[Economy 365] The
natural decline of the population with more deaths than births reached 2,800 in August, a year-round maximum.
According to the'Population Trends for August' released by the National Statistical Office, the number of births was 2,472, down 1899 from a year ago, the lowest level since statistics were compiled in 1981.
The death toll in August was 25,284, an increase of 1,557 from a year ago.
In the aftermath of the re-proliferation of Corona 19, the number of marriages fell 18% from a year ago, the lowest ever.
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ride sharing platform Tada will test-operate'Tada Deputy', a proxy driving brokerage service, and'Tada Light', a member taxi service.
Deputy Tada can depart from Seoul, Gyeonggi, and Incheon, and fees are set in real time in consideration of users and time zones.
Tada Light plans to apply a system in which the destination is disclosed after boarding the user to prevent denial of boarding.
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It was estimated that exports of clean home appliances increased a lot in the aftermath of Corona 19.
According to the Korea Customs Service, exports of air purifiers until last month of this year amounted to $156.7 million, an increase of 59% from the same period last year, and exports of dishwashers increased by 22.5%.
The Customs Service analyzed the effects of increased stay at home worldwide.
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The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning and the Post Office headquarters demonstrated unmanned postal reception and delivery services using autonomous vehicles and robots at Korea University's Sejong Campus.
This is a format in which a customer requests to send mail through the post office app and puts it in the storage box, and the autonomous driving unmanned post office provides delivery service.
The Post Office will provide services at Korea University's Sejong Campus by the end of next month, and plan to expand to the general roads around the Sejong Post Office from next year.