A new info-graphic that summarizes a survey of 3,0000 couples over the last three years. The survey, by the matchmaking firm Duo, shows that the average age of a female getting married for the first time is 32 and a male is 35.
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Easy to Learn Korean 907 – Paper.
Easy to Learn Korean 906 – National Foundation Day – Origin of Korea (Part Two).
Local smartphone market dries up.
After 5 years of growth, the local smartphone market prepares to shrink as much as 14% for the current year. South Korea has the highest density of smartphones users in the world. Internationally, Samsung had released 37 mostly low-end phones last year alone. Amazing how that compares to a single high-end phone from Apple (except for two phones in 2013). Samsung relies heavily on new phone sales and a slowdown could cause problems for their electronics division. Continue reading
Korean auto sales down, imports up.
In the local market, the five domestic automobile manufacturers suffered decreasing sales for the second year in a row. Foreign automaker sales have been continually rising since the economic downturn.
Easy to Learn Korean 905 – National Foundation Day (Part One) – Origin of Korea.
49 spies arrested in the past 10 years.
A summary of recent spy activity in South Korea that includes 49 arrests in 10 years. Nearly half of these were people disguised as North Korean defectors. Continue reading