Some noteworthy news items from the month of June. Is it just me or was this June actually fairly cool compared to previous years? Now it's July and the sweat and humidity is real. Cool off with these links.
Links from June 2019
Society, Culture, Lifestyle, etc.
- Choice of Laws Is an Essential Matter When It Comes to an International Inheritance | Ask Korea Law - Fascinating look at what happens when two countries' laws conflict
- Old port town exudes exotic beauty - Never heard Incheon described as beautiful but alright
- Host city of ‘Couple Festival’ dismayed over Song couple’s divorce - Haha, this poor town invested heavily to cash in on popularity for this TV show and the real life romance it blossomed, but now that couple is divorced and it was all for nothing.
- Visitors to Taebaek Film Set Soar Following Song-Song Split | Be Korea-savvy - Or was it? Apparently the divorce has done the town well. Happy ending. Unlike their real life romance.
- Pulmuone kimchi hits Walmarts across US - Remember the days when "kimchi" was a home made glass jar full of pickles and radishes?
- Is it OK to wear shorts at work? - Yes. It ought to be anyway. My nuts would greatly benefit.
- Moon's Speeches Compiled in English | Be Korea-savvy
- Controversy arises over child model in Baskin Robbins commercial
- Electric cars in Korea – Kojects
- Growing into a mom and CEO
- Ihn Yo-han: American-Korean doctor in love with Korea
- USFK lifts curfew for 90 days for morale test
- Foreigners Change the Face of Open-Air Markets - The Chosun Ilbo (English Edition): Daily News from Korea - National/Politics > National
- Partisanship pauses for Lee Hee-ho’s funeral
- Enormous underground transit terminal to be built in Gangnam
- Kunsan Airbase NCO’s Alter Ego is a Professional Wrestler in South Korea – ROK Drop
- Where Seoul's evictees end up
Business, tech, etc.
- VAT on global IT services to start from July 1-INSIDE Korea JoongAng Daily
- Google, Facebook face 10% VAT from July (same)
- 헤이카카오앱에서 AI 음성인식 '카카오i' 이용 가능 - ZDNet korea - Kakao is basically releasing their own version of the Google Assistant app, "Hey Kakao" for accessing their Kakaoi platform on your smartphone. Looks like another step to a full-on Google Assistant type service to compliment their popular smart speakers. Expect to see this integration continue in cars and other smart devices. Both Kakao and Naver are pushing hard to meet or exceed feature parity with Google Assistant.
- [Android Update] Keep, your personal storage for LINE, is now easier to use! : LINE official blog - Naver's new Keep service is available inside LINE now. Not sure if they'll be cross-compatible.
- Naver to create HD map for autonomous driving in Seoul - i.e. the real reason Korea doesn't want to export map data to let Google Maps work well (along with Google's blatant bias in not blurring important facilities here).
- S. Korean Portal Naver Completely Blocked in China l KBS WORLD Radio
- China Restores Access to S. Korea’s Largest Online Search Portal | Be Korea-savvy
- SK Telecom launches mobile parking app
- SKT launches app for parking lots using Tmap (same)
- Kakao Launches Navigation App for Ambulances | Be Korea-savvy
- KT going all-out against Amazon Web Services, Microsoft
- KT enables Kia K7 drivers to control home IoT devices - Yet another attempt into the Smart Assistant world. This is getting crowded.
- Paid Search in Korea: Naver Ads vs Google Ads | The Egg Company
- 네이버Sign : 간편한 모바일 고지서를 소개.. : 네이버블로그 - Naver Sign, a service for paying bills, etc.
- 네이버, 관심사 기반 SNS '폴라' 접는다 - ZDNet korea - Naver's Pholar service (their version of Instagram) shuts down.
- 'Kakao Talk will be money-making tool'
- Naver and LINE to Hold Hackathon “AI Rush 2019” for AI Developers around World - 비즈니스코리아 - BusinessKorea
- 데이터센터 ‘각’ - Neat look (in English) at a Naver data center
- Samsung launches Bixby Marketplace in the US and Korea | ZDNet
- Seoul Metropolitan Government opens its second fintech lab in WeWork Yeouido Station, striving as the fintech capital of Asia - VentureSquare World
- Hyundai and Kia invest $4.2m in new Korean cab-calling app | ZDNet
- SoftBank chief highlights investment for Korea’s AI
- Tada under fire after driver shares photo of drunk passenger-INSIDE Korea JoongAng Daily
- 하모니카 활용하기 - Ⅱ-02. 하모니카OS에서 윈도우용 프로그램(예-카카오톡) 사용하기 - A guide to installing and using Kakao Talk on Linux via Wine. Some special dependencies are needed so follow the steps carefully especially step 7.
- 인터넷 뱅킹 - List of Korean banking sites known to work well on Linux. I think this is not complete as others have had success with other banks too.
- Enjoy Wi-Fi Service on Public Transportation Wherever You Go - Seoul Metropolitan Government
- App developers capitalize on fine dust pollution
- Olive Young opens global online mall
- Clova 뉴스레터 Vol.46 | 어린이 영.. : 네이버블로그 - Learn English on your Naver Clova smart speaker thanks to a partnership with YBM academy.
- Dispute arising over robotization at banks
- 카카오 블록체인 '클레이튼', 8개 파트너 추가…"총 34개 서비스 확보" - ZDNet korea - More companies sign on to Kakao's blockchain service 클레이튼 which we are now apparently spelling Klaytn.
- [카카오맵PC] 카카오플레이스 데이터 가져오기 - | 카카오맵 공식 블로그 - Migrate your Kakao Place data to the new Kakao Maps
- [Clova AI] 음성검색 기술과 네이버 그.. : 네이버블로그 - A look at the integration of Clova and the Naver app. The total integration of these services is fast approaching and Korea will have a full native Google Assistant type service that manages your entire life by voice.
- Baemin launches Vietnamese delivery service-INSIDE Korea JoongAng Daily
- 애플 앱스토어, 휴대폰 결제도 된다 - ZDNet korea - Finally you can pay for things on the Apple App sore via your mobile phone bill. Android has had this feature for seemingly ever.
- Making maps evergreen with deep learning, robots and computer vision - Naver Labs Europe
- 네이버의 상징, 녹색과 날개 달린 모자에 담긴.. : 네이버블로그 - Neat look back at the evolution of the Naver logo
- KT스카이라이프 “구글 AI 스피커로 위성방송 편하게 본다” - ZDNet korea - KT Skylife satellite TV service gets integration with Google Assistant. A little odd since KT has their own in-house smart-speaker integration. Maybe they got a sweet deal from Google.
- Naver accuses Shinsegae of copying its app design
- Naver partners with LINE Pay to offer mobile payment service in Japan
That's all for now. See you next month.
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