Articles by Nam Kyung-don
Nam Kyung-don
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[Graphic News] S. Korean battery makers’ H1 market share falls amid Chinese advance
The global market share of major South Korean battery makers fell in the first half of this year from a year earlier amid strong growth of Chinese rivals, a report showed. LG Energy Solution, SK On and Samsung SDI together accounted for a combined 25.8 percent share for the January-June period in terms of the total amount of battery energy registered, according to the report by market tracker SNE Research. That marks a 9.1 percentage point decline from the previous year’s
World Business Aug. 18, 2022
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[Graphic News] Cigarette sales in S. Korea up 1.9% in H1
Sales of cigarettes in South Korea gained 1.9 percent on-year in the first half of the year due to weak demand for duty-free cigarettes amid the coronavirus pandemic and increased sales of heated tobacco products, the Finance Ministry said. South Korean smokers purchased 1.78 billion 20-cigarette packs in the January-June period, compared with 1.75 billion packs a year earlier, according to the Ministry of Economy and Finance. The rise came as COVID-19 restrictions, which decreased access
National Aug. 17, 2022
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[Graphic News] S. Korea’s total population falls for the first time in 2021
South Korea’s total population fell for the first time last year due to the country’s low childbirths and rapid aging, along with a decline in incoming foreigners during the pandemic, data showed. The country’s total population reached 51.74 million as of Nov. 1, 2021, down 91,000, or 0.2 percent, from the previous year, according to the 2021 census by Statistics Korea. It marked the first on-year decline since 1949, when the statistics agency began compiling data. The
National Aug. 16, 2022
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[Graphic News] 294 nabbed for child sexual abuse materials; half were in 10s
A total of 294 people were arrested between March and June for crimes related to child sexual exploitation, and more than half of the offenders were teenagers, police said. Of 786 arrests made in the four months for cybersex crimes, 294 people, or 37.4 percent, were either using, producing or distributing child sexual abuse materials, the National Police Agency said. Noticeably, 54.5 percent of the offenders were aged in their 10s, followed by 36 percent in their 20s and 7.1 percent in the
National Aug. 11, 2022
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[Graphic News] S. Korea’s ice cream exports hit all-time high in H1
South Korea’s exports of ice cream reached an all-time high in the first half of this year, data showed, amid a global heat wave and the growing popularity of Korean culture. Overseas shipments of South Korean-made ice-cream products came to $50 million in the January-June period, up 14 percent from a year earlier to reach a record high, according to the data from the Korea Customs Service. Imports inched up 0.3 percent on-year to $28 million, also hitting an all-time high, during th
Business Aug. 9, 2022
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[Graphic News] Ronaldo and Maguire most abused on Twitter
Manchester United duo Cristiano Ronaldo and Harry Maguire were the most abused players on Twitter last season, according to a new report. Nearly three quarters of Premier League soccer players received abusive messages with some of them receiving daily abuse. The report, carried out by The Alan Turing Institute and Ofcom and using a new machine-learning technology, analyzed 2.3 million messages directed at Premier League players over the first five months of the 2021-22 season. It found
World Aug. 8, 2022
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[Graphic News] Nearly 1.4m visited Cheong Wa Dae since public opening
Nearly 1.4 million people have visited the former presidential compound of Cheong Wa Dae since it opened to the public on May 10, data showed. A total of 1,396,859 people, including 5,055 foreigners, visited the complex in central Seoul through July 27 since its public opening, according to data from the Cultural Heritage Administration submitted to Rep. Kim Seung-su of the ruling People Power Party. The figure is far bigger than the number of visitors to the Gyeongbok and Chan
National Aug. 5, 2022
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[Graphic News] Iceland tops gender gap report for 2022
Efforts to close the global gender gap improved slightly this year after the COVID-19 pandemic delayed gender equality by at least three decades, the World Economic Forum said. In its 16th Global Gender Gap Report, the WEF said overall gender disparity across politics, work, health and education improved and it will now take 132 years to reach full parity compared with 136 years last year. Before the pandemic, the gap was set to close within 100 years. Iceland topped the ranking for the 13
World Aug. 4, 2022
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[Graphic News] Korea’s ICT exports climb 18.9% in H1 to set fresh six-month record
South Korea’s exports of information and communication technology products in the first half of 2022 soared 18.9 percent on-year to set a new semiannual record tally, thanks to brisk overseas demand for chips and computer products, data showed. Outbound shipments of ICT products came to $122.6 billion in the January-June period, up from the $103 billion tally a year earlier, according to data compiled by the Ministry of Science and ICT. It marked the highest-ever semiannual tally sin
Business Aug. 3, 2022
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[Graphic News] N. Korean economy shrinks for 2nd year in 2021 on sanctions, pandemic: BOK
North Korea‘s economy is estimated to have contracted for the second straight year in 2021 on global sanctions and the coronavirus pandemic, according to South Korea’s central bank. The North’s economy, which has been hit by tightened UN sanctions over its nuclear and missile programs, shrank 0.1 percent last year from the previous year, the Bank of Korea said in a report. Still, last year’s contraction slowed from a negative growth rate of 4.5 percent recorded a ye
North Korea Aug. 2, 2022
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[Graphic News] Vehicle registrations rise 0.6% in Q2 despite chip shortage
The number of registered vehicles in South Korea rose 0.6 percent in the second quarter to over 25 million, with that of eco-friendly cars exceeding 1.36 million units, government data showed. Car registrations came to 25.22 million units as of end-June, up from 25.07 million units a quarter earlier despite a global chip shortage, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said in a statement. Global carmakers have been struggling with the lack of semiconductor parts since late 202
Business Aug. 1, 2022
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[Graphic News] Number of international migrants falls at fastest pace in 2021 amid pandemic
The number of South Korean and foreign migrants fell at the fastest-ever pace last year as the COVID-19 pandemic restricted cross-border movements, data showed. The number of international migrants, or those who stay in South Korea for more than 90 days, declined 347,000, or 28.1 percent, on-year to 887,000, according to the data from Statistics Korea. The data is calculated based on cross-border movements of both South Korean nationals and foreigners, excluding short-term visitors. It m
National July 29, 2022
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[Graphic News] K-pop album sales hit record high in H1
Sales of K-pop albums have once again reached an all-time-high in the first half of this year, a local market tracker said. According to Kim Jin-woo, head researcher of Circle Chart, which reports accumulated sales and streams, combined sales of the nation‘s top 400 physical albums have risen to 34.9 million copies in the first half of 2022, up 34.6 percent from a year ago. It was the highest first-half sales figure of all time. First-half sales of physical albums have risen from 10.
K-pop July 28, 2022
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[Graphic News] Monkeypox cases in non-endemic countries
Around 65 countries in which monkeypox is not endemic have reported outbreaks of the viral disease as confirmed cases cross 15,600. The rapidly spreading monkeypox outbreak represents a global health emergency, the World Health Organization‘s highest level of alert, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on July 22. The illness, which spreads through close contact and was first found in monkeys, has rarely spread outside Africa, where it is endemic, until this year. (Re
World July 27, 2022
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[Graphic News] Drug offenders in their teens to 30s grow sharply
Drug offenders in their teens to their 30s grew sharply in the past three years to represent 58.9 percent of those convicted of drug crimes last year, the chief of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said. The number of young drug offenders in those age brackets stood at 1,566 in 2019, accounting for 48.9 percent of all drug offenders, before growing to 1,769 at 51.2 percent in 2020 and 1,839 at 58.9 percent last year, Kim Gwang-ho, Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency commissioner, said
National July 26, 2022
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