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[Graphic News] Seoul, Busan among top 10 most expensive cities in Asia for expats

Seoul and Busan, respectively, have become the fourth and ninth most expensive cities for expats in Asia, according to a recent report. Worldwide, the South Korean capital was the eighth most expe...

[Graphic News] 115 million men and boys married as children: UNICEF

An estimated 115 million boys and men worldwide were married as children, 23 million of them before the age of 15, UNICEF said in the first ever in-depth study of child grooms. The Central African...

Jun 18, 2019
World
[Graphic News] World’s elderly population to hit 2.1 billion by 2050

The world is projected to have more than 2.1 billion residents aged 60 and above by 2050, more than double the number of 2017, according to the United Nations. The elderly population in Asia numbe...

Jun 17, 2019
World News
[Graphic News] Amazon dethrones Google as top global brand

US retail giant Amazon has overtaken tech titans Apple and Google to become the world’s most valuable brand, according to a survey. The brand value of Amazon surged 52 percent to $315 billion, glo...

Jun 16, 2019
World Business
[Graphic News] Rihanna declared world’s richest female musician

Singer, makeup entrepreneur, lingerie designer and now the first black woman to head a top luxury fashion house - Rihanna has racked up a $600 million fortune to become the world’s richest female mu...

Jun 13, 2019
Music
[Graphic News] Koreans spending more time on Instagram

The combined time spent on the photo and video-sharing platform Instagram by South Korean Android users surged by 73 percent on-year in May, industry data showed. They spent a total of 26 billion ...

Jun 12, 2019
Social affairs
[Graphic News] Voice phishing is main reason for ID number change

Voice phishing has turned out to be the biggest reason that people change their resident registration numbers, a government commission in charge of the matter said. According to the Interior Minis...

Jun 11, 2019
Social affairs
[Graphic News] North Korea ranks at bottom for press freedom: report

North Korea, along with China, Syria and other countries, has been rated as the worst in terms of press freedom, a recent report by a US freedom watchdog showed. US-based Freedom House released th...

Jun 10, 2019
World News
[Graphic News] Swine fever to affect pork market for years

Millions of pigs have been culled as African swine fever cuts through China and beyond, devastating global food chains, with pork prices expected to soar from the food markets of Hong Kong to Americ...

Jun 9, 2019
World News
[Graphic News] Ryu Hyun-jin named best pitcher for May

Los Angeles Dodgers’ Ryu Hyun-jin is lately showing off outstanding performances in each and every measure. He has capped it off by winning the National League Pitcher of the Month for May. Ryu is...

Jun 6, 2019
Baseball
[Graphic News] Brazil largest coffee producer in world

Brazil is the largest coffee producing country in the world, having produced more than 51 million bags of beans in 2017-2018. The world’s second largest producer is Vietnam, with production of 29....

Jun 5, 2019
World News
[Graphic News] Emerging nations to dominate world economy in 2050

By 2050, China will not only have overtaken the United States, but its economy will be much, much bigger than the US. According to a PwC report, its gross domestic product will stand at around $58...

Jun 4, 2019
World Business
[Graphic News] Proportion of female workers on rise in Korea

The proportion of female workers at South Korea’s 600 leading firms has increased in the past five years, according to a local think tank. The Korea Economic Research Institute analyzed the top 60...

Jun 3, 2019
Social affairs
[Graphic News] China produces 95% of world’s rare earths

China produces more than 95 percent of the world’s rare earths, and the US relies on China for more than 80 percent of its imports. In 2018, Beijing increased rare earths mining by 15,000 tons, wh...

Jun 2, 2019
World
[Graphic News] More climbers die on crowded Everest

A traffic jam of climbers in Everest’s “death zone” was blamed for two of four new deaths reported Friday, heightening concerns that the drive for profits is trumping safety on the world’s highest p...

May 30, 2019
World

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