[Economy 365]
Last year, as house prices rose significantly, the proportion of'expensive apartments' worth over 900 million won in Seoul was estimated to have exceeded half.
According to data that analyzed the market price of about 1.27 million apartments in Seoul at 114 real estates, as of January 15, 660,000 apartments exceeding KRW 900 million, accounting for 51.9% of the total.
In Seoul, apartments exceeding KRW 900 million were ranked highest in Seocho-gu with 95%, followed by 94% in Gangnam-gu and 90% in Yongsan-gu.
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According to the National Statistical Office and others, the average number of self-employed people nationwide last year was 553 million, down 75,000 from the previous year.
Among them, the number of self-employed workers in Gyeonggi-do decreased by 45,000 to 1,272,000, the largest decrease in the country, followed by Seoul and Incheon.
It means that there were more business closures than start-ups, and the biggest decrease in the metropolitan area is because social distancing was strengthened compared to other areas in the aftermath of Corona 19.
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Small and medium-sized travel agencies, which are suffering from severe business difficulties due to Corona 19, urged the government to come up with measures to support survival.
Woori Travel Cooperatives and others demanded the promotion of the travel bubble, which means exemption from quarantine measures for travelers among excellent quarantine countries, support for maintaining employment in the travel industry until the resumption of travel, and expanding unsecured credit loans from the Tourism Development Fund.
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Thanks to the popularity of the Korean Wave, the export of red pepper paste last year increased significantly from the previous year.
According to the Korea Agricultural and Fishery Food Distribution Corporation, last year's red pepper paste export amount was 59.3 million dollars, and Korean money was about 56.3 billion won, a 35.2% increase from the previous year.
By country, the proportion was large at 26.5% in the US, 17.3% in China, and 10.3% in Japan, and exports to Southeast Asia such as Thailand and the Philippines increased sharply.