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• More than 1 mln South Korean people aged 60 years and older work in 2022: data SEOUL -- Out of some 13,154,000 South Korean people aged 60 years and older, more than one million are working, government data showed. South Korea is a rapidly aging country where about 30 percent of the population will consist of people aged 75 years and older by 2073. According to the health ministry's data, 1,050,718 people aged 60 years and older were registered to the mandatory state medical insurance for workers. The number increased by some 108 percent compared to 503,840 p 26 September 2023
• ​King Charles invites S. Korean President Yoon to Britain SEOUL -- South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol will visit Britain to meet with King Charles III in November 2023. The South Korean presidential office said Yoon's state visit is designed to mark the 140th anniversary of diplomatic ties that began in 1883. In November 1883, Britain established diplomatic relations with the Joseon dynasty that ruled the Korean Peninsula from 1392 to 1897. The United Kingdom (UK) was the second Western nation that set up diplomatic ties with the last d 26 September 2023
• [OPINION] ​Ukraine and the growing weariness in the Western support KARACHI -- Ukrainian President Zelensky's recent visit to the United States, the United Nations, and Canada yielded positive results, as he successfully secured crucial military and financial support for Ukraine. Yet, amid 25 September 2023
• S. Korea's geostationary satellite to be used for maritime disaster prevention in Indonesia SEOUL -- Cheollian 2B, one of South Korea's homemade geostationary communication satellites, will be used to monitor marine environments in Indonesia. Using various information provided by Cheollian 2B, the Southeast Asian country with more than 17,000 islands can handle sea-level rise caused by climate change. Cheollian 2B was put into orbit in February 2020 to monitor and collect atmospheric and marine environmental information around the Korean Peninsula. The satellite is capabl 25 September 2023
• Donga Social Holdings partners with LS E-Link to cooperate in EV charging infrastructure development SEOUL -- Dong-A Social Holdings, the holding company of South Korean drug maker Dong-A Pharmaceutical, has partnered with LS E-link, the electric vehicle charging station wing of energy infrastructure maker LS Group, to cooperate in the acceleration of EV infrastructure development. As of 2022, there were some 400,000 clean energy vehicles registered in South Korea where some 5.5 million vehicles roam the roads. The number of registered clean energy vehicles, mostly EVs, increased by 25 September 2023
• ​S. Korean presidential office sets out to arrange Chinese President Xi's visit SEOUL -- South Korea will start the preparation for the arrangement of Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Seoul, the presidential office said. The announcement by the South Korean president's office was made a day after the Chinese president spoke with South Korea's Prime Minister Han Duck-soo and said that he would seriously consider visiting South Korea during a meeting at the Asian Games held in China's southern port city of Hangzhou on September 24. If Presid 25 September 2023
• Seventeen member Hoshi appointed as ambassador for kimchi brand Jongga SEOUL -- Hoshi, a member of the multinational boy band Seventeen, was selected as the ambassador for Jongga, a Seoul-based brand specializing in kimchi, a traditional Korean fermented vegetable dish. The 27-year-old will promote the food company's various products and events. Kimchi is a spicy and sour, picked vegetable side dish, usually made by fermenting cabbage or radish with red chili powder, garlic, ginger, and other spices. According to data released by the Ministry of Agric 25 September 2023
• Taihan Cable wins $60 mln high voltage power grid project order in Bahrain SEOUL -- Taihan Cable & Solution, a power cable and grid infrastructure company in South Korea, has secured an order worth $60 million to establish an extra high-voltage power grid in Bahrain. A 400-kilovolt-class power grid will be installed to supply electricity for a new substation that will be built on the western coastal region "Al Jasra." Taihan Cable said in a statement on September 22 that the company made a foray into the Bahraini market through an order by the E 22 September 2023

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