four-member households continue to dwindle in Korea

Social affairsSept 14, 2021

Four-member households were still far outnumbering three-member households by 4.21 million vs. 3.68 million in August 2011. But four-member households were overtaken by the latter in February 2017, w...
Online shopping in Korea expands 105 percent since 2017

EconomySept 12, 2021

The comparison of figures for 2019 and 2020 indicate that online shopping transactions were robust despite the lackluster economic indices in the wake of the novel coronavirus. By segment, agricultu...
[News Focus] Tally for discouraged workers up 50,000 on-year

Social affairsSept 9, 2021

The tough hiring market has particularly deteriorated job opportunities for college and high school graduates, according to official research on the economically active population. In July, the empl...
[News Focus] Average age of Koreans likely to top 45 in 2024

Social affairsSept 7, 2021

Further, the average age for Korean women is likely to reach 45 in the first half of 2022, given that the figure climbed by 0.3 in only seven months -- from 44.4 in January 2021 to 44.7 in August 202...
[News Focus] Seoul No. 1 in jobless rate among 17 major regions

Social affairsSept 5, 2021

A local labor researcher said, “Since early 2020, many enterprises have pushed for layoffs of employees in their 20s with short careers and relatively weaker expertise. The situation is particularly ...
[News Focus] 70-somethings set to outnumber people up to 9

Social affairsSept 2, 2021

Ministry data showed that girls under 10 have already been outstripped by women in their 70s, starting from April 2020, when the figures posted 1.99 million versus 2 million. The gap had widened to 1...
[News Focus] Tally for foreigners in Korea slides to 62-month low

Social affairsAug 31, 2021

The sharper drop among short-term visitors is likely due to a marked fall in the number of inbound travelers for sightseeing or business. Chinese still made up the greatest portion of the total, wit...
[News Focus] Unemployment claims rise most in smaller cities, provinces

Social affairsAug 29, 2021

The relatively low figures, which are below the average of 61.7 percent, are also seen in Daegu, which posted a 51.7 percent growth during the December 2019-July 2021 period, and in Busan with 56.4 p...
[News Focus] National debt surges W100tr in just 9 months

EconomyAug 26, 2021

Last year Korea’s nominal gross domestic product recorded 1,933.1 trillion won, which indicates that the ratio of national debt to GDP is estimated to have approached the 50 percent mark for the firs...
[News Focus] Home prices in Seoul up 10% since January

MarketsAug 24, 2021

Gangnam-gu and Seocho-go, the two major wealthy districts of the 25 administrative wards in Seoul, saw the price rise by 8.4 percent and 11.3 percent, respectively, over the corresponding period to 6...
[News Focus] Korea ranks 12th of 15 OECD members in Q2 growth

EconomyAug 19, 2021

The research showed that the US and major European countries outstripped Korea in this area. The US ranked No. 6, with its economy having expanded 1.6 percent. Mexico stood at No. 7 with 1.5 percent...
[News Focus] Koreans worked 200 more hours than OECD average in 2020

Social affairsAug 17, 2021

Last year, Germany posted the shortest work hours with 1,332 hours per annum, followed by Denmark -- where many employees get off work around 4 p.m. -- with 1,346 hours. The UK ranked third-lowest w...