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[News Focus] Sejong sees population fall for 1st time in history

Social affairsJul 2, 2020

Meanwhile, South Korea’s entire population declined for the seventh consecutive month -- as an unprecedented case -- from December, Interior Ministry data showed. The population stood at 51.839 mill...
[News Focus] With 20 months left, what are prospects of liberals winning next presidency?

PoliticsJun 30, 2020

SEJONG -- The next presidential election will be conducted in about 20 months, under which South Korea is to see the president-elect in March 2022. While President Moon Jae-in finishes his term at m...
[News Focus] Coronavirus cases up 1,000-5,000% in some nations since April

Social affairsJun 29, 2020

The next group included the UK, Spain, Peru, Chile, Italy and Iran, whose number of confirmed cases topped 200,000 each. Peru and Chile -- whose tallies for novel coronavirus cases stayed at 7,500 a...
[News Focus] Tough apartment, stock rules frustrate ordinary Koreans

MarketsJun 25, 2020

SEJONG -- A number of salaried people and ordinary households in South Korea have been resorting to stocks and real estate as their two main investment. But their investments according to market pri...
[News Focus] Jeju Island No. 1 in jobless growth from COVID-19

EconomyJun 23, 2020

Seoul saw the number of unemployment benefits recipients increase from 94,191 in January to 126,281 over the corresponding three months. Gwangju was No. 5 on the list with a 33.3 percent increase, f...
[News Focus] Number of Koreans aged under-20 falls 2.5 million since 2011

Social affairsJun 21, 2020

The situation gets more critical when it comes to those younger than 15. Among 52 major countries, including 37 OECD members, Korea ranked No. 51 in the percentage of population for those aged 0-14 a...
[News Focus] 1 in 7 Koreans de facto jobless since March

EconomyJun 18, 2020

Compared with the figure at the end of 2019 -- 3.29 million in December -- the number of jobless on an extended basis surged by more than 1 million (32 percent), reaching 4.36 million in May. The si...
[News focus] Korea ranks 3rd in women’s life span among OECD members

Social affairsJun 17, 2020

In contrast, Korea’s male newborns are anticipated to live just 79.7 years, which placed it middle of the pack at No. 15 among the 37 members. Switzerland topped the list for men’s life expectancy a...
[News Focus] Korea facing significant household debt risks: OECD data

EconomyJun 15, 2020

Latvia and Hungary recorded the lowest figures, both in the 42 percent range. The next-lowest were Colombia, Lithuania (50 percent), Slovenia (57 percent), Poland (63 percent), and the Czech Republic...
[News Focus] Arguments over Sejong Station on KTX Line set to resurface

Social affairsJun 14, 2020

ITX trains are updated versions of the now-defunct Saemaeul trains, and the new route would allow passengers to travel directly between Seoul Station and the tentatively named Government Complex Sejo...
[News Focus] 4 major cities lose 37,000 residents since Dec. 1

Social affairsJun 9, 2020

South Gyeongsang Province posted minus 11,927, trailed by North Jeolla Province with 10,702, South Jeolla Province with 9,643, South Chungcheong Province with 5,792 and North Chungcheong Province wit...
[News Focus] Is it time to recalibrate the Korean won?

EconomyJun 7, 2020

SEJONG -- In 2019 South Korea ranked 20th in gross domestic product per capita among the 37 members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, outstripping Japan and Spain. In ter...
[News Focus] Unemployment amid COVID-19 shows gender contrast in Korea

Social affairsJun 4, 2020

As a result, the jobless rate for men rose by 0.3 percentage point to 4.2 percent over the period, while the figure for women declined from 4.4 percent to 4.2 percent. The collective figure for both ...
[News Focus] South Korea’s population decreases 10,000 in 6 months

Social affairsJun 2, 2020

Interior Ministry data showed that 10 of the 17 major areas (eight cities and nine provinces) recorded lower population figures last month. Daegu topped the list as the number of its residents dippe...
[News Focus] Korea sees online shopping grow 190% since 2015

IndustryMay 31, 2020

Data suggested that the smartphone shopping percentage has further grown in particular. The proportion of mobile shopping of total online sales has increased by 25.6 percentage points -- from 41.7 pe...