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November 13, 2018 Social affairs

[Graphic News] S. Korea's suicide rate drops but still tops OECD

Despite declining in recent years, the suicide rate in South Korea remains the highest among developed nations, according to statistics. An analysis of health data from the Organization for Econom...

[Graphic News] China most visited among Asian nations

China attracts the highest number of tourists in Asia, with a record inflow of 59.27 million people in 2016. The Southeast Asian region receives the highest number of travelers, with China topping...

November 12, 2018
World News
[Graphic News] Less than 50% of South Koreans say marriage necessary: survey

A majority of Koreans over 13 years old regard marriage as a choice, not a necessity. According to a survey of 39,000 people over 13 years old by Statistics Korea, 48.1 percent thought they should...

November 11, 2018
Social affairs
[Graphic News] Multicultural population exceeds 1.85 million

According to the 2017 data from Statistics Korea, people from multicultural backgrounds residing in the country totaled 1,861,084 as of Nov. 1, 2017, up 96,420, or 5.5 percent, from a year ago. Th...

November 8, 2018
National
[Graphic News] Air pollution kills 600,000 children each year: WHO

Exposure to toxic air both indoors and out kills some 600,000 children under the age of 15 each year, the World Health Organization warned Monday. Data from the UN health body shows that every day...

November 7, 2018
World News
[Graphic News] S. Koreans rank No. 1 in OECD in hospital visits

South Koreans rank first among major economies in terms of visits made to hospitals in 2016, government data showed. According to the data by the National Health Insurance Service, South Koreans v...

November 6, 2018
Health
[Graphic News] Number of S. Korean landowners up more than 10% in 2017

The number of South Koreans who owned land in the country jumped 10.3 percent in 2017 from 2012, government data showed. The data compiled by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said th...

November 5, 2018
Social affairs
[Graphic News] How Internet usage has grown in Asia since 2000

Internet usage has grown all over Asia with China, India and Indonesia leading the way, according to recent data released by the Internet World Stats. The internet has grown widely in all parts of...

November 4, 2018
World News
[Graphic News] Indonesia most generous country in world

Indonesia had named most generous country in the world followed by Australia in second place and New Zealand in third place, according to the British charity, Charities Aid Foundation. South Korea...

November 1, 2018
World News
[Graphic News] Which Asian country has greatest hydropower capacity?

China leads the region in hydropower capacity, followed by India and Japan. According to the recent Hydropower Status Report, East Asia and the Pacific region have the highest annual increases in ...

October 31, 2018
World News
[Graphic News] Domestic violence increases 74% in five years

The number of domestic violence cases reported to police was 279,082 in 2017 - a surge of 74 percent from the 160,272 cases recorded in 2013, data released by the National Police Agency showed. In...

October 30, 2018
Social affairs
[Graphic News] Rate of Korean children in state preschools among lowest in OECD

According to analysis of an Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development report titled "Education at a Glance 2018," South Korea's figure for children between the ages of 3 and 5 in state-r...

October 29, 2018
Social affairs
[Graphic News] Stanford most innovative university in world

For the fourth year running, Stanford University tops Reuters' ranking of the World's Most Innovative Universities, a list that identifies and ranks the educational institutions doing the most to ad...

October 25, 2018
Education
[Graphic News] Number of women corporate executives increases, but ratio still low

The number of female executives at South Korea's top 100 companies doubled from five years ago to more than 200, but the increase in the ratio to the total number was still paltry, at 3.2 percent, t...

October 24, 2018
National
[Graphic News] Online malls losing visitors

Online shopping sites are losing visitors, whose numbers have fallen some 14 percent over the past two years, industry data showed. The six major online shopping malls had 77.97 million visitors i...

October 23, 2018
Business

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