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South Korea universities in massive restructuring amid plummeting birth rates
Pulse, Published on 16/09/2022
» Universities across South Korea including those prestigious schools in Seoul have decided to reduce the size of admissions to deal with falling enrollments amid plummeting birth rates.
Illegal alien numbers surge in South Korea
Pulse, Published on 01/09/2022
» SEOUL: One out of five foreigners in South Korea could be an illegal alien as the count of undocumented foreigners has neared 400,000, the highest in two years.
Passport production may not keep up as S. Koreans ready to rush out for overseas travel
Pulse, Published on 08/11/2021
» SEOUL: South Koreans are rushing to register or renew passports as they are ready for overseas travel they had contained for two years in line with the reopening of borders across the globe.
S. Korea to employ AI and big data to fight world’s lowest fertility rate
Pulse, Published on 20/10/2021
» SEOUL: South Korea is employing artificial intelligence (AI) and big data technologies in hopes to boost stubbornly low birth rate in zero range despite decades of colossal spending and slow the thinning in the population.
S. Korea will replace all diesel trains with carbon-free locomotives
Pulse, Published on 05/01/2021
» South Korea will replace all of its diesel passenger locomotives with low-carbon bullet trains by 2029, as the country moves forward to turn carbon neutral by 2050 and take the lead in global transportation infrastructure sector.
S. Korean population thins for the first time in 2020
Pulse, Published on 04/01/2021
» South Korea’s population thinning has begun as the number of deaths outnumbered newborn with a single making up four out of every household for the first time in history due to fast aging and fertility rate at zero zone.
S. Korea to put forward adoption of mobile driving licence
Pulse, Published on 24/06/2020
» South Korea will put forward the adoption of its mobile driving licence a year earlier than the government’s initial plan as demand for contactless services has grown sharply in the era of the coronavirus.
Seoul to deploy self-driving cars and delivery robots on real roads
Pulse, Published on 13/05/2020
» The Seoul City government will put seven self-driving vehicles and three unmanned delivery robots on actual roads in the city as part of its smart mobility project.
South Korean men taking paternity leave hit record high
Pulse, Published on 24/01/2020
» The number of South Korean men on paternity leave hit an all-time high last year, an encouraging sign for a country battling one of the world’s lowest birthrates.
Asean leaders gather in Busan for special summit
Pulse, Published on 25/11/2019
» Leaders from nine Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) members and over 14,000 guests gathered in Busan, a southern port city of South Korea, for a regional summit and conference to cement ties.