The Korea Times reports that the sugar levels found in many yogurts in Korea are higher than some well-known chocolate snacks, like the beloved Choco Pie.
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Single or married with no children.
Another fascinating article that discusses the increase in childless married couples and people who choose to remain single in Seoul.
Korea’s original morning coffee – egg yolk, pine nuts, sesame oil, and walnuts.
The popular “energy drink” of the 60’s and 70’s has returned to Seoul cafes. Although it’s called morning coffee it has little to do with the bean drink that we all know and love. Before modern coffee shops ruled Korea, people frequented places called dabang. Although the word dabang means “tea or coffee house”, they are different than Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts. Dabang are places that people could enjoy hot beverages while chatting with a hostess (most dabang now have older staff and many have closed). These coffee shops also provided a coffee delivery service by motorbike. A pretty girl would deliver the coffee to businesses or homes. Continue reading
Info-graphic – Matchmaking marriage summary.
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.
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.
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