[Economy 365]



According to the Korea Exchange, the total amount of dividends paid by KOSPI-listed companies to their business year performance last year was 28.6 trillion won.



The number of dividend corporations was 556, up 5.1% from the previous year, but the total dividend decreased by 13.7%.



However, excluding Samsung Electronics, which paid an unusually high dividend in 2020, the total dividend increased by 30.5% compared to the previous year.



The average share price increase of the dividend corporation was 21.81, which was significantly higher than the overall increase rate of the KOSPI of 3.63%.



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According to the survey results, 4 out of 10 Korean companies expect 'relationships between Korea and Japan will improve when the new government is inaugurated'.



The Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry recently surveyed 327 domestic companies, and 45.3% of the responding companies said that 'Korea-Japan relations will improve'.



'There will be no change' was 44, and 'it would be worse' was 10.7%.



This is a significant increase from last October, when 12.9% of companies predicted improvement in relations.



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Auto accident negligence ratio disputes are on the rise.



According to the Non-life Insurance Association, the number of claims for deliberation of auto accident negligence ratio disputes last year was about 113,000, up 9.3% from the previous year.



It accounts for about 3% of all 3.7 million accidents reported to insurers.



82.8% of the claimants judged themselves as 'victim', 55.7% claimed 'no fault', and in 81.5%, both parties perceived the cause of the accident differently.



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LG Electronics and Samsung Electronics participated in 'World IT Show 2022', the largest IT exhibition in Korea.



At this exhibition, LG Electronics prepared an IT device experience space such as a green home garden, camping garden, and LG Gram and Ultra Gear where you can directly experience LG Standby Me and Tyeongun, and exhibited various commercial robots.



Samsung Electronics introduced a variety of mobile and home appliances, including the Galaxy S22 series and the Infinite Line of Bespoke Refrigerator.



The World IT Show will be held at COEX in Seoul until tomorrow (22nd).