Articles by Nam Kyung-don
Nam Kyung-don
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[Graphic News] Hong Kong named world’s most expensive cities for luxuries
Wealthy bargain hunters should be wary of getting married in New York, hiring lawyers in Hong Kong or buying fine wines in Rio de Janeiro. That’s according to research from Julius Baer Group, which broke out the world’s most expensive cities for a variety of luxury goods and services - from houses to whisky to handbags. High local tax rates make Rio de Janeiro - Brazil’s second-largest city - the world’s most expensive metropolis in five of 18 categories in the Swi
World News Jan. 30, 2020
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[Graphic News] Average monthly income of wage earners up 3.4%
The average monthly income of wage earners rose 3.4 percent in 2018 from a year earlier, government data showed. South Koreans earned 2.97 million won ($2,550) per month on average in 2018, compared with 2.87 million won in 2017, according to the data compiled by Statistics Korea. The data showed that the average monthly income of male wage earners stood at 3.47 million won in 2018, while that of female workers came to 2.25 million won. (Yonhap)
Social Affairs Jan. 28, 2020
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[Graphic News] Mobile game sales in S. Korea surpass W4.2tr in 2019
Sales of South Korean mobile games rose 5.2 percent on-year to surpass 4.2 trillion won ($3.6 billion) last year, industry data showed. According to the data from mobile big data platform IGAWorks, combined sales at three app markets - Google’s Play Store for Android devices, Apple’s App Store for iPhones, and ONE store - came to 4.29 trillion won in 2019. NCSoft had the biggest market share with 21.5 percent, followed by Netmarble with 11.7 percent and Nexon with 5.1 perce
Business Jan. 27, 2020
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[Graphic News] Year of the Rat
The Chinese Zodiac is based on a twelve-year cycle, with each year related to an animal sign. The signs in order are the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and pig. It is calculated according to the Chinese lunar calendar. Based in China, the zodiac and its variations remain popular in many Asian countries, such as South Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand. This is the Year of the Rat according to Chinese zodiac. Rat is the first in the 12-year cy
National Jan. 22, 2020
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[Graphic News] No. of traffic fatalities in Seoul drops 19%
The number of traffic accident deaths in Seoul fell 19.1 percent last year from a year earlier, data showed. A total of 246 people died in traffic accidents in Seoul in 2019, down from 304 tallied a year earlier, with a daily tally of 0.67, according to the data compiled by the Seoul Metropolitan Government and the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency. (Yonhap)
Social Affairs Jan. 21, 2020
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[Graphic News] Samsung ranks No. 3 in global wireless headset shipments in 2019
Samsung Electronics ranked third in global wireless headset shipments last year, industry data showed, though it trailed far behind its rival Apple. Samsung shipped 7.4 million totally wireless headsets for a 6.9 percent market share in 2019, according to data from market tracker Strategy Analytics. Apple was the dominant force in the TWS market with a 54.4 percent market share after shipping 58.7 million AirPods, its signature TWS headset product, in 2019. (Yonhap)
Technology Jan. 20, 2020
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[Graphic News] Exports of processed rice goods up 20% in 2019
South Korea’s outbound shipments of processed rice products shot up last year, amid the booming popularity of Korean dramas, K-pop and other cultural content abroad, data showed. Exports of these products reached $106 million in 2019, marking a sharp rise from $89 million posted a year earlier, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. The exports also nearly doubled from $55 million posted in 2015. These products cover a wide range of food items, such as snacks, n
Industry Jan. 19, 2020
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[Graphic News] Louvre sees fewer visitors after steps to limit crowds
The hordes flocking to the Louvre in Paris fell to 9.6 million in 2019 as the museum tried to limit overcrowding, its director said. After numbers rocketed by a quarter the previous year to a record 10.2 million, the most visited museum in the world said, it set out to actively discourage tourists in the peak summer months. The Louvre gets far more visitors than any other museum in the world, including the National Museum of China in Beijing, which attracted 8.6 million people in 2018; and New
World News Jan. 16, 2020
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[Graphic News] Imported car sales dip 6.1% as Japanese brands struggle
Imported car sales in South Korea fell 6.1 percent in 2019 from a year earlier as Japanese brands were affected by a boycott amid trade tensions between Seoul and Tokyo, an industry association said. The number of newly registered foreign vehicles fell to 244,780 last year from the previous year’s 260,705, according to the Korea Automobile Importers & Distributors Association. Japanese carmakers such as Toyota Motor, Honda Motor and Nissan Motor saw their sales plunge 19
Business Jan. 15, 2020
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[Graphic News] Population growth slows in 2019 as number of seniors hits record high
The number of people aged over 65 years in South Korea climbed to a new high last year, breaching the 8 million mark for the first time in history, while the country’s overall population grew at the slowest pace ever, data showed. The country’s overall population remained nearly unchanged at just under 51.85 million as of end-December, up only 23,802 or 0.05 percent from a year earlier. It was the slowest on-year gain since the country began publishing related data in 2008, accordin
Social Affairs Jan. 14, 2020
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[Graphic News] Number of Catholics in Korea increased nearly 50% over past 20 years
The number of Roman Catholics in South Korea has steadily increased over the past two decades, though the pace has significantly slowed in recent years, a report showed. The report, issued by the Catholic Pastoral Institute of Korea, said the number of Catholics here increased 48.6 percent from 3,946,844 in 1999 to 5,866,510 in 2018. The diocese of Suwon, just south of Seoul, saw the highest rate of increase in the 20-year period, 89.1 percent. This was followed by Daejeon in central Korea with
Social Affairs Jan. 13, 2020
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[Graphic News] Bushfires flare as Australia heat wave sets in
Australia is experiencing an unprecedented, drought-fueled bushfire crisis that has burnt swathes of land across the vast continent. The catastrophic bushfires have killed at least 26 people, destroyed more than 2,000 homes and scorched some 8 million hectares -- an area the size of the island of Ireland. Scientists say the drought-fueled blazes are being worsened by climate change, which is increasing the length and intensity of Australia’s fire season. (AFP)
World News Jan. 12, 2020
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[Graphic News] US troops stationed across the Middle East
Iran fired missiles Wednesday at Iraqi bases housing the US military, officials in Washington and Tehran said, in the first act of the Islamic Republic’s promised revenge for the US killing of a top Iranian general. Across the Middle East, these threats have put on high alert the bases, ports and other installations where US troops are based or pass through. The US has tens of thousands of military personnel at bases and aboard ships across the Middle East, as well as arrangements with va
World News Jan. 9, 2020
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[Graphic News] S. Korea records lowest-ever December snowfall
Last month, South Korea saw its lowest monthly snowfall on record for December, amid relatively warm weather, according to the meteorological agency. The amount of snowfall reached 3 millimeters in December 2019, the lowest since weather authorities began to compile December data, the Korea Meteorological Administration said. The previous record-low snowfall was 5 millimeters in December 1998. The data was compiled by measuring the depth of the most accumulated snow over the past 24 hours. (Yo
National Jan. 8, 2020
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[Graphic News] Global air crash deaths fall more than half in 2019
The number of deaths in major air crashes around the globe fell by more than half from the previous year in 2019, according to a report by an aviation consulting firm. The To70 consultancy said that 257 people died in eight fatal accidents in 2019. That compares to 534 deaths in 13 fatal accidents in 2018. The 2019 death toll rose in late December after a Bek Air Fokker 100 crashed Dec. 27 on takeoff in Kazakhstan, killing 12 people. The worst crash of 2019 involved an Ethiopian Airlines Boein
World News Jan. 7, 2020
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