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[Exclusive] Korean military set to ban iPhones over 'security' concerns
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Korean, Romanian leaders discuss defense tech, nuclear energy
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[Graphic News] 77% of young Koreans still financially dependent
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S. Korea calls on Japan to confront history amid Yasukuni Shrine visit
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Yoon’s jailed mother-in-law excluded from latest parole list
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Hybe and Min Hee-jin, CEO of Hybe sublabel Ador, lock horns
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North Korea fires several short-range ballistic missiles into sea: JCS
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[Pressure points] Leggings in public: Fashion statement or social faux pas?
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Samsung, SK hynix investors dump shares on Nvidia crash
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Yoo Jae-suk, Yoo Yeon-seok team up in 'Whenever Possible'
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[Graphic News] Hallyu earnings rocket
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.
Social AffairsJuly 22, 2013
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[Graphic News] Korea’s contribution to cost of USFK upkeep
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.
DefenseJuly 21, 2013
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[Graphic News] Summer food and beverage prices
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.
July 18, 2013
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[Graphic News] Korea’s producer prices continue to fall
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.
July 17, 2013
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[Graphic News] Employees’ declining working hours
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.
Social AffairsJuly 16, 2013
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[Graphic News] Issuance of bank notes, checks decreases
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.
July 15, 2013
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[Graphic News] South and North Korean economy
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.
July 14, 2013
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[Graphic News] U.S., China rise as Koreans’ major property flight destinations
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.
July 11, 2013
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[Graphic News] Global smartphone shipments
Global shipments of high-end smartphones priced at $300 or above are likely to suffer a slowdown in the coming years, according to a report released by Hi Investment & Securities on Wednesday.
July 10, 2013
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[Graphic News] Science and technology budget
South Korea is seeking to sharply increase its investment in science and technology, setting a 92.4 trillion won ($80 billion) budget to finance research and development in new growth sectors by 2017.
PeopleJuly 9, 2013
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[Graphic News] Investment Banks cut global growth outlook to 2.9%
The average global economic growth outlook for this year provided by 11 foreign investment banks in June was 2.9 percent, a 0.2 percent decrease from the 3.1 percent previously estimated at the end of last year. Korea’s growth forecast was reduced to 2.7 percent from 3.0 percent. The figure was compiled by Yonhap News based on data from financial institutions.
July 8, 2013
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[Graphic News] Students’ top dream companies
According to a survey conducted by Incruit, an online job portal, Samsung Electronics topped the list of companies at which university students would like to work most after graduation. It surveyed 747 university students across the nation.
July 7, 2013
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[Graphic News] Child abuse increases
Child abuse cases increased by 7.9 percent on-year in 2012, with more than 80 percent committed by parents at home, according to a survey by the Ministry of Health and Welfare.
Social AffairsJuly 4, 2013
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[Graphic News] Cross-border migrating
The number of people moving to and from Korea totaled 1.28 million last year, a 4.4 percent increase from a year earlier, according to Statistics Korea. But net migration, the difference between the numbers of immigrants and emigrants, fell to just 7,000 people.
July 3, 2013
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[Graphic News] Korea’s trade balance in H1
Korea’s exports dropped for the first time in four months in June, indicating that the nation still faces external economic uncertainty amid the global slowdown. (Source: The Trade Ministry)
July 2, 2013
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[Graphic News] Young people’s share of working population shrinks
Statistics Korea said Monday that the proportion of younger people in Korea’s total working population has dropped sharply over the past three decades, raising concerns that the decline could undermine the country’s overall growth potential. (Source: Statistics Korea)
July 1, 2013
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[Graphic News] Brand value in Korea
According to Brandstock, a brand consultancy in Korea, Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy smartphone series topped the list for brand power for the second half of this year. Also noteworthy was mobile messenger Kakao Talk jumping to 15th, from 28th in the first half of the year.
IndustryJune 30, 2013
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[Graphic News] 1 in 4 Seoul citizens obese
Nearly 25 percent of adult citizens in Seoul were found to be obese in 2012, with the proportion on the rise for the fourth consecutive year, according to a survey of 23,165 citizens aged 19 or older. Korea considers people obese when their body mass index measurement exceeds 25 and with extreme obese when their BMI exceeds 30.
TechnologyJune 27, 2013
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[Graphic News] Education spending
Expensive tuition fees and the government’s limited support for public education put heavy burden on Korean students and parents, according to the OECD’s 2013 Education at a Glance survey.
Social AffairsJune 26, 2013
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[Graphic News] Smartphone penetration rate
According to data compiled by Strategy Analytics, Korea had the highest level of smartphone ownership in the world last year backed by rising demand for the device and faster Internet networks.
TechnologyJune 25, 2013