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[News Focus] Korea 33rd of 36 OECD members in foreigner portion at colleges

EducationApr 21, 2020

The portion of foreign college students in Eastern European and Baltic nations was also higher than that of Korea -- 12.5 percent in the Czech Republic, 10 percent in Hungary, 8.2 percent in Estonia,...
[News Focus] Korea set to be superaged society within 4 years

Social affairsApr 19, 2020

The longer lifespan is seen from the portion of Koreans aged 80 and over via the comparison of the data over the past decade. In March 2010, the number of those in their 80s or older stood at 900,06...
[News Focus] Sagging economy seemingly put in backyard in election

EconomyApr 19, 2020

According to a series of surveys by major pollsters, “insolvent economic policies and performance” was the primary common factor among opponents of President Moon for the reason they were not support...
[News Focus] Pace of coronavirus infections relatively fast in India, Brazil, Russia

Social affairsApr 14, 2020

In addition, Canada, feasibly affected by the US, has exceeded Korea in its number of cases. Canada ranked 13th with 24,380 cases though its population is fewer by 14 million than that of South Korea...
[News Focus] Korea ranks 51st among 52 major countries in youth population

Social affairsApr 12, 2020

Among English-speaking nations, New Zealand posted 19.3 percent, followed by Australia at 18.8 percent, the US at 18.6 percent, the UK at 17.9 percent and Canada, 16.1 percent. Out of major European...
[News Focus] Compared with OECD average, South Korea has far fewer foreign residents

Social affairsApr 9, 2020

Estonia ranked third with 16.3 percent, while Austria was fourth with 15.9 percent. Austria borders eight countries: Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Italy, Switzerland and L...
[News Focus] European nations sweep top 10 in infection rate

Social affairsApr 7, 2020

South Korea stood at No. 26 with 2 per 10,000 -- tied with Australia, Chile, Ecuador, Serbia and Romania. With 10,284 patients in a population of 51.84 million, Korea was also one of the 17 countries...
[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...