[Economy 365]
Last year, the number of married people was the lowest since related statistics were written in 1970.
The National Statistical Office said that the number of marriage registrations last year was 214,000, down 10.7% from a year ago.
Until 1996, the number was 430,000 per year, but after the financial crisis in 1997, it fell to 300,000, and from 2016, it fell to 200,000, and this year's record was the lowest.
The National Statistical Office said, "Due to Corona 19, marriages were postponed or canceled, and the number of people in their 30s, the main age group for marriage, was greatly reduced."
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Among the people who invest in stocks, the number of men in their 40s living in Suwon, Gyeonggi-do was the most.
As of the end of last year, the Korea Securities Depository said that among individual investors, the number of male investors in their 40s residing in Suwon was 34,463.
The number of men in their 40s in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, which was ranked first, followed with 34,187 men.
However, in terms of the number of stocks held, it was 26.8 million shares, and about a quarter of the 825.13 million men in their 40s in Gangnam.
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domestic AI startup company beats five competitors to provide a detection solution for early detection of wildfires in Sonoma County, California, USA.
Alchera, an AI startup, said it has decided to supply Sonoma County with a solution that initially detects signs of wildfire such as smoke by analyzing real-time camera images with AI algorithms.
Alchera, which has been researching early fire detection algorithms since 2018, has provided technology to Korea Electric Power Corporation in Korea.
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CU, which ranked first in the convenience store industry in terms of the number of stores last year, surpassed the GS25 again in one year.
As of the end of last year, the number of CU stores was 14,923, which is 235 more than GS25.
3rd was 7-Eleven and 4th was Emart 24.