[Interactive] Animal shelter rescues dogs left behind

Social AffairsDec. 23, 2021

[Interactive] Gangnam's wealth hides in shabby homes

EconomyDec. 10, 2021

[Interactive] Internet banking users reach record high in H1

South Korea's internet banking services continued to grow in the first half of the year, with the number of users and daily transactions rising to new highs, central bank data showed. The number of internet banking users, including mobile banking, came to 186.5 million as of end-June, up 5.6 percent from six months earlier, according to the data from the Bank of Korea. The figure is the simple sum of all registered users of 18 internet and mobile banking service providers in the country, meani

EconomyDec. 9, 2021

[Interactive] S. Korea top Asian country in global innovation rankings

South Korea has clinched the top spot in Asia in a United Nations agency’s global innovation rankings, coming in fifth globally. In the World Intellectual Property Organization’s Global Innovation Index 2021, Korea was ahead of Singapore, Japan and China. It was behind Switzerland, Sweden, the United States and the United Kingdom. Korea, Asia’s fourth-biggest economy, was in 10th place last year. (Yonhap) By Nam Kyung-don

EconomyNov. 30, 2021

[Interactive] Ronaldo leapfrogs Messi in Forbes list of top-earning players

Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo has reclaimed the top spot in the list of the world’s highest-paid soccer players from Lionel Messi, according to Forbes. Forbes said Ronaldo, among the world’s most popular athletes with over 500 million followers across Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, is set to make $125 million before taxes in the 2021-22 season, with $70 million coming from salary and bonuses at United. The rest will come from endorsements and partnerships with brand

World NewsNov. 22, 2021

[Interactive] Can Korea cure its refugee unease?

 

Foreign AffairsNov. 10, 2021

[Interactive] Number of delivery workers hits new high in 2020 amid pandemic

  The number of delivery workers in South Korea swelled nearly 12 percent in the second half of last year to hit a record high amid the coronavirus pandemic, government data showed. Asia’s fourth-largest economy had 390,000 carriers as of the end of December last year, up 11.8 percent from a year earlier, according to data from Statistics Korea. The tally covers mail carriers, door-to-door couriers, food delivery workers, newspaper delivery workers and carriers of milk and other bev

Social AffairsNov. 2, 2021

[Interactive] South Korea's dirty battle against urban sewage

IndustryOct. 25, 2021

[Interactive] Hyundai ranks 6th place in global EV market in H1: data

South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor’s electric vehicle sales increased in the first half of the year compared with a year ago, but its global market share fell in the face of toughening competitions with Chinese rivals, industry data showed. Hyundai Motor was in sixth place in terms of global EV sales in the January-June period, one notch down from the fifth position a year ago, according to the data by industry tracker SNE Research. The automaker’s global EV sales jumped 75.6 pe

World BusinessOct. 18, 2021

[Interactive] Child labor swells for first time in two decades: UN

  The world has marked the first rise in child labor in two decades and the coronavirus crisis threatens to push millions more youngsters toward the same fate, the United Nations said. In a joint report, the International Labor Organization and the UN children’s agency UNICEF said the number in child labor stood at 160 million at the start of 2020 - an increase of 8.4 million in four years. The hike began before the pandemic hit and marks a dramatic reversal of a downward trend that h

World NewsOct. 13, 2021

[Interactive] Taliban's return casts shadows over Afghan women's fate

World NewsOct. 5, 2021

[Interactive] How garbage mountains are piling up in South Korea

IndustrySept. 10, 2021