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WEB5 days ago · Credit delinquencies soar among young Koreans amid rising rates, inflation. The number of people in their 20s falling into credit delinquency — missing loan repayments — has increased, largely due to high interest rates, soaring prices, and difficulties in finding jobs, according to an opposition lawmaker, Monday.
Korea urged to brace for surge in Chinese EV sales
WEB19 hours ago · Reuters-Yonhap. Korea is being urged to brace for an influx of Chinese electric vehicles (EVs), which are feared to increase their market share while potentially impacting the local environment, experts and industry officials said. Data from the Korea International Trade Association (KITA) revealed that …
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WEBKoreaTimes. -2. -1. 0. +1. +2. The popular veteran K-pop girl group KARA will release a new song in July, marking its return 1 year and 8 months after the release of its 15th-anniversary special album 'Move Again' in November 2022, its agency RBW said. First deaf priest in Asia earns doctorate in theology in US.
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Young Poong Precision surges 30% amid Korea Zinc buyout battle
WEB19 hours ago · Shares of Young Poong Precision Corp., a relatively undervalued subsidiary of Korea Zinc with nearly a 2 percent stake in the non-ferrous metal smelter, reached the intraday upper limit of 30 percent for the third consecutive session on Friday, driven by strong investor expectations of continued gains. The stock closed at 20,550 won.
Nearly 40% of older adults in Korea mired in poverty
WEBMar 11, 2024 · The relative poverty rate of adults aged 65 and older stood at 38.1 percent that year, up 0.5 percentage points from a year earlier, according to a report released Monday by the Ministry of Health and Welfare and Statistics Korea. The relative poverty rate refers to the ratio of people with an income below 50 percent of the median income.
South Korea's technological superiority challenged by North …
WEBJan 3, 2024 · North Korea has weaponized cyberspace and disrupted the South with ceaseless clandestine cyber operations. Its cyberattacks took various forms. North Korea steals valuable, sensitive data, encrypts data to make it inaccessible and destroy assets through unauthorized access. Cyberattacks are becoming a …
Koreans cry foul over deepening polarization in post-COVID era
WEBOct 31, 2021 · With pandemic-caused polarization emerging as a social problem, the government decided to add 60 trillion won to the 160 trillion won initially allocated to contain this economic disparity by 2025 under the Korean New Deal 2.0, one year after the introduction of the original plan. In the upgraded plan, the …
KOREA TIMES POLL Ruling party holds slim lead over main …
WEBMar 6, 2024 · The ruling People Power Party (PPP) held a slight lead over the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) in the race for the April 10 general elections, falling within the margin of error, according to a poll by The Korea Times, Wednesday, even though a substantial number of voters remained undecided.
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