Links from Dec 2018 and Year End Wrap Up

Here's a collection of end-of-year links for you. Some general interesting links from December plus various end of year lists to look back on 2018.

2018 Year in Review Link Roundup

• 2018년 한 해를 뜨겁게 달군 유튜브 뮤직비디오 및 인기 동영상을 소개합니다! - YouTube Rewind 2018 for South Korea
• YouTube Korea Blog: 올 한해, 전 세계를 사로잡은 국내 유튜브 동영상과 채널을 공개합니다! - More on the top domestic Korea videos
• 2018 최고 인기 동영상 (국내) - YouTube - Direct link to the official YouTube playlist of the most popular domestic Korean videos of 2018
• 카카오 검색 올해의 인물 1위 ‘방탄소년단’ - Daum-Kakao's top search terms for 2018
• 10 most mentioned figures on political & entertainment articles in 2018
• Lookout: regulatory changes in 2019
• Top Domestic News Stories of 2018
• 2018년 인스타그램 해시태그 키워드 분석 - Top Instagram hashtags in Korea for 2018
• Twitter Korea ranks most tweeted terms for 2018
• 트위터로 보는 2018 대한민국 #2018어떤일이
• Google 한국 블로그: 구글플레이 ‘2018 올해를 빛낸 앱·게임’ 시상식이 열렸습니다! - Google Play app/game awards for 2018
• Top Naver searches in Korea for 2018
• Top Google searches in Korea for 2018
• Korean searches explode on Pornhub in 2018

Links for December 2018

• KT, SMS에 메신저기능 더한 '채팅' 서비스 출시 - KT has adopted the RCS text messaging standard (the one that Google has been pushing as the universal/carrier based alternative to iMessage)
• 새로워진 SmartEditor ONE을 소개합니다. - A look at Naver's new "SmartEditor" tool for publishing web content. You can try it now in your Naver Blog posts and coming to KnowledgeIN.
• Rights of a Criminal Suspect during the Korean Investigation Procedures – Self-Advocacy Note presented by the Seoul Bar Association
• [Cityscapes] Celebrating Christmas in Seoul's underground river
• Ban on disposable plastic bag use at supermarkets to take effect Jan. 1
• NAVER Whale — A journey: told by a foreigner – @ejenngo – Medium
• Coca-Cola in dilemma over right-wing YouTuber
• How to Buy Korean Ebooks Part I: Creating a Kyobo Bookstore Account
• Doctor Who Gave Nurse Directions via SNS Acquitted
• Tada becomes popular amid Kakao-taxi disputes
• [Q&A] I Am a Korean Adoptee Living in the U.S. Do I Have an Inheritance Right to My Biological Father in Korea?
• Masculinist “12 Rules for Life” becomes best-seller in Korea
• Naver, Dongdaemun market listed on EU counterfeit watch list - The Korea Herald
• LG develops capsule beer brewing machine
• Korea reports 300% surge in pot smuggling from North America
• Hancom to provide Korean-language voice recognition for Amazon Echo
• Yongsan Garrison, small-town America in a gray city
• ​Kakao's taxi chauffeur service expands to Japan - Book a taxi in Japan straight from the Kakao Taxi app.
• Naver fogoes old music service to focus on AI-based platform
• Horrors and heroes of the Korean War come to life in colourised images from the brutal conflict | Daily Mail Online

Stuff I put on Twitter

Google Maps in Korea seems to have gotten an update to show when the bus and next bus will arrive in real-time.

Merry Friends Ryan with Snowman, and Rudolph Ryan, ready to celebrate Christmas 2018
#카카오프렌즈 #kakaofriends #KAKAOFRIEND https://store.kakaofriends.com/en/promotions/promotion/184

KakaoTalk has a new "Live Talk" feature. Basically turns a group chat into a Periscope-type experience.

Naver's "goodbye 2018" doodle. Image: Naver

Naver's Happy New Year 2019 doodle. Image: Naver

Happy new year folks. Hope you have a good one.