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Dec 9, 2018 World News

[Graphic News] Merkel tops Forbes’ 100 most powerful women

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been named atop the list of the 100 most powerful women in the world for 2018 for an eighth year in a row. Her streak since 2006 has been broken only by Michelle ...

[Graphic News] 25% of S. Korean adults have pets: report

About 1 in 4 South Korean adults owns a pet, and they spend an average of around 100,000 won ($89.95) per month on their companion, a report by KB Financial Group showed. According to the report b...

Dec 6, 2018
Social affairs
[Graphic News] Grim tidings from science on climate change

Scientists monitoring Earth’s climate and environment have delivered a cascade of grim news this year, adding a sense of urgency to UN talks starting next week in Poland on how best to draw down the...

Dec 5, 2018
World
[Graphic News] Life expectancy of Koreans edges up to 82.7 years

South Korean babies born in 2017 are expected to live more than 82 years on average, government data showed. According to data compiled by Statistics Korea, the average life expectancy in 2017 w...

Dec 4, 2018
Social affairs
[Graphic News] Oxfam praises Korea’s progress in reducing inequality

South Korea is making progress in reducing the gap between rich and poor through its policies on social spending, tax and labor rights, aid agency Oxfam said in a report. Oxfam and Development Fin...

Dec 3, 2018
World
[Graphic News] Top 20 most polluting countries

A United Nations report said global efforts to reduce the effects of climate change are way off track, with global carbon dioxide emissions rising again in 2017. China ranks top with annual carb...

Dec 2, 2018
World
[Graphic News] Japan’s rich have most cash in Asia

Japan’s rich have the largest accumulation of wealth in the Asia-Pacific region at $7.7 trillion, but Chinese millionaires are catching up. The pool of wealth held by China’s high-net-worth indivi...

Nov 29, 2018
World
[Graphic News] Singapore ‘world’s best place for expats to live and work’

Singapore was voted the best place in the world for expats to live and work for a fourth straight year, beating New Zealand, Germany and Canada, according to HSBC’s annual Expat Explorer. Australi...

Nov 28, 2018
World News
[Graphic News] Home most dangerous place for women: UN study

More than half of the women murdered worldwide last year were killed by their partners or family members, making home “the most dangerous place for a woman,” a new UN study said. In statistics rel...

Nov 27, 2018
World News
[Graphic News] International marriages in Korea edge up in 2017

The number of marriages between South Korean nationals and foreign nationals inched up last year, ending six consecutive years of decline, government data showed. There were 21,917 international m...

Nov 26, 2018
Social affairs
[Graphic News] Mobile payments at convenience stores spike this year

Mobile payments at Korean convenience stores have more than doubled this year due to greater use of smartphones and the expansion of mobile payment services, a market player said. South Korea’s to...

Nov 25, 2018
Social affairs
[Graphic News] Copenhagen named world's top city to visit by Lonely Planet

Denmark's capital Copenhagen has been chosen as the world's No. 1 city to visit in 2019, according to travel publisher Lonely Planet. The Best in Travel report, now in its 14th year, is based on t...

Nov 22, 2018
World News
[Graphic News] World wine output rises 13% after disastrous year

Global wine production rose 13 percent this year after a catastrophic 2017 marked by heat waves, early frost and hailstorms, the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) said. The OIV est...

Nov 21, 2018
World
[Graphic News] India to see highest GDP growth rate in Asia

The Asian Development Bank projected that India would see the highest gross domestic product growth rate in Asia in 2018 at 7.3 percent, though this is lower than the nation's growth rate of 6.7 per...

Nov 20, 2018
World Business
[Graphic News] Crimes against S. Koreans overseas rise

More than 40,000 South Koreans fell prey to crime or traffic accidents overseas between 2013 and 2017 and the number of victims has increased every year, said a lawmaker citing a National Police Age...

Nov 19, 2018
Social affairs

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