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The ministry believes that the result stemmed from rising prices.
The survey, the latest national poll on living conditions, was conducted from June to July last year, with 40,526 families on household composition and 4,768 families on incomes.
According to the annual survey, among all respondents who answered that their living conditions were difficult, 26.5% chose "very difficult" and 33.1% "somewhat difficult." By household type, 59% of elderly households and 65% of households with children answered that their living conditions were difficult.
The survey also showed that the average annual income per household decreased ¥215,000, or 3.9%, from the previous year to ¥5,242,000.
The average for elderly households was ¥3,049,000, down ¥134,000.
Meanwhile, households with children posted an increase of ¥276,000 to ¥8,126,000. The growing share of working mothers seems to have pushed up their average.
Among the families with children surveyed, working mothers accounted for 77.8% of all mothers, hitting a record high. The share of full-time employees among working mothers was 32.4%, also a record high.
On the Korean Peninsula:
North Korea has issued a directive for students studying overseas to return home for “political indoctrination” sessions, said South Korea’s unification ministry.
The sessions, aimed at reinforcing allegiance to leader Kim Jong Un, will be held at the Pyongyang Grand People’s Study House later this month, the ministry said on Wednesday.
“North Korea is gradually resuming the measures that were halted due to the COVID-19 lockdown,” said the ministry, adding that the order appeared to be aimed at involving the younger generation.
The indoctrination is seen as part of a broader effort to tighten control over young North Koreans as well as preventing defections among the young members of the elite, said the ministry.
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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said he would discuss with NATO leaders the distinct threat North Korea poses to Europe by deepening military ties with Russia, warning that Moscow must choose between the two Koreas where its true interests lie.
It "depends entirely" on Russia where it wants to take future ties with South Korea, Yoon said, adding that Seoul would make a decision on weapons support for Ukraine based on how a new military pact between Moscow and Pyongyang plays out."Military co-operation between Russia and North Korea poses a distinct threat and grave challenge to the peace and security on the Korean peninsula and in Europe," Yoon told Reuters.The remarks came in a written response to Reuters' questions ahead of a visit to Washington for a NATO summit.Yoon, who became the first South Korean leader to attend a NATO summit in 2022, is set to depart on Monday for the Washington event, his third time attending such a meeting.
To remind one, Russia benefits from a divided Korea.
Coalition of the willing cowards:
The French left said it wanted to run the government but conceded on Monday that talks would be tough and take time, after Sunday's election thwarted the far right's quest for power but delivered a hung parliament.
Many of France's allies breathed a sigh of relief after Marine Le Pen's National Rally (RN) failed to win the snap election called by President Emmanuel Macron.But with the leftist New Popular Front (NFP) alliance, hastily assembled before the election, unexpectedly coming first but far from an absolute majority, the election heralded a period of volatility and possible gridlock."It's not going to be simple, no, it's not going to be easy, and no, it's not going to be comfortable," said Green party leader Marine Tondelier. "It's going to take a bit of time."Possibilities include the left forming a minority government - which would be at the mercy of a no confidence vote from rivals unless they reach deals - and the cobbling together of an unwieldy coalition of parties with almost no common ground."We'll need some time," NFP lawmaker Pouria Amirshahi told Reuters as newly elected lawmakers arrived in parliament to pick up their badges and settle in, adding that any option was complex.The NFP has no single leader and, with an estimated 182 MPs, is far short of the 289 threshold needed for an absolute majority. No other group has a majority either. Macron's centrists came second and the RN third, leaving parliament split in three groups."The President of the Republic must call on us to run the government, to respect the outcome of the election," Manuel Bompard, of the hard left France Unbowed said before a meeting with the Socialists, Greens and Communists to decide on what strategy the NFP would take.For Le Pen's RN, the result was a disappointment as opinion polls had for weeks projected it would win, RN lawmaker Laurent Jacobelli told Reuters, even if they increased their number of MPs by more than 50 to 143.
Multiple people were injured and at least three were bitten by sharks during two separate incidents at beaches in Texas and Florida as Americans celebrated the Fourth of July.
The Florida shark attack occurred at New Smyrna Beach, northwest of Orlando. A 21-year-old man from Ohio was playing football in knee-deep water when a shark bit his right foot, beach safety officials said. Thankfully, the man’s injuries were non-life-threatening, the Daytona Beach News-Journal reports. No further details were release.
In Texas waters off South Padre Island, a single shark has been blamed for biting two people and injuring two more.
“Details at this time indicate that two people were bitten and two people encountered the shark but were not seriously injured,” the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department wrote in a news release. “The two victims who were bitten were transported to Valley Regional Medical Center in Brownsville where one is being treated and the other has been flown out for further treatment.”
Based on witness reports and images on social media, authorities believe a single shark measuring around 1.8 metres long was responsible for the attacks, Game Warden Capt. Chris Dowdy said.
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