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New Seollal scenes: Digital folding screens, diffusers and pets

The act of honoring the spirits of ancestors by offering them food and drinks during the Lunar New Year has been considered a serious tradition for centuries in South Korea. But this year, some families have decided to honor the tradition in a lighter mood, according to photos gone viral on online communities. (Screencapture of […]

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Science

Auto exports hit record high in Nov. on popularity of

Hyundai Motor Group headquarters (Yonhap) South Korea’s car exports reached an all-time high in November on strong demand for eco-friendly cars and stable supply of automotive semiconductors, data showed Monday. The value of outbound shipments of automobiles came to $5.4 billion last month, up 31 percent on-year to set the largest monthly record, according to […]

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US

SK Telecom, Singapore’s Singtel team up for metaverse push

Ha Min-yong (right), chief development officer of SK Telecom, poses for a photo with Anna Yip (on screen), Singtel’s chief executive officer of consumer, after a signing ceremony held by video conference on Monday. (SK Telecom) South Korean telecom giant SK Telecom said Tuesday it forged a partnership with Singapore’s largest mobile carrier Singtel to […]

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Life Style

[World Cup] S. Korea coach reflects on relationship with fans

South Korea head coach Paulo Bento listens to a question at a press conference ahead of his team’s Group H match against Ghana at the FIFA World Cup at the Main Media Centre in Al Rayyan, west of Doha, last Sunday. (Yonhap) AL RAYYAN — Having been in charge for a little over four years, […]

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Technology

Cyber Security, Visibility and the Cloud: Impact of the cloud on visibility and the cyber-threat landscape

SINGAPORE, Nov. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — In recent times despite initial cybersecurity concerns, the benefits of agility and scalability that cloud computing enables, especially during previous years’ pandemic lockdowns, outweighs security and performance risk.   Vladimir M. Yordanov, Senior Director of Solution Engineering for Gigamon Asia Pacific and Japan A study commissioned by Gigamon and conducted […]

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Entertainment

Lawmaker claims Netflix Korea may have been evading tax

(123rf) Netflix Korea, a Korean subsidiary of the global streaming platform Netflix, saw over 1.2 trillion won ($836 million) in sales for last three years but paid only 0.5 percent of its revenue in tax, a ruling party lawmaker said on Tuesday, raising suspicion that the US company may have been evading local taxes. According […]

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Science

Action for Clean Environment Awards recognizes seven organizations for their contributions to environmental improvement

Winners of the Global Clean Environment Awards pose at the ceremony held in Seoul on Tuesday. From left: Kim Ki-hyun of Kiwe Lab, Choi Seung-ho of Panacell Biotech, Kim Kwang-sik of Siheung City government and Lee Dong-young of Bespin Global. Action for Clean Environment Action for Clean Environment (ACE), a global nonprofit organization working to […]

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Business

The Beatles ‘Love Me Do’ at 60: why is it still so unique?

The Beatles ‘Love Me Do’ at 60: why is it still so unique? The Korea Herald Source link

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US

AOPG Launches Decentralyze.io, A News Portal Dedicated to Web3.0 and Blockchain Technology

CYBERJAYA, Malaysia, Sept. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Asia Online Publishing Group (AOPG), the leading technology news publisher for Southeast Asia is officially announcing the launch of decentralyze.io, a news portal dedicated to Web3.0 and blockchain technology to keep readers up to date with the latest developments and concepts relating to “the next phase of the Internet,” […]

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Calls grow for legal measures to protect minors from metaverse sex crimes

(123rf) Calls for measures to counter sex crimes in the metaverse are rising with an increasing number of predators targeting teenagers. Huh Kyung-mi, a professor of police administration at Keimyung University, said that legal measures are essential to respond to sexual exploitation in the metaverse in a paper published on Sunday. According to Huh, 70 […]