February 17th, 2013 at 6:33 pm » Comments (61)

There has been an ongoing discussion in the Open Thread in regards to Korean drivers being the worst in the world.  Haven driven in many countries I can honestly say this is not true.  Koreans may be poor at following traffic laws by American standards, but that doesn’t mean they are poor drivers.  According to the most up to date OECD statistics South Korea ranks second in traffic deaths per billion vehicle kilometers out of the 29 countries that are members of the OECD.  However, the same statistics show that
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May 7th, 2009 at 3:38 am » Comments (8)

Non-surprisingly much of this high ranking is due to traffic accidents: South Korea ranked third among the member nations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in terms of accident-linked deaths for children, a report showed Wednesday. South Korea reported that 8.7 out of every 100,000 children under 15 years old died annually at the end of 2005 due to traffic accidents, drowning, falls and other injuries, according to the report by the National Statistical Office. It is the third highest rate among the 25 member countries of
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April 13th, 2009 at 7:41 am » Comments (12)

Here is something that Korea can rightfully take pride in: Korea has the lowest obesity rate among members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The Strategy and Finance Ministry said Sunday that the national obesity rate was three-and-a-half percent. The finding came after the OECD released results of a three-year survey on obese and overweight people aged 15 or above living in the organization’s 30 member states. Japan had the second-lowest obesity rate of three-point-nine percent, followed by Switzerland and Norway, but the survey said Korea had more
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