Korea ranked 17th in this year’s global retirement ranking, up six notches from last year’s survey, according to the Natixis Investment Managers 2022 Global Retirement Index. 　Norway ranked No. 1, out of the 44 developed countries, followed by Switzerland and Iceland. 　The index includes 18 performance indices, grouped into four thematic indices that cover key aspects for welfare in retirement: The material means to live comfortably in retirement, access to quality financial serv

　South Korea’s global ranking in terms of digital technology competitiveness climbed to No. 8 this year, the Science Ministry said, citing the International Institute for Management Development. 　According to the ministry, South Korea climbed four notches from last year’s 12th spot in the 2022 IMD World Digital Competitiveness Ranking report. The country ranked 19th in 2017 and later reached the 14th and 10th spots in 2018 and 2019, respectively. 　The IMD, a Switzerland-based inte

　Some 200 environmental and land defense activists were killed around the world in 2021, including some 54 in Mexico, which assumed the position of the deadliest country in the annual report by nongovernmental organization Global Witness. 　More than three-quarters of the killings took place in Latin America, where Colombia, Brazil and Nicaragua also logged double-digit death tolls. 　It was the third consecutive year of increases for Mexico and a jump from 30 such activists killed in 2020. 　T

　SK Telecom, South Korea’s largest wireless carrier, ranks No. 1 in terms of download speed of 5G networks, an industry report showed. 　According to global mobile industry tracker Opensignal, the average download speed using SK Telecom’s 5G network was recorded at 469.6 megabits per second (Mbps), 2.55 times faster than the 184.2 Mbps average among global mobile carriers. 　LG Uplus, the country's third-largest mobile carrier, ranked second, with 429.6 Mbps, followed by Bulgaria&rs

　A record 83 percent of Ukrainians would like their country to join NATO, a Kyiv-based opinion pollster said, citing a survey conducted after Kyiv applied to join the military bloc. 　The Oct. 1-2 poll of 2,000 respondents by Rating Group was conducted after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on Sept. 30 that Ukraine was submitting an expedited application for NATO membership. 　Rating Group said the percentage of those supporting NATO membership was the highest ever recorded by a survey i

　On Oct. 1, Indonesian police fired tear gas after violence broke out at a soccer match in Malang, East Java province, sparking a mass panic which drove the crowd toward stadium exits, causing a deadly crush which left at least 125 people dead.

MALANG, Indonesia (AP) -- Panic at an Indonesian soccer match after police fired tear gas to stop brawls left 129 dead, mostly trampled to death, police said Sunday. Several fights between supporters of the two rival soccer teams were reported inside the Kanjuruhan Stadium in East Java province's Malang city after the Indonesian Premier League game ended with Persebaya Surabaya beating Arema Malang 3-2. The brawls that broke out just after the game ended late night Saturday prompted riot poli

　The number of people forced to work or in a marriage against their will has surged in recent years to around 50 million on any given day, the UN's International Labor Organization said on upon releasing its modern slavery report. 　Crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic, armed conflicts and climate change have led to unprecedented disruption to employment and education while exacerbating extreme poverty and forced migration, the agency said. 　Compared to the last count for the year 2016, the nu

　South Korean chipmakers Samsung Electronics and SK hynix were the biggest NAND flash sellers in the world in the second quarter, an industry report showed. 　According to Taiwan-based market analyst firm TrendForce, Samsung's NAND flash sales during the April-June period reached $5.98 billion, with its global market share at 33 percent, down 2.3 percentage points from the previous quarter. 　NAND flash is a type of non-volatile storage technology that does not require power to retain data. (Yo

More than 10.5 million children worldwide have lost parents or caregivers, and 7.5 million-plus have lost one or both parents from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study by JAMA Pediatrics. The sobering statistics are far above previous estimates and still climbing. And they could underscore potentially devastating, long-term consequences for children, including “institutionalization, abuse, traumatic grief, mental health problems, adolescent pregnancy, poor educational outcomes, a

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol visited London for two days to attend the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, held Monday, as part of his three-nation swing to the UK, US and Canada. On Tuesday, the leader is attending the UN General Assembly in New York and will hold a series of summits on the sidelines, including a highly anticipated meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Here are some photos recapping the president and first lady's UK trip.

　Queen Elizabeth II acceded to the throne in 1952, but her formal coronation took place on June 2, 1953, making her the longest serving among Europe’s current monarchs.

LONDON -- Queen Elizabeth II will be laid to rest on Monday, after a state funeral attended by leaders from around the world and a historic last ceremonial journey through the packed streets of London. Huge crowds gathered in near silence to watch as the queen's flag-draped coffin, topped with the Imperial State Crown, her orb and sceptre, was carried slowly to a gun carriage from parliament's Westminster Hall where it had lain in state since Wednesday. To the tune of pipes and drums, the gun

　“Snowdrop,” a romance drama TV series starring Jung Hae-in and Jisoo of Blackpink, has been the most talked about K-drama in the world across the social media platform Twitter so far in 2022, the company said. 　According to Twitter, “Snowdrop,” which aired on JTBC from December of last year to Jan. 30, was the most tweeted K-drama show from Jan. 1 to Aug. 18, followed by tvN‘s “Twenty Five Twenty One” and “Business Proposal” of SBS at seco

　South Korea was ranked ninth among countries with trade surpluses with the United States in the first half of the year, as Asia‘s fourth-largest economy recorded strong on-year growth in shipments to the US during the period, US government data showed. 　According to the Department of Commerce, South Korea’s trade surplus with the US during the January-June period amounted to $21.67 billion, up 86.9 percent from a year ago. 　The trade surplus grew as South Korean shipments to the