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[Graphic News] Tokyo Olympics in numbers

SportsJul 23, 2021

Tokyo Olympics organizers have worked to slash the cost and scale of the 2020 Games after a historic postponement, but the numbers involved are still staggering. Here are some key figures from the...
[Graphic News] S. Korea accounts for one-third of global EV battery market in Jan.-May

World BusinessJul 22, 2021

Three South Korean electric vehicle battery makers accounted for a third of the global market in the first five months of the year, but their share has slightly slipped since last year in the face o...
[Graphic News] S. Korea ranks 2nd in monthly capacity of 200mm wafers in 2020: report

World BusinessJul 21, 2021

South Korea had the second-largest monthly capacity of 200-millimeter-equivalent wafers last year behind Taiwan, a report showed. The country, home to major chipmakers like Samsung Electronics and...
[Graphic News] US auto brands rank No. 2 in imported car sales in S. Korea in 2020: data

BusinessJul 20, 2021

US automakers overtook Japanese brands to take the No. 2 spot in the imported car market in South Korea last year, a report showed, taking advantage of local consumers’ boycott of Japanese products ...
[Graphic News] Turkmenistan capital tops Hong Kong as world's costliest: survey

World BusinessJul 19, 2021

Turkmenistan’s capital Ashgabat has overtaken Hong Kong as the world‘s most expensive city for foreign workers, a survey showed. Turkmenistan is almost wholly dependent on natural gas exports and ...
[Graphic News] Parcel shipments rise 27% in Seoul in 2020 due to COVID-19

NationalJul 15, 2021

Parcel shipments in Seoul increased 26.9 percent last year from the previous year, a study showed, as an increasing number of people have preferred ordering food and daily necessities online amid th...
[Graphic News] Value of household work up 36% in 2019 from 5 years earlier

NationalJul 14, 2021

The value of household chores grew nearly 36 percent in 2019 from five years earlier, with men‘s participation in such work rising amid an increase in one-person households and double-income familie...
[Graphic News] No. of fake banknotes dips to record low in H1 amid pandemic

NationalJul 13, 2021

The number of counterfeit South Korean banknotes identified dropped to a new record low in the first half of 2021, as the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the decline of cash use, the Bank of Korea sai...
[Graphic News] The 74th Cannes Film Festival in numbers

FilmJul 12, 2021
[Graphic News] 95.6% of vaccinated people say they recommend receiving shots: poll

NationalJul 9, 2021

Nine out of 10 people who have been vaccinated said they would recommend that their families and friends receive shots, a government survey showed. The poll, jointly conducted by the Central Disas...
[Graphic News] Amazon, Apple most valuable brands

World BusinessJul 8, 2021

Amazon and Apple are the world’s most valuable brands but Chinese brands are rising up the leaders list and are more valuable than Europe’s top brands, according to a global ranking by Kantar’s Bran...
[Graphic News] S. Korea’s global competitiveness ranking stays at 23rd in 2021: report

WorldJul 7, 2021

South Korea’s global competitiveness ranking remained unchanged this year after rising by five notches in the previous year on the back of its efforts to contain the pandemic, a report showed. Sou...
[Graphic News] Nearly 80% of S. Korean consumers increase online shopping amid pandemic

BusinessJul 6, 2021

Nearly 8 out of 10 South Korean consumers have increased their online shopping during the coronavirus pandemic, a poll showed. The survey of 1,000 local consumers, taken by the Korea Chamber of Co...
[Graphic News] 6 in 10 S. Koreans oppose Moon’s visit to Japan during Tokyo Olympics: poll

NationalJul 5, 2021

Over 60 percent of South Koreans are opposed to President Moon Jae-in’s possible visit to Japan during the upcoming Tokyo Olympics, a poll showed. In a survey of 500 people aged 18 and older condu...
[Graphic News] Child labor swells for first time in two decades: UN

WorldJul 2, 2021

The world has marked the first rise in child labor in two decades and the coronavirus crisis threatens to push millions more youngsters toward the same fate, the United Nations said. In a joint re...