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[News Focus] Will Korea return to apartment deregulation for stimulus?

EconomyApr 5, 2020

SEJONG -- Over the past one or two months, many online commenters have raised the possibility that COVID-19 would pull down apartment prices in Seoul, pointing out that the Moon Jae-in administration...
South Korea’s population declines by 8,200 since Dec. 1

Social affairsApr 2, 2020

A significant number of former Seoul citizens are estimated to have moved to Gyeonggi Province and Incheon (both of which have many commuters to the capital), or to Sejong (the nation’s new administr...
[News Focus] Winter Olympics scheduled 6 months after Summer Olympics

IndustryMar 31, 2020

In 2022, the Winter Olympic Games will be hosted by Beijing from Feb. 4-20. This is only six months after the Summer Olympics close, in continuation of the sports fever. And the two championships fo...
[News Focus] COVID-19 likely to cause record surge in payouts for jobless in March

EconomyMar 29, 2020

The situation is aggravating concerns over the government’s capacity to continue paying benefits at such high levels. Payouts had already seen a sharp increase even before the pandemic started; in th...
[News Focus] Korean retail investors are victims of ‘unpaid’ stock buying

EconomyMar 26, 2020

In this context, he questioned the efficacy of the state-led emergency funding to bourses, saying that “the funds could possibly carry out the (undesirable) function of absorbing another series of sh...
[Herald Interview] New head Kim pledges trustworthy, futuristic Korea Coast Guard

Social affairsMar 24, 2020

He also said the agency was not sparing investments in futuristic devices, bracing for the “fourth industrial revolution.” “We will actively utilize artificial satellites, drones and unmanned air ve...
[News Focus] 8.56 million people reside alone in South Korea

Social affairsMar 22, 2020

Daejeon ranked second in the portion among the eight core cities at 37.9 percent, trailed by Busan (37.3 percent), Gwangju (36.6 percent), Daegu (34.9 percent) and Incheon (34.9 percent). Among the ...
[News Focus] Of 56 areas in Seoul area, Seongnam takes hardest virus hit

Social affairsMar 19, 2020

The respective populations of the satellite cities Seongnam and Bucheon stood at 942,000 and 827,000 as of February, and their collective population far surpassed that of either Daejeon or Gwangju. Y...
[News Focus] COVID-19 makes Korean currency cheaper

EconomyMar 17, 2020

Compared with the last trading session of 2019, the US dollar had climbed 72 won (6.22 percent) to trade at 1,228 won as of Monday. The euro, which stood at 1,296.80 won on Dec. 31, had risen 74.63 ...
[News Focus] Sejong outnumbers 4 big cities in COVID-19 cases

Social affairsMar 15, 2020

Government Complex Sejong in Eojin-dong has 12 ministries and other core state agencies, whose buildings -- from No. 1 to No. 15 -- are connected in a curved row in the shape of a Korean traditional ...
[News Focus] 22 civil servants at Government Complex Sejong infected with COVID-19

Social affairsMar 12, 2020

Of South Korea’s 18 ministries, 12 are headquartered in Sejong, including the Ministry of Economy and Finance (four ministries are located in Seoul, one in Gwacheon and one in Daejeon). Other public ...
[Exclusive] Jeju’s international schools to make up for COVID-19 delay through online learning, Saturday classes

EducationMar 10, 2020

SEJONG -- One of the major concerns amid the COVID-19 panic in South Korea is how it will affect the academic calendar for students in elementary school through high school. Considering the delayed s...
[News Focus] Sejong residents on alert after string of COVID-19 reports

Social affairsMar 8, 2020

Prugio City -- a studio apartment building in Eojin-dong, where one COVID-19 patient lived before moving to North Gyeongsang Province -- is attempting to track down all residents who rode the elevato...
[News Focus] South Korea’s population dips by 6,800 in 3 months

Social affairsMar 5, 2020

Daegu and contiguous North Gyeongsang Province are the nation’s seventh- and sixth-largest areas -- whose collective number of residents came to 5.09 million and accounted for 9.8 percent of the tota...
[News Focus] Compared with other OECD nations, Korea has far fewer doctors, nurses, per 1,000 people

Social affairsMar 3, 2020

Among English-speaking countries, Australia ranked 12th with 3.68 whereas New Zealand ranked 16th with 3.33. The UK ranked 24th with 2.85 and Canada 25th with 2.76. The US was in 26th place with 2.61...