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Air traffic halved in 2020 due to coronavirus pandemic

Air traffic volume in South Korea halved year-on-year in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, government data showed Sunday. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said the number of fl...

Jan 24, 2021
Transport
SFS appoints Tom Alexander as new assistant head of school

The Seoul Foreign School has appointed a financial expert in the education sector as its new assistant head of school - finance and operations, the school announced Sunday. Tom Alexander assumed the...

Jan 24, 2021
Education
[Feature] ‘Lost decade’ possible for South Korea as employment prospect dims among young job seekers

College graduates continue to find doors to employment closed as economy suffers

Jan 24, 2021
Social affairs
Hyundai Glovis pushes to tap East Asian logistics market

Hyundai Glovis, a vehicle delivery arm of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group, is pushing deeper into the East Asian freight and logistics market. The company, which in 2009 opened its third overseas ...

Jan 24, 2021
Transport
Beauty stores ‘battered’ by coronavirus pandemic

Mask wearing and online shopping boom deals blow to physical stores

Jan 24, 2021
Retail
New virus cases under 400 again, alert in place against potential upticks

South Korea's daily new coronavirus cases fell back below 400 on Sunday, following a brief rise a day earlier, but health authorities remain vigilant against possible upticks amid an apparent slowdow...

Jan 24, 2021
Social affairs
Watchdog set to announce results of probe into ex-Seoul mayor's alleged sexual abuse

The state human rights watchdog is set to announce the results of its investigation into former Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon's alleged sexual abuse of a secretary as early as this week. The National Hu...

Jan 24, 2021
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] 3 missing as fishing boat capsizes near Geoje Island

GEOJE -- Search operations were under way off the southern island of Geoje after three crew members of a capsized fishing boat went missing on Saturday, authorities said. The 339-ton vessel capsized...

Jan 24, 2021
Social affairs
Korean excavator makers likely to enjoy another boom in China this year

South Korea's two excavator makers are expected to see a steady rise in their shipments to China this year thanks to a boom in the neighbor's construction market, according to industry watchers Sunda...

Jan 24, 2021
Economy
Hyundai, Kia struggle in 3 key markets last year amid pandemic

Hyundai Motor Co. and affiliate Kia Corp. slumped in their three major markets last year amid the coronavirus pandemic, company data showed Sunday. Hyundai and Kia, South Korea's two biggest carmake...

Jan 24, 2021
Transport
Korea calls new variants big risk in pandemic fight

South Korea's health authorities warned Saturday that their efforts to contain COVID-19 face a potentially major challenge from the spread of new variants. Kwon Joon-wook, deputy director of the Cen...

Jan 23, 2021
Social affairs
[Eye Plus] Sea of light

The Mapo Oil Depot, located near the World Cup Park in Mapo, western Seoul, was once a level-one security facility that was off limits to the public for almost 40 years. The facility has recently bee...

Jan 23, 2021
Arts&Design
[Digital Simplicity] Gamers are no fools

Nobody wants to be manipulated. But there is a sector where manipulation is openly granted as both parties -- companies and consumers -- agree to play together. The gaming market is the very sector ...

Jan 23, 2021
Viewpoints
Spotlight shone on different aspects of video art pioneer Paik Nam-june

Video artworks on display include “Tiger Lives,” “Volta,” and “Dasan Jeong Yak Yong.” Paik Nam-june, born in 1932 in Seoul, worked in Germany, Japan and the US, becoming a pioneer of video art. He d...

Jan 23, 2021
Arts&Design
[Eye Interview] Creating music as an act of virtue

Singer-songwriter Sunwoo Jung-a sings of living together in new single

Jan 23, 2021
K-pop

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