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Internet Explorer gravestone goes viral in South Korea
For Jung Ki-young, a South Korean software engineer, Microsoft Corp's decision to retire its Internet Explorer web browser marked the end of a quarter-century love-hate relationship with the technology.
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Hyundai's self-driving taxis roll out on the streets of South Korea
Automaker Hyundai and South Korean officials launched a trial service of self-driving taxis in Gangnam on Thursday, the latest step forward in the country's efforts to make autonomous vehicles an everyday reality.
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A Pair of Twins Grew Up in Different Countries, Then Scientists Compared Them
Researchers have taken advantage of a rare opportunity to study identical (aka monozygotic) twins who were separated early in life, before being raised in different countries by different families – and there are some surprising results to report.
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How a North Korean defector was coerced into spying for Pyongyang
A North Korean defector sentenced to over three years in prison last month for giving information to Pyongyang says he was coerced into spying for the regime.
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South Korea is building the world’s first self-sustaining “floating city”
The trio of pre-fabricated platforms will have a combined surface area of 15.5 acres and support the full range of urban infrastructure—apartment buildings, offices, energy grids, and hydroponic farms.
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SpaceX is launching South Korea's first spy satellite in 2023
Like it or not, the threat of conflict is rising. This makes it necessary for key global players to build and maintain state-of-the-art intelligence infrastructure that can operate independently.
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‘Squid Game’ Cast Goes Absolutely Wild Over Historic SAG Wins
Lee Jung-Jae and Jung Ho-Yeon, two of the stars in the Netflix global sensation “Squid Game,” made history at the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday night, becoming the first actors from a non-English language show to win in their respective categories.
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‘Squid Game’ Star Lee Jung-Jae Signs With CAA
Lee Jung-Jae, protagonist of Netflix’s smash series Squid Game, has signed with CAA for representation as a director, producer and actor. Lee played character Seong Gi-Hun in Squid Game, the survival drama series that has garnered four Screen Actors Guild award nominations, including Male Actor in a Drama Series for Lee. This makes Lee the first male TV performer to solely earn SAG Award recognition for a fully non-English language role.
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‘Squid Game’ Makes SAG Awards History: First Foreign-Language TV Nominee
Netflix’s blockbuster original show “Squid Game” has made history at the 2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards by becoming the first non-English-language series and first Korean series to score a nomination. “Squid Game” is up for outstanding cast in a drama series opposite “Succession,” “Yellowstone,” “The Morning Show” and “The Handmaid’s Tale.” The show also picked up nominations for actor in a drama series (Lee Jung-jae), actress in a drama series (Jung Ho-yeon), and stunt ensemble.
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Kim Mi-soo, Korean Actor in ‘Snowdrop,’ Dies at 29
Kim Mi-soo, a Korean actor who had a supporting role in the recent series “Snowdrop,” has died. She was 29. “Kim suddenly left us on Jan. 5,” her agency Landscape said in a statement on Wednesday. “The bereaved are deep in their sorrow at the sudden sadness. Please refrain from reporting false rumors or speculation so that the family can mourn in peace.” The agency statement was translated by Joongang Daily and gave no cause of death.
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From Squid Game to Hellbound: how South Korean TV took over the world
This year saw the long-awaited return of music festivals, clubs, theatres and cinema, but the biggest entertainment story of the year was arguably one that took place on the small screen. Squid Game was the global media sensation of the year, a bonafide TV hit that smashed viewership records, and was the latest South Korean cultural artefact to set the world alight after BTS, Blackpink and Parasite.
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Man who jumped border fence was ‘likely ex-North Korean gymnast-defector’
The defence ministry said it carried out a search operation after detecting the person over the weekend on the eastern side of the DMZ separating the two Koreas.
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Facial Recognition For Covid-19 Tracking In Seoul
The city of Bucheon, population 830,000, is a satellite city southwest of Seoul and part of the greater metropolitan area and the site of a pilot program to apply AI facial recognition and tracking technologies to aid Covid-19 epidemiological investigators. South Korea has been generally praised for its rapid response to coronavirus patient tracking since the beginning of the outbreak.
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South Korea Asks App Stores to Abolish 'Play-To-Earn' Crypto Games
Despite being legally dubious in the region already, the games are more popular than ever. Now authorities are asking Apple and Google to step in.
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Former South Korean president Park Geun-hye to receive pardon for corruption
Moon Jae-in, her successor, will reportedly free Park from 22-year sentence after string of ailments while in jail
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BIG's floating city to be built in south korea as part of UN-backed plan
the south korean city of busan, UN-habitat and OCEANIX have signed a historic agreement to build the world’s first sustainable floating city prototype. the project is to be realized off the coast of busan, a city with 3.4 million residents.
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Seoul will be the first city to enter the metaverse
Facebook, now called Meta, is not the only entity currently working to develop its metaverse. The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced its intention to create Metaverse Seoul.
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Squid Game’s creator: ‘I’m not that rich. It’s not like Netflix paid me a bonus’
The smash hit survival drama has earned Netflix £650m. But the stress of making it cost Hwang Dong-hyuk six teeth – and he didn’t get paid any extra. He reveals the family catastrophe that inspired his hyper-violent capitalism satire
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‘They didn’t just pick us up off the street!’ Meet the globally derided Squid Game VIPs
The K-drama is the hottest show in the world – so why do its English speakers sound like they’re reading off Google Translate? We meet the men accused of dire, stilted acting to see how they’ve found being catapulted to fame
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North Korean website says 'Squid Game' reflects South Korea's 'brutal' society
From Seoul to San Francisco, hit South Korean Netflix series “Squid Game” has become a hot topic of conversation in recent weeks. Now, North Korea is weighing in. A North Korean propaganda website published an article Tuesday arguing that the series reveals that life in South Korea is "infested by the rules of survival of the fittest, corruption and immorality."
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