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[Stats] Per Capita Alcohol Consumption by Type of Liquor

Korea’s per-capita alcoholic beverage consumption was 100 bottles of beer and 60 bottles of Korean vodka (soju) in 2012. According to the Korea Alcohol & Liquor Industry Association on June 19, the total domestic consumption of alcohol in 2012 was 3.12 million kiloliters (1 kiloliter equals 1,000 liters). The figure included unofficial consumption from alcoholic [...]

[Stats] Downlods of Online Discount Coupons by Foreign Tourists

A study suggested that the international success of a couple of Korean TV series, such as “My Love from the Star,” has attracted more and more individual tourists to Korea. Visit Korea Committee (www.vkc.or.kr) revealed on June 17 its analysis results of online discount coupon download statistics during the past five months (from January to [...]

[Stats] People Treated with Mentally-handicapped by Gender and Age (as of 2012)

A study said males are more likely to have mental developmental disorders than female counterparts by more than three times, with patients younger than 10 years old or below accounting for 64 percent of the total. The National Health Insurance Service said this on June 1 based on data for the past five years on [...]

[Stats] Who Is Responsible For Caring Aged Parents?

[Related Article] Only 10% of Married Couples Believe Firstborn Male Child Must Take Care of Parents (Korea Bizwire, May 9) A survey said the conventional idea of the eldest son living with his old parents is almost disappearing. According to a recent survey by the Planned Population Federation of Korea on 1,466 married men and women, 44.6 percent [...]

[Stats] Main Tourist Attractions by Foreigners

[Related Article] Chinese Tourists Grumble Communication Difficulties While Shopping in Korea (Korea Bizwire, May 9) The number of foreign tourists from China has been rapidly increasing as entry and departure formalities were simplified for them; however, the number of Japanese tourists has been decreasing due to a weak yen… (see the full text of this news) Infographics Design Team [...]

[Stats] Frequency of Simultaneous Media Usage While Watching TV

[Related Article] One out of Two Uses Smartphone While Watching TV(Korea Bizwire, May 1) A study shows that almost one out of two people use a smartphone and watch TV at the same time.According to a report “Simultaneous Media Use While TV Watching” by the Korea Information Society Development Institute, which surveyed 6,240 family members over age [...]

[Stats] Consumer Claims Associated with Wedding Hall Troubles

[Related Article] Excessive Cancellation Fee of Wedding Halls Now Ruled Illegal (Korea Bizwire, May 1) Wedding halls will now have to break away from the practice of forfeiting the deposit money even when couples cancel their bookings months before their wedding day. Furthermore, wedding halls are now banned from charging excessive cancellation fees when newlyweds call off [...]

[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 [...]