[Economy 365]



Next year's actual holidays marked in red on the calendar are the same as this year, with a total of 67 days.



Next year's public holidays include the presidential election, national simultaneous local elections, and Chuseok alternative holidays.



Those subject to the 5-day week system have a total of 6 consecutive holidays of 3 or more days, with the Lunar New Year holiday being the longest at 5 days.



In particular, on 'local holidays' when local government offices are closed, there are Jeju April 3 Victims Memorial Day and Gwangju 5.18 Democratization Movement Day.



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was found that the transaction value of foreign investors in listed companies that introduced English disclosure submissions from the fourth quarter of last year increased by about two times compared to the previous year.



From the fourth quarter of last year to the second quarter of this year, 88 listed corporations submitted English disclosures, an increase of 69% compared to the same period of the previous year, and the number of disclosures in English increased by 102%.



As a result, the number of inquiries from overseas increased by 148%. In particular, the foreign transaction value of 32 listed corporations that submitted new English disclosures was KRW 27.5 trillion, twice the amount compared to the same period last year.



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Fair Trade Commission issued a payment order and sanctions against Koas, a furniture company that returned a substantial portion of the price by slashing the unit price after paying the subcontract payment as bills.



In addition to 'give and take away', KOAS committed unfair acts such as unreasonable reduction in the amount of money, non-payment, and non-issuance in writing.



The Fair Trade Commission imposed an order to pay 115 million won for the non-payment of reduction and a fine of 59 million won to KOAS.



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A leisure platform surveyed over 1,800 members and found that 57% of respondents said they plan to go on vacation after mid-August.



Only 29% of respondents said they would go on vacation in late July or early August, which is considered the traditional peak season.



It is analyzed that the tendency to enjoy vacations avoiding the peak season due to the corona has become clearer.