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SK Telecom’s 5G Download Speed Ranks No. 1 Among Global Telecos

SK Telecom’s 5G Download Speed Ranks No. 1 Among Global Telecos

SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest wireless carrier, ranks No. 1 in terms of download speed of 5G networks, an industry report showed Friday. According to global mobile industry tracker Opensignal, the average download speed using SK Telecom’s 5G network was recorded at 469.6 megabits per second (Mbps), 2.55 [...]

S. Koreans Grow More Skeptical of N. Korea’s Denuclearization: Survey

S. Koreans Grow More Skeptical of N. Korea’s Denuclearization: Survey

SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Nine out of 10 South Koreans are skeptical about the possibility of North Korea abandoning its nuclear program, a survey showed Thursday, amid a prolonged impasse in inter-Korean relations and denuclearization talks. According to the poll of 1,200 adults by the Institute for Peace and Unification Studies (IPUS) at [...]

630 Suicides Reported Among Elementary to High Schools Students Over Past 4 yrs

630 Suicides Reported Among Elementary to High Schools Students Over Past 4 yrs

SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A total of 630 elementary to high school students took their own lives over the past four years, due mainly to family feuds, an education ministry report showed Thursday. According to the report submitted to Rep. Kim Byong-wook of the People Power Party, 388 high school students died by [...]

Student Drug Offenders Jump 2.5-fold Over 3 yrs: Report

Student Drug Offenders Jump 2.5-fold Over 3 yrs: Report

SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Student drug offenders jumped nearly 2.5-fold over the past three years, marking a sharp increase compared with a 1.3-fold rise in overall drug offenders seen during the period, a report showed Thursday. According to the police report submitted to Democratic Party Rep. Kang Deuk-gu, the number of elementary to [...]

Auto Exports Jump 36 pct in August on Popularity of Eco-friendly Cars

Auto Exports Jump 36 pct in August on Popularity of Eco-friendly Cars

SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s car exports jumped 35.9 percent on-year in August on brisk global demand for eco-friendly cars, data showed Friday. The value of outbound shipments of automobiles came to US$4.12 billion last month, the largest ever figure for any August, according to the data from the Ministry of Trade, [...]

S. Korea’s Overseas Direct Investment Up 13 pct in Q2

S. Korea’s Overseas Direct Investment Up 13 pct in Q2

SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s overseas direct investment rose 13.1 percent on-year in the second quarter of this year amid the post-pandemic economic recovery, data showed Friday. The value of investments made overseas by South Korean companies reached US$19.26 billion in the April-June period, up from $17.03 billion a year earlier, according [...]