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East Asia
Mobile games to bolster popularity of Galaxy Note 9
Samsung Electronics is expanding its partnership with game companies to sell its latest high-end Galaxy Note 9 to tens of millions of domestic and international mobile game players. Samsung said NCSOFT, Korea’s largest game developer widely known for its popular online role-playing game “Lineage,” has been preparing a mobile game…
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East Asia
Students speaking out against sexual harassment from teachers
The #Metoo movement that has been sweeping Korea since January is starting to spread to schools. A girls’ high school in Gwangju is undergoing a police investigation for sexual harassment by teachers. The investigation was launched after the Gwangju Metropolitan Office of Education last week found that 180 out of…
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East Asia
Koreans concerned over Monsanto’s Roundup weed killer
A growing number of farmers and consumers here are concerned about the health risks of Monsanto’s Roundup weed killer, following a California jury’s recent verdict over the cancer-causing glyphosate-based herbicide, according to civic groups Monday. With the wide use of the controversial herbicide at local farms, people have begun urging…
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East Asia
Moon, Kim to hold 3rd summit in Pyongyang in September
South and North Korea will hold a third summit between their leaders in Pyongyang “before the end of September,” the South’s Unification Ministry said on Monday. The two sides however failed to fix the date. “We agreed to hold an inter-Korean summit within September in Pyongyang” the two Koreas said…
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East Asia
The situation of canine butcher shops in South Korea
Moran Market in the suburban city of Seongnam is an iconic venue illustrating the dramatic change in Koreans’ perceptions of dogs. In the past, dogs were viewed as a cheap, readily available source of protein. That sweeping perception has changed a lot over the past decade, particularly after the mid-2000s. …
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Filmmaker, actor face new sexual misconduct allegations
MBC’s investigative program “PD Notebook” disclosed additional sexual assault allegations involving award-winning filmmaker Kim Ki-duk and actor Cho Jae-hyun, months after the first shocking revelations in March of their habitual sexual misconduct. On Tuesday, four victims claimed they were sexually harassed or assaulted by Kim or Cho at different times.…
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East Asia
Create your color at Ink Lab
In this technologically advanced era, ever-smarter gadgets and artificial intelligence software help people save time and increase efficiency. However, analogue culture still exists and many people are drawn to all things analogue, putting up with inconveniences. Grownups enjoy coloring books, use fountain pens and decorate their diaries by hand as…
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Culture
Comic Con Seoul 2018 to display pop culture trends
Comic Con Seoul 2018, a global pop culture convention, will open on Friday at COEX in southern Seoul and continue throughout the weekend. The event offers a chance for geeks in Korea to check out the latest trends in comics, movies, dramas, animation, games and toys. The event, taking place…
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East Asia
Seoul vows to improve refugee protection, simplify review process
South Korea will work to better protect international refugees arriving in the country while greatly speeding up its refugee review process to help ease their pains and sort out fake asylum seekers, the country’s justice minister said Wednesday. Minister Park Sang-ki said the country will also boost its assistance for…
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East Asia
“Save my brother from Myanmar prison”
ASAN, South Chungcheong Province ― Lee Sang-beom, 48, a Korean businessman and father of two children, was full of hope and optimism when he opened a medical device sales firm in Myanmar five years ago. In the country, dubbed “the last frontier in Asia,” Lee was excited to start a…
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