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[Stats] How Has Tariff Elimination Influenced Imported Wine Prices?

[Related Article] Korean Wine Drinkers Pay 9 Times More for Their Red Wine (Korea Bizwire, April 25) The domestic selling prices of imported red wines are nine times higher than the import prices, with those of white wines and beers more expensive by 5.9 and 3.4 times on average, respectively… (see the full text of this [...]

[Stats] Koreans Viewed by Advanced Countries

[Related Article] How Foreigners Visualize Korea: Samsung and High-tech to Be Reminded of First (Korea Bizwire, April 24) About a half of the people in developed countries named “Samsung” and “high-tech” as the words best describing Korea. On April 23, the Institute for International Trade, the research arm of the Korea International Trade Association said that [...]

[Stats] Perception of Korea:How Advanced Nations Visualize Korean Society

[Kobiz Stats] The Number of Test Takers for the 34th TOPIK

[Related Article] “TOPIK” Applicant Numbers Hit Record-high Level (Korea Bizwire, April 22) The number of test taker of the TOPIK, or the Test of Proficiency in Korean, has hit a record-high level. The Ministry of Education and the National Institute for International Education said on April 20 that a total of 72,079 applicants took the [...]

[Kobiz Stats] Have You Ever Bought a Lottery Ticket?

[Related Article] Government May Come up with New Lottery (Korea Bizwire, April 18) The government is giving positive consideration on developing and releasing new lottery schemes including time-limited lotteries and a Korean version of “Powerball.” On April 17, the Lottery Commission at the Ministry of Strategy and Finance said the government has planned… (see the [...]

[Kobiz Stats] Volume of Farming, Forestry and Fishery Households

[Related Article] 2 out of 3 Farm Families Earn Less than 10 Mil. a Year…Stat Office (Korea Bizwire, April 18) Two out of three farm households are earning less than 10 million won a year from crop sales, which implies that there are fewer and fewer farming families relying entirely on agriculture alone for their [...]

[Kobiz Stats] Have you ever worried about a possible privacy leakage through SNS?

[Related Article] Many Koreans Feel “SNS Infringes on Privacy” (Korea Bizwire, April 17) As personal information leakage takes place frequent recently, seven out of ten Koreans have expressed their concerns over privacy infringement from social network services such as Facebook and Twitter. According to Alba Heaven, Korea’s online part-time job portal, which conducted a survey [...]

[Kobiz Stats] Grandparent Audience at Baby Fair

[Related Article] What to Do with Old People Suffering from “Grand-childrenitis”? (Korea Bizwire, April 17) Today there are as many 5.1 million dual-income households in Korea. Although some of them take their children to daycare centers nearby for a fee, still the majority of them rely on the care of their parents who are typically [...]

[Kobiz Stats] How Do You Improve Yourself?

[Related Article] English – Korean Office Workers’ Biggest Assignment for Now and Ever (Korea Bizwire, April 16) In today’s highly competitive world, exactly how much effort is put in to “self-improve” by employees and young job applicants? And what could be the most effective way of self-improving? According to JobKorea, Korea’s job search portal, which [...]

[Kobiz Stats] Pets in South Korea

[Related Article] Most Pets Imported from Overseas (Korea Bizwire, April 15) As the number of single households rises, more people tend to adopt pets. Of the cats, dogs, and other pet animals, a dominant share of them was imported from overseas. According to the Korean Customs Service, 85.5 percent of imported dogs came from China, [...]