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[Graphic News] Paralympic Winter Games

The 2018 Paralympic Winter Games opens from March 9 to 18, for 10 days. The PyeongChang Paralympics will be the biggest yet, with around 570 athletes from over 49 countries participating. There ...

Mar 8, 2018
Sports
[Graphic News] Global cybercrime costs $600b annually: study

The annual cost of cybercrime has hit $600 billion worldwide, fueled by the growing sophistication of hackers and proliferation of criminal marketplaces and cryptocurrencies, researchers said Wednes...

Mar 7, 2018
World Business
[Graphic News] Incheon Airport has most flight delays among major hubs

South Korea’s main international gateway, Incheon Airport, has the worst on-time performance among major airports, a report showed. According to the report by Flightstats, a global flight informat...

Mar 6, 2018
World
[Graphic News] China is top steel producing country

China produced 808.4 million metric tons of Crude Steel, accounting for 50.3 percent of the world’s total production. China is home to the largest steel producing companies - mostly state-owned - su...

Mar 5, 2018
World Business
[Graphic News] S. Korea’s corruption index ranks low

South Korea ranked 51st in the 2017 Corruption Perceptions Index report issued by Transparency International, up only one notch from a year earlier, when the ranking nosedived due to the influence-p...

Mar 4, 2018
National
[Graphic News] S. Korea's childbirth rate continues to drop

According to Statistics Korea, the number of newborns in South Korea dropped to a new record low last year. The number of babies born in 2017 reached 357,700, down 11.9 percent, or 48,500, from 20...

Mar 1, 2018
National
[Graphic News] Switzerland tops global Financial Secrecy Index

Switzerland and the US are the most secretive major financial centers in the world, according to a global ranking compiled by a group campaigning for more transparency. The Tax Justice Network’s stu...

Feb 28, 2018
World News
[Graphic News] Korea ranks 7th in science, technology capabilities

South Korea’s science and technology capabilities ranked seventh last year among the 34 member states of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, according to a state-run think tan...

Feb 27, 2018
Science
[Graphic News] International tourism hits seven-year high

International tourist arrivals grew by a remarkable 7 percent in 2017 to reach a total of 1,322 million, according to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer. This strong momentum is expected to co...

Feb 26, 2018
World
[Graphic News] UNICEF says Pakistan is riskiest country for newborns

Each year, some 2.6 million babies do not survive their first month. The UN children’s agency has singled out Pakistan as the riskiest country for newborns, saying that out of every 1,000 children...

Feb 25, 2018
World
[Graphic News] Winter Olympic Games: Hockey

Two gold medals are at stake in men’s and women‘s hockey. Teams of 20 players line up with six players typically on the ice for each team at any one time. Two referees and two linesmen officiate. Pl...

Feb 22, 2018
Sports
[Graphic News] Winter Olympic Games: Nordic Combined

Nordic combined brings together cross-country skiing, with its demand for strength and endurance, and ski jumping, which requires technical mastery and audacity. There are two individual events for ...

Feb 21, 2018
Sports
[Graphic News] Winter Olympics: Ski jumping

Competitors launch themselves from a takeoff ramp in an effort to fly as far as they can before touching down in the landing zone. Five judges mark competitors for distance and style. The four eve...

Feb 20, 2018
Sports
[Graphic News] Winter Olympic Games: Bobsleigh

Bobsleigh is an event in the Winter Olympic Games where a two-or four-person team drives a specially designed sled down an ice track, with the winning team completing the route with the fastest time...

Feb 19, 2018
Olympic Games
[Graphic News] Winter Olympic Games: Curling

Three gold medals are up for grabs in curling at the 2018 PyeongChang Games: men’s team, women’s team and mixed doubles. A curling team is composed of two or four athletes, and each team takes tur...

Feb 18, 2018
Olympic Games

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