[Economy 365]
The government predicted that the third week of January would be the period with the highest demand for electricity this winter.
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy predicted that peak power demand would rise to 94 gigawatts in the third week of January, surpassing the all-time high demand recorded in December last year.
However, this year's supply capacity has been expanded to 109 gigawatts, an increase of 5.5 gigawatts from last year, so it is analyzed that there will be no problem with power supply.
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This year, domestic automakers sold more than 100,000 electric vehicles for the first time ever.
As a result of counting sales by the Korea Automobile Manufacturers Association, the number of electric vehicles sold by five domestic automakers by October was 107,783, an 80% increase from last year.
Domestic automakers sold more than 10,000 electric vehicles for the first time in 2017, and after exceeding 30,000 in 2020, more than tripled sales again in two years.
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From today (the 1st), passenger routes connecting Busan and Osaka, Japan, will start operating again after 900 days.
Passenger service between the two countries has been suspended since the corona crisis, but it was decided to resume transportation at the end of October.
The Busan-Osaka route was used by about 33,000 people a year before flights were cut off due to corona.
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The number of foreign tourists who entered Korea last month was 476,000, up 415% from a year ago.
However, compared to October 2019, before the corona, it is still at the 28% level.
By country, Americans accounted for the most with 73,000, followed by Japan with 67,000, Thailand with 34,000, and Vietnam with 32,000.
As visa-free entry resumed, Japanese tourists increased by 53 times and Thai tourists by 37 times compared to last year.
Conversely, the number of Korean tourists who went abroad also increased fivefold to 773,000.