Population and Housing Census Archives

Statistics Korea to Build Society Prediction System Leveraging Big Data

SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Statistics Korea and Naver, the top big data holders in the public and private sectors respectively, have joined hands to create public value based on big data. On September 2, Statistics Korea announced that it signed an MoU with Naver, Korea’s top Internet portal operator, to construct a society prediction [...]

Korea to Conduct First Census Based on Big Data

SEOUL, July 24 (Korea Bizwire) – The Population and Housing Census that is held every five years will be conducted this year as a registration-based census for the first time, using big data such as resident registrations and family relation certificates. Statistics Korea will conduct the census on all Koreans and foreign residents in the [...]