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[Graphic News] Cancer still No. 1 cause of death in South Korea

Cancer remained the leading cause of death in South Korea in 2017, with heart-related illnesses second, government data showed. A total of 285,534 South Koreans died in 2017, up 1.7 percent from a...

October 2, 2018
Health
[Graphic News] Number of NK defectors to S. Korea falling

The number of North Koreans defecting to South Korea has fallen under Kim Jong-un's regime, data showed. According to Rep. Park Byeong-seug of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea, citing figures ...

October 1, 2018
North Korea
[Graphic News] S. Korea world's 18th-best country to live in: survey

South Korea is the 18th-best country in the world to live in, a survey by a US nonprofit organization showed. According to the Social Progress Imperative, Korea earned an overall score of 87.13 ou...

September 30, 2018
World News
[Graphic News] France top travel destination of 2017

France retained its No. 1 ranking as the most-visited country, with 86.9 million visitors, followed by Spain (81.8 million) and the US (75.9 million), according to the United Nations World Tourism O...

September 27, 2018
World
[Graphic News] Proposal to create whale sanctuary defeated

Members of the International Whaling Commission have defeated a Japanese proposal to reinstate commercial whaling. The commission suspended commercial whaling in the 1980s. But Japan argues that s...

September 26, 2018
World News
[Graphic News] Inter-Korean summits

September 19, 2018
North Korea
[Graphic News] Singapore has fastest 4G in Asia-Pacific

Singapore has the fastest 4G network in the Asia-Pacific region, followed by South Korea and Australia. Singapore is also the fastest 4G, also known as Long Term Evolution, country in the world, a...

September 17, 2018
World Business
[Graphic News] Worldwide gun deaths reach 250,000 yearly

A new study finds gun deaths worldwide total about 250,000 yearly. And the United States is among just six countries that make up half of those fatalities. The findings are from an analysis of glo...

September 16, 2018
World News
[Graphic News] Yanolja most popular accommodation app in S. Korea

Yanolja was identified as the most popular South Korean accommodation and flight-booking application among Android smartphone users, recent data showed. According to data compiled by industry trac...

September 13, 2018
Business
[Graphic News] Thai Airways ranks best economy-class airline

Thai Airways took the top spot as the best economy-class airline in the world, according to the Skytrax’s annual “Best Airlines in the World” ranking for 2018. Airlines based in Asia dominated the...

September 12, 2018
World Business
[Graphic News] George Clooney is highest paid actor

George Clooney topped an annual list of the world’s highest-paid actors, mainly due to the sale of his tequila company. The 57-year-old earned an estimated $239 million between June 2017 and June ...

September 11, 2018
Entertainment
[Graphic News] Depression rate rises 16% in 5 years

The number of South Koreans treated for depression last year rose 15.8 percent from five years before, government data showed. Some 681,000 patients were treated for depression last year, up from ...

September 10, 2018
Health
[Graphic News] Hong Kong topples New York to become city with most ultrarich people

New York is no longer home to the biggest number of ultrarich people, as it has been overtaken by the rising tide of wealth in Asia. Hong Kong has surpassed the Big Apple as the city with the high...

September 9, 2018
World
[Graphic News] S. Korea's fruit imports reach record high in 2017

South Korea's fruit imports reached record-high levels last year on the strength of growing demand for greater variety in food choices, customs data showed. The country imported 834,000 tons of fr...

September 6, 2018
National
[Graphic News] Voice phishing on the rise in S. Korea

South Korea reported 98,391 voice-phishing incidents between 2014 and June of this year, according to data submitted to Rep. Lee Jae-jung by the National Police Agency. The number of voice-phishin...

September 5, 2018
Social affairs

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