The weather is getting cooler at night making it great for evening walks and outdoor beers. Have a cold one and relax with some interesting links from the past month.
USCIS to Close the Seoul Field Office - Many services that were formerly performed for Americans at the US Embassy in Seoul are being discontinued and will now apparently only be available by mail back to the States or at other embassy locations (I hear talk of the Philippines being the closest?). Luckily I don't usually require embassy services but if you have dual-national kids here or a wife you're thinking of taking back to the USA at some point, this may affect you.
Korean Cardboard - This is the kind of stuff I miss from the early days of the web before people locked this sort of material up in walled gardens behind login prompts. An honest to God blog dedicated to a guy's passionate hobby. Korean Cardboard is a surprisingly detailed collection of examples and information for Korean baseball card collecting and trading. Of particular interest was his extensive list of foreigner plays in the KBO. Give him a visit. I don't even really care for Korean baseball but I'm subscribing anyway.
Just a funny example of auto-translations gone wrong. "I CANNOT WAIT FOR MASTURBATION".
Links from August 2019
Special Mentions
USCIS to Close the Seoul Field Office - Many services that were formerly performed for Americans at the US Embassy in Seoul are being discontinued and will now apparently only be available by mail back to the States or at other embassy locations (I hear talk of the Philippines being the closest?). Luckily I don't usually require embassy services but if you have dual-national kids here or a wife you're thinking of taking back to the USA at some point, this may affect you.
Korean Cardboard - This is the kind of stuff I miss from the early days of the web before people locked this sort of material up in walled gardens behind login prompts. An honest to God blog dedicated to a guy's passionate hobby. Korean Cardboard is a surprisingly detailed collection of examples and information for Korean baseball card collecting and trading. Of particular interest was his extensive list of foreigner plays in the KBO. Give him a visit. I don't even really care for Korean baseball but I'm subscribing anyway.
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| Screenshot of Korean Cardboard blog |
Society, Culture, Lifestyle, Politics, Military, Law, etc.
- My North Korea: Radioactive River
- Angelina Jolie's son to become Yonsei student - Before you get excited, he'll be at the Songdo, Incheon campus so don't go stargazing for him in Sinchon.
- Pilot's quick decision, 470 passengers' cooperation save girl's life
- U.S. Scraps Visa Waiver for S. Koreans with Record of N.K. Visit | Be Korea-savvy
- As land prices soar, Seoul places its next public housing project on highway
- U.S. Visa-Rule Change Triggers Confusion - The Chosun Ilbo (English Edition): Daily News from Korea - National/Politics > National
- ‘The perpetrator, not the victim, should be worried about their livelihood’ | ILDA - This is another nice niche blog that focuses on Korean feminism issues. The articles posted here are very thoughtful and well translated. This is an example of a recent article that kind of hit me. I don't really want to think about the baggage of having to do business as a woman.
- [Newsmaker] Presbyterian court rules against father-to-son leadership transfer at megachurch
- Calls for new national anthem grow amid anti-Japanese sentiment - TIL the Korean national anthem was formerly sung to the tune of Auld Lang Syne. And a German guy wrote the former one.
- Did UFO fly over Mt Jiri? [PHOTOS]
- BTS photo-printed transportation card is property: court - I actually find the court's logic a bit weak here and wouldn't have pursued him, if it weren't for his documented habit of theft.
- Disorder at Incheon International Airport as 3,000 Elderly Visit Every Day | Be Korea-savvy - It's sparked the phrase 공강스, a "staycation" at the airport.
- New Young Adult English Novel to Recount Devastation of Japanese Wartime Sexual Slavery | Be Korea-savvy
- Angelina Jolie signs lease for high-class Seoul apartment
- Hongdae club celebrates 15 years - Club FF. Believe it or not I've been there a few times back in my wild early days.
- Demons, destruction, fear: Wonju - a century ago under the Japanese
- Man Arrested After Walking Around Naked at Busan City Council Building
- Perfume brand launches cologne for pets - Stop with the pet obsession. Have real babies.
- Demand for Custom Pet Hanbok Surges | Be Korea-savvy - Stop with the pet obsession. Have real babies.
- Nearly Half of S. Korean Population to be Aged 65 or Older by 2067 | Be Korea-savvy - Stop with the pet obsession. Have real babies.
- Report Claims USFK To End All Services on Yongsan Garrison This Year – ROK Drop
- Worries surface around recycled cardboard box ban at retail stores
- [News analysis] Could terminating GSOMIA result in S. Korea paying US$5 billion to US for defense cost-sharing? : International : News : The Hankyoreh
- Lawyer Hwang: Defamation by alleging facts can be justified? - Another "Korean lawyer blog" to add your to list. Includes their comments on a variety of legal situations.
- CFC to Move to Camp Humphreys in 2021 – ROK Drop
- Seoul to Extend Subway and Bus Hours During Chuseok | Be Korea-savvy
- Jun's Pocket Plane: Finding Korean public domain works
Technology, Business, etc.
- North Korea reportedly stole $2B in wave of cyber attacks | ZDNet
- CJ OliveNetworks fined over unfair biz practices
- Kakao and Twice collaborate for new Kakao merchandise
- SK Telecom Opens Virtual Zoo Accessible by Smartphone | Be Korea-savvy
- Women are dominating crypto shopping in Korea | ZDNet
- Rival mobile carriers join hands, challenge KakaoTalk with upgraded messaging service - It's a version of RCS that Google has been pushing but famously few carriers are going along with. I wonder if this Korean version will be compatible with the worldwide standard.
- Korean women are more accepting of fintech-INSIDE Korea JoongAng Daily
- Alibaba’s cross-border e-commerce platform AliExpress allies with search engine Naver to boost sales to South Korean consumers - KrASIA
- AI Speakers Fill in Welfare Blind Spots of Lonely Seniors | Be Korea-savvy - This makes me sad.
- Naver’s Papago enhances image translation
- Korea's Coal Consumption Increases in 2018 - The Chosun Ilbo (English Edition) - And it will continue if we don't just build the damn nuclear plants already.
- Antitrust watchdog approves plan to establish ‘Netflix of Asia’
- New YouTube Original Series to Feature TWICE's Global Growth | Be Korea-savvy
- IKEA to open two new stores, cater to urban residents
- Game firms to sell adult-only content in Apple App Store
- [Newsmaker] Facebook wins court battle over network cutoff
- Bithumb to assess eligibility on listed virtual coins
- [업데이트 소식] 영어 뉴스 채널 추가 : 네이버 블로그 - Naver's Clova smart speakers can now play English news updates
- 편리해진 여성 계산기! 매달 일정 체크하세요! : 네이버 블로그 - Naver search gives onebox results for period and fertility tracking. Remember when Google used to add little features like this?
- 네이버 웨일 on Twitter: "ITSub잇섭님의 웨일 사용기 2탄!! 멋지게 리뷰 만들어주셔서 정말 고맙습니다! iOS는 최대한 빨리 안드로이드만큼 기능을 붙일 수 있도록 노력하겠습니다. 웨일도 ITSub잇섭님 유튜브도 많이많이 사랑해주세요!! https://t.co/8WAJhCeTvk" / Twitter - A video showing off and reviewing some of Naver Whale browser's mobile features, including Ad Blocking.
- Samsung Deletes Ads Mocking Apple for Removing Headphone Jack - Since They Removed it Now Also
- Court: “KCC’s Facebook penalty for lowering speeds with connection pathway change unjust” : International : News : The Hankyoreh
- LG, Naver cooperate on dual-screen browsing platform
- Naver gets serious about non-Korean speakers-INSIDE Korea JoongAng Daily
- MS Korea desperate to stop illegal sales of leaked Windows 10
- Kakao and Twice collaborate for new Kakao merchandise
- Naver Introduces AI Answering Machine for Restaurant Reservations | Be Korea-savvy
- North Korean state hackers target retired diplomats and military officials | ZDNet
- Seoul Hosts Global Start-Up Event, “Start-Up Seoul: Tech Rise” - Seoul Metropolitan Government
- 볼보차코리아 “T맵·카카오내비 내장 내비 준비중” - ZDNet korea - SK's T-Map and Kakao's KakaoNavi driving navigation apps will be built into some Volvo cars.
- 대중교통-도보 등 라스트마일 공간까지... 네.. : 네이버블로그 - Naver Maps is adding the same Augmented Reality walking directions feature that Google Maps releases.
- Will Apple Card be available in Korea?
- 네이버, AI 키보드 앱 '스마트보드' 정식 출시 - ZDNet korea - If you use Naver's keyboard replacement app "Smartboard" it just got smarter.
- SK Innovation to sue LG Chem, LG Electronics in US over battery tech
- Equinix opens data center in Seoul for enterprise customers
- 네이버, 라이브 오디오 스트리밍 서비스 ‘나우’ 출시 - ZDNet korea - Naver is running a new audio radio/podcast type service right on their main mobile homescreen. I actually like the design and think it will be successful in getting people listening, but I mourn the the fact that these streams will likely only be accessible in that ecosystem. #RSS #RSSforever Plus with the success of their Audioclip podcast app, this seems like a good way to expand.
- What will change with open banking?
- Jun's Pocket Plane: How to fix broken CJK filenames extracted from zip archive created in MS Windows environment
- YouTube 네이버 인공지능 전화 예약 'AI Call' 시연해보니 - A real example of Naver's own "Google Duplex" type phone call making audio assistant.
- KT introduces a public cloud for financial companies-INSIDE Korea JoongAng Daily
from Twitter
Just a funny example of auto-translations gone wrong. "I CANNOT WAIT FOR MASTURBATION".
This is why you shouldn't always rely on Google translations. Actual headline is about the 자위대 (Japan self-defense forces) but it's making the classic mistake of confusing 자위 as 自慰 (self comfort) instead of 自衛 (self defense). https://t.co/YaM7nz5Typ pic.twitter.com/MAORW3IQH4— 10원 Tips (@10wontips) July 23, 2019
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