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[Photo News] Promoting Korea-Japan economic ties
Guidelines introduced to prevent deaths from extreme summer weather
S. Korea to inject $70m into AI-powered public education
Seoul shares end tad higher ahead of US inflation data
Controversy brews over shakeup of prosecutors amid probe of first lady
[News Analysis] Is momentum building to ease South Korea-China strain?
[KH Explains] Naver’s Line dilemma: Lose global footing for cash?
[Pressure points] Should non-drinkers split the check with friends who drink?
[Words to know] What it means to 'chew' messages
Korea eyes leadership in advanced air mobility standardization
OpenAI gives ChatGPT new powers to see, hear
Dyson debuts first wet floor cleaner WashG1
CJ CheilJedang beats Q1 earnings estimates on US sales
Woori Bank joins race for 4th online-only lender
Yoon proposes new law for gig, freelance workers
Kia rolls out new EV6 with longer range but no price hike
YG to release first Blackpink digital collectibles
Historic sites to offer 5 fee-free days to mark renaming of cultural heritage agency
TikTok girl surprised with Buldak Carbonara Ramen event
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GRAPHIC NEWS
[Graphic News] Banking groups’ net profits
Jul 31, 2013
The financial soundness of the nation’s major banking groups is expected to reach its lowest since the 2008 global financial crisis. According to the Financial Supervisory Service, the combined net profit of 12 financial groups, including Woori and KB, is forecast to reach about 7.3 trillion won ($6.56 billion) in 2013, down 25.5 percent from the previous year.
[Graphic News] Aid to North Korea
North Korea
Jul 30, 2013
South Korea on Monday approved planned shipments of humanitarian aid for the North. Five civic groups were allowed to send medicine, food and clothes worth 1.47 billion won ($1.25 million) to aid children. Seoul also approved about 678 million won in aid from the Eugene Bell Foundation in April.
[Graphic News] Korea has priciest phones
Technology
Jul 29, 2013
According to Strategy Analytics, South Korea’s average sale price for mobile phones was $415 per handset last year, becoming the most expensive in the world. It attributed the high price to the high proportion of sales taken up by premium-level smartphones.
[Graphic News] Smartphone use among school students
Social affairs
Jul 28, 2013
6.28 million students in 11,410 schools surveyed from June 28 to July 8
[Graphic News] Fortune 500 companies
Jul 25, 2013
The number of companies from the U.S., Japan and Germany on the Fortune 500 list has been decreasing while more and more Chinese firms have made the list.Meanwhile 14 Korean companies including Samsung Electronics were included on the 2013 list, showing little change in number over the past five years.
[Graphic News] Fertility rate forecast
Social affairs
Jul 24, 2013
The total fertility rate is the average number of children that would be born to a woman during her lifetime.
[Graphic News] Lotto winnings remain unclaimed
Jul 23, 2013
According to data released by the Korea Lottery Commission, unclaimed lottery prize money from 2009 to July 15 in 2013 amounted to 178 billion won. The fifth prize of 5,000 won took up about 61 percent of the unclaimed money. Winners have 12 months to claim their winnings. (Unit: billion won)
[Graphic News] Hallyu earnings rocket
Social affairs
Jul 22, 2013
Thanks to a surge in exports of hallyu-related products, Korean entertainment-related firms including filmmakers, broadcasters and game makers earned about $800 million in royalties from foreign firms and individuals’ use of their intellectual property rights last year. It is an increase of 17.6 percent from the previous year that posted $680 million, according to data from the Bank of Korea.
[Graphic News] Korea’s contribution to cost of USFK upkeep
Defense
Jul 21, 2013
South Korea and the United States will hold a second round of talks in Seoul on Wednesday and Thursday to renew a cost-sharing agreement for American troops stationed here.
[Graphic News] Summer food and beverage prices
Jul 18, 2013
According to Statistics Korea, food and beverage prices surged 1.6 percent in June from a year earlier, outpacing the 1.0 percent increase in overall consumer prices. Officials speculate that the extended heat wave may have contributed to the growth.
[Graphic News] Korea’s producer prices continue to fall
Jul 17, 2013
According to the Bank of Korea, the producer price index, a barometer of future consumer inflation, edged down 1.4 percent from a year earlier mainly due to a drop in farm and fisheries production. It marked a decline for the ninth consecutive month.
[Graphic News] Employees’ declining working hours
Social affairs
Jul 16, 2013
According to a recent survey conducted by Job Korea, an online job portal, working hours per day for Korean workers averaged 9 hours and 26 minutes, a decrease of about 40 minutes from the 10 hours and 6 minutes found in a similar poll in 2008.
[Graphic News] Issuance of bank notes, checks decreases
Jul 15, 2013
According to the Bank of Korea, the number of bank notes and checks issued in Korea has decreased since the introduction in 2009 of the 50,000 won note, the country’s highest denomination bill.
[Graphic News] South and North Korean economy
Jul 14, 2013
According to a report released by the Bank of Korea in Seoul last week, North Korea’s nominal gross national income amounted to 33.5 trillion won ($29.8 billion) last year, which is equivalent of 2.6 percent of South Korea’s 2012 GNI of 1,279.5 trillion won.
[Graphic News] U.S., China rise as Koreans’ major property flight destinations
Jul 11, 2013
According to the Korea Customs Service, the United States and China have been emerging as major destinations for South Koreans seeking to launder money or stash away their wealth overseas.
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