SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Incheon International Airport, the main gateway to South Korea, has handled more than 50 million tons of cargo since its opening 20 years ago, its operator said Tuesday. The cumulative amount of cargo handled at the airport, west of Seoul, exceeded the 50 million ton mark last Tuesday as [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of households with children under 18 years old fell below 5 million for the first time in 2019 amid a chronically low birthrate, data showed Monday. The number of households with children under 18 came to 4.87 million in 2019, down from 5.04 million the previous year, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Football was the most-watched sport midway through the Tokyo Olympics among South Korean TV viewers, data showed Monday. The group round match of the South Korean men’s football team against Romania on July 25 marked a combined 33 percent in viewership, according to Nielson Korea. It was aired simultaneously [...]
SEJONG, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of seniors living alone has surged nearly 36 percent over the last five years amid the country’s rapid population aging, data showed Monday. A total of 1.66 million South Koreans aged 65 and older lived by themselves in 2020, up 35.8 percent from five years earlier, according [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean imports of beer touched a five-year low in the first half of the year amid a nationwide boycott of Japanese products, data showed Monday. The value of beer imports stood at US$106.5 million in the January-June period, down 5.4 percent from a year earlier, according to the [...]
SEOUL, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales of cigarettes in South Korea went up 0.7 percent on-year in the first half of this year as smokers’ purchases via duty-free channels were thwarted amid the pandemic, the finance ministry said Friday. South Korean smokers purchased 1.74 billion 20-cigarette packs in the January-June period, compared with 1.73 [...]
SEOUL, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of foreigners who visited South Korea in June reached 77,029, jumping 108.5 percent from the previous year due to a base effect, data showed Friday. The on-year rise was largely attributed to a base effect coming from the new coronavirus pandemic that hit the country early last [...]
SEOUL, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s exports of autos jumped 71.9 percent on-year in the second quarter on the back of robust demand for sedans and eco-friendly vehicles, data showed Friday. The country’s outbound shipments of cars came to US$10.7 billion in the April-June period, compared with $6.25 billion the previous year, according [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s total population grew at the slowest-ever pace last year as the inflow of foreigners declined for the first time in 30 years amid the pandemic, a national census showed Thursday. A total of 51.83 million people lived in South Korea as of Nov. 1, 2020, up 0.1 [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s wine imports more than doubled to touch a new high in the first half of the year as more people enjoyed drinking at home due to the coronavirus pandemic, data showed Thursday. Asia’s fourth-largest economy imported US$236.9 million worth of wine in the January-June period, up 110 [...]