Time for another dump of interesting links from the past two months about Korean tech and society.
Links that I originally posted to Twitter are included and link back to the tweet, but from there you can visit the the appropriate article. I do that because it's easier to just go back and grab the raw tweet text than bother extracting the real link from it.
The links here are all in reverse-chrono order, so newest stuff is at the top. Don't feel like you have to read all these; skimming the headline is probably enough. I think I'm saving too many of these. Most you've probably seen already anyway. But just in case.
Weather is super nice lately. Been trying to get outside more and lose some of the Covid weight. Nicer to do now that I don't have to wear the mask. Every week I see fewer and fewer wearing them outside, though still it's at least 50-60% in my area.
Links from April 2022 to May 2022
- Voter Turnout Lowest in 20 Years
- Kakao will adopt 100% remote work for its staff.
- Naver launches AI call service aimed at seniors
- Kakao to implement 'metaverse work'
- 10원 Tips You can use Naver certifications in the Naver app on your smartphone to verify your ID when voting in Korea's election tomorrow. blog.naver.com/nv_account/222…
- 10원 Tips Kakao Map's realtime live bus location tracking, previously available in Jeju, now expands to Ulsan, Chuncheon, Mokpo. kakaomap.tistory.com/357
- 10원 Tips Interesting introduction from a German woman who works inside Naver's webtoon department. Apparently she has a Gangwondo accent. youtube.com/watch?v=Q1FOoT…
- 10원 Tips Gallery of Korean AI influencer virtual humans. Naver Shopping's Lee Soli/SORI (이솔이) , Naver Clova's Rosie (로지), and Kakao's Sua (수아). All young pretty females. Best of all, no own opinions/scandals! TTS ensures they stay on brand!
- 10원 Tips A BTS show will premiere on Apple Music this weekend engadget.com/bts-apple-musi…
- 10원 Tips Looking for some part time work? Use your Kakao T app to deliver local items by foot or bike. zdnet.co.kr/view/?no=20220…
- 10원 Tips Naver's Whale browser hovering around 9% use on desktop, 12% on mobile. zdnet.co.kr/view/?no=20220…
- YouTubers Wrecking South Korea
- Traffic Deaths Fall to Record Low
- Rebranded Terra returns with huge price fall
- 10원 Tips Took me a minute to realize this headline meant people who enjoy the outdoors and not CounterStrike players who snipe like a little bitch. "LG Releases New Monitor Optimized for Campers" koreabizwire.com/lg-releases-ne…
- Netflix's 'Cyber Hell' uncovers shocking details about the 'nth room' scandal
- Number of Applicants for Army ROTC Program Plunges
- Integrated Commuter Pass to be Introduced Enabling Transfers between Subway, Bus
- SK Telecom seeks wider applications of crypto chips behind Galaxy Quantum phones
- Korean Department Store is the Worlds’ Biggest Luxury Goods Seller
- Subway Sandwiches produced their own K-Drama and it revolves around romance at one of their shops. (It was also just featured on Last Week Tonight)
- Pulmuone Launches Authentic Korean-made Kimchi in US Walmart Stores
- Socar fully updates its App, including User Experience.
- A K-Pop Star Wins KATUSA Category of U.S. Military’s Best Warrior Competition
- 10원 Tips Son Heung Min's winning of the Golden Boot has brought out Twitter's #Sonny emoji face again, which we 1st saw last year: 10wontips.blogspot.com/2021/02/twitte…
- Spotlight on Korea’s Food Import Dependence
- Local Election Candidates Adopt Eccentric Strategies to Attract Voters
- Number of metaverse users hits lowest point after social distancing rules lifted
- Wolves launch South Korean language video channel | Wolverhampton Wanderers FC
- S. Korean Property Marketplace Zigbang Launches Global Virtual Office
- US warning: North Korea's tech workers posing as freelance developers | ZDNet
- LG Uplus eyes metaverse niches for office workers, kids
- WeWork will first launch the Premium service in Seoul.
- BYC to Release Cooling Underwear for Dogs
- Kakao to offer mobility services in Guam
- BTS 'Dynamite' to be tested for space internet during S. Korea's first lunar exploration
- 10원 Tips People often assume that step parents are involved in the murders of newborns and infants, but in fact (in Korea at least) 80% of victims are killed by blood parents.
- 10원 Tips Clever. Spurned ex-lover, restraining order against him blocking his calls to her, realizes he can transfer 1 cent to her bank account over and over, leaving messages in the "memo" and "from" fields. Creepy. lawtalknews.co.kr/article/XYELLH…
- 10원 Tips Holy shit. Man goes in for MRI, when machine activates, powerful magnetic field sucks in a loose oxygen tank, tank smashes into laying patient, killing him. lawtalknews.co.kr/article/OY3LQG…
- 10원 Tips Naver's logo doodle for Teachers' Day by artist Park Young-joon. Link to artist Instagram: instagram.com/park.d/
- 10원 Tips TIL many cash registers in Korean convenience stores have an emergency alarm button built right in that summons police.
- Meet SKT’s new mobile virtual assistant A.
- Is BBQ overcharging American consumers?
- 'Is Homeplus Open?' website turns one-note joke into charity
- South Korean startup uses AI to sell perfectly fitted shoes
- Korean virtual AI Theo is a hit with Brazilian fans
- Male virtual influencer created by Sogang students sees success
- Coupang expands to the travel category – 5-star hotel reservations.
- University Adopts Speech-to-Text Translation Tool to Help Foreign Students
- Early Morning Delivery Service Suffers as Pandemic Nears End
- Kakao Mobility Partners with Splyt for Ride-hailing Roaming Services in Southeast Asia
- 10원 Tips Reminder that Korea was years ahead of this trendy "underboob" style. As in, 100s of years ahead.
- 10원 Tips Neighbor upset over noisy family, decides to smear their little kid's bike handle with COVID filled kleenex. Disgusting. lawtalknews.co.kr/article/VLNZ8S…
- 10원 Tips Kakao T app now integrates Grab service, meaning you can use Kakao T for taxis in Vietnam, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia. bloter.net/newsView/blt20…
- 10원 Tips Several webtoons for Marvel series will come to Kakao Entertainment platform. 1st is "닥스" ("Daks") apparently the Korean abbreviation for Doctor Strange. nocutnews.co.kr/news/5754994
- 10원 Tips Google Assistant finally available on Samsung Galaxy Watch bloter.net/newsView/blt20…
- Police Mull Applying Serious Accident Punishment Act After Golfer Drowns in Pond
- Ansan City Sees Increase in Multicultural Schoolchildren
- ONE Store Scraps IPO Plan Due to Weak Investor Confidence
- Diesel Price Outstrips Gasoline for First Time in 14 Years over Tight Supply, Tax Cut
- Naver and CJ will start same-day and dawn delivery.
- Socar reveals its business progress in the “Socar Plan.”
- 10원 Tips Naver doodle for international Nurses Day, by artist Ahra Kwon (instagram.com/ok_ahra/)
- 10원 Tips Netizens are going wild about their "FREEDOM PRESIDENT YOON" (자유대통령 윤석열) apparently unblocking all the porn sites. But no clear evidence I've seen that he had anything to do with this. Yet the warning blocks are indeed gone for me. news.imaeil.com/page/view/2022…
- LG U+ Enhances Customer Services for Foreigners in Korea
- Cheong Wa Dae Included in Map Service after Public Opening
- 10원 Tips The Blue House now appears in Korean maps since being opened to the public and not the presidential office anymore. Here's the view from KakaoMap "before" (2020) and "after" (2022): Via Reddit: reddit.com/r/korea/commen…
- Cyber Defamation in Korea
- SK Telecom to Launch Ifland and One Store in Europe
- New Bus Route Brings Visitors to Cheong Wa Dae
- Samsung to Develop 200-Megapixel Camera for Galaxy S23
- ONE Store to Go Public as Planned This Month: CEO
- Cheong Wa Dae’s national petition website has officially closed yesterday, after nearly 5 years
- 10원 Tips The Grand Narrative retweeted: Naver logo doodles for Mothers Day and Buddha's Birthday by artist Je Kim. Her Instagram: instagram.com/jekim.illust
- 10원 Tips Naver logo doodles for Childrens' Day 2022 by artist Saki (Eunjin Kwon). Her Instagram: instagram.com/saki_svn/
- 10원 Tips Google Doodle for Parents' Day 2022 g.co/doodle/v55ght2
- 10원 Tips And why not, here are Daum's logo doodles for Parents' Day and/or Buddha's Birthday.
- 10원 Tips Those fancy "Quantum Security" phones work by generating truly random numbers via light photons, not by algorithms. Those random digits are used for on-device encryption. Something like that. bloter.net/newsView/blt20…
- 10원 Tips Shinsegae, G-Market, Auction all unifying into "Smile Club" subscription model to take on Coupang's Wow membership. koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2022/04/27/bus…
- 10원 Tips These AI "visual influencers" (who are always conveniently female and 22 years old... forever) are already starting to see the clothing coming off. Here's 로지 (@rozy.gram) showing some virtual skin. instagram.com/rozy.gram
- How Seoul is creating a metaverse for a smarter city
- Naver and Sidus reveal the AI Voice based on Clova technology.
- Smelly paper straws pulled from Starbucks
- [Weekender] All washed up: Beach trash holds truths about North Korea
- Decades-old pub in Euljiro fades into history
- The Secret to Korean Graphics: Miri Canvas
- 10원 Tips Paramount+ to launch in Korea this June. Partnership with CJ E&M, as an exclusive bundle with their streaming service TVING.
- 10원 Tips Pretty cool: SK Shieldus (SK쉴더스) has an automatic "wearable airbag" for when you fall at construction sites. Also auto-alerts crew with exact location.
- 10원 Tips It's May 4th. No, you Star Wars nerds; it's International Firefighters Day. Naver celebrates with a custom logo doodle plus a cute webtoon: blog.naver.com/naver_diary/22…
- 10원 Tips How Webtoons Are Changing Movies and TV | Hyeonmi Kim | TED - YouTube youtube.com/watch?v=NBMTc7…
- Love kills: Gaslighting and insurance fraud surround death of husband
- Korea's Toss Bank expands services to include foreigners
- How to make a claim to Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance
- Hyundai Mobis Unveils ‘bring&T’ that Converts Smart Keys to Digital Keys
- Seoul to offer useful bicycle-related information through smartphone app
- Hidden meaning of Korean term “agassi” leads to murder
- Korea-U.S. Defense C4I Compromised, South Korean Captain and a Defense Contractor Arrested for Spying for North Korea
- 10원 Tips Nice explanatory walkthrough video of how to make an insurance claim on the (Korean) Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance website youtube.com/watch?v=YW09ig…
- Toss Bank extends online-exclusive services to foreign customers
- Seoul to open a massive green space in city center
- Kakao Mobility Pilots Pet Taxi Service
- Seoul City to Distribute Autonomous Car Simulator as Open Source Software
- Mayor Oh Se-hoon's new goal is a Waterside Emotional City
- Moving from Hierarchical to Horizontal
- S. Korean FTC begins sanctions against Kakaomobility.
- Yoon Suk-yeol and South Korea’s Digital Platform: A “Smarter” Future?
- New 'Floating International Airport' to Open in Busan in 2035
- LG U+ Launches World’s First Dedicated Post-quantum Cryptography Line
- 10원 Tips Crime on Carrot Market going up. #1 crime: requesting advanced payment then ghosting upon receipt. #2 crime: unwanted sexual chats lawtalknews.co.kr/article/L6AGAE…
- 10원 Tips Interesting quick look at map imagery differences: Pyeongtek New Vision Elgru apartments Pic 1: Naver, shows construction Pic 2: Kakao, shows construction Pic 3: Google, still shows original neighbourhood Pic 4: Maxar SecureWatch, currently completed apts sphinfo.com/maxar220421/
- 10원 Tips Naver logo doodle for Earth Day 2022 by artist Shin Hyewoo (신혜우). Her Instagram: instagram.com/hyewoo.plant
- Virtual AI star YuA makes lackluster singing debut, barely breaks top 1,000
- Samsung’s Pokémon-Themed Galaxy Z Flip 3 Is Like a Real Life Pokédex
- KT develops AI-powered tech to restore Lou Gehrig patients’ voices
- SK shieldus vows to offer ironclad cybersecurity
- LG U+ sees surge in eSIM card use
- The Fakecalls banking Trojan makes fake calls | Kaspersky official blog
- Naver Tightens Conditions for Foreigners Wishing to Sell Products at Smart Store
- Hyundai auto group provides new digital key service for Samsung and Apple smartphones
- Naver vows to garner 1B global users within 5 years
- Japan predominated the domain "독도.com"(Dokdo dot com) to promote it as a Japanese territory
- Insurance Policies Increasingly Popular Among Registered Foreigners
- Agreement signed to launch 'Special Union' of Busan, Ulsan, South Gyeongsang Province
- KT to Create Advanced Giga Genie AI Human with Deep Brain AI
- SK Telecom partners with French company to sell video tech
- 10원 Tips Naver's "Clova" AI can answer more questions about the world. But I don't like how they seem to copy Google's "Do also want to know....?" followup thing. I always give an annoyed "no" response. Every time. blog.naver.com/clova_ai/22270…
- 10원 Tips Naver has deleted all the QR code check-ins data from the past 2 years (and if you kept a written list, you legally need to destroy it). I actually kind of enjoyed them. Made boring mart trips seem like a big deal. blog.naver.com/n_privacy/2227…
- 10원 Tips Daum's dedicated real estate searching app is being depreciated. Service will still function through the web. Via magazine.daum.net/daum_notice/62…
- 10원 Tips Great, another virtual person: the "Giga Genie AI Human". Like all the others, it appears as an attractive female. Surely a coincidence. zdnet.co.kr/view/?no=20220…
- 10원 Tips Wide variety of common government documents can be got through KakaoTalk. Resident registration, COVID vaccine proof, driving records, graduation records etc. Save yourself an in-person trip to the 주민센터. zdnet.co.kr/view/?no=20220…
- Danggeun Market is expanding to the Real Estate business category.
- 10원 Tips I love how his $45 "knife proof" vest on Coupang is demonstrated by what looks like the seller himself illustrating its function by half-heartedly stabbing himself. coupang.com/vp/products/16…
- 10원 Tips YLYL: Man gestures across the street to point out a pizza restaurant, passerby happens to be walking RIGHT THERE, gets the finger jammed right into his eyeball. lawtalknews.co.kr/article/OP40ND…
- SK Telecom Develops AI-based Post-production Technology that Can Remove Video Captions
- 10원 Tips Naver's news portal is getting SNS-like features. Now you can subscribe to other users' comments. Not sure this is a great idea. Engagement up, but also stalking/trolling? blog.naver.com/naver_diary/22…
- 10원 Tips Naver's version of Google Drive / Google Photos, called MYBOX, gets an appearance upgrade. Now looks more like... Google Drive. blog.naver.com/myboxteam/2226…
- 10원 Tips Foreign software developer looking for work? Korea's SME's are hiring. zdnet.co.kr/view/?no=20220…
- Shinhan Bank adopts mobile driver's license authentication for banking services
- 10원 Tips Naver doodle for Spring season 2022 by artist Ryu Jung Min Artist Instagram: instagram.com/jungmin_studio
- 10원 Tips The other day I noticed that one of the government "emergency alert" health notices was apparently using Google as its translate engine. #KoreaEmergencyAlert
- Third Apple store in Korea to open on Saturday
- Foreign Ministry Supports Yoon's Plan to Create New Office for Overseas Koreans
- Lowest levels of PM2.5 through seasonal PM management
- Korea: Location of a long-lost Greek colony...
- Cabinet passes bills to allow single people to adopt
- 10원 Tips Naver doodle for Arbor Day by artist Ham Juhae (Instagram: instagram.com/haamjuhae)
- 10 won Tips "The road drilled deep into the sea was interesting, so I raced for fun." Disagree with his actions his but agree with his logic his. Speedracers caught in Korea's newest and longest undersea tunnel: "seemed interesting" lawtalknews.co.kr/article/GP6INM…
- SK Telecom and KT Vying for Bigger Share of In-car Voice Recognition Market
- Admiral J. Robert Lunney, 94, Hero of the Heungnam Evacuation
- Google irks Korean users again over belated response to Chrome bug
- Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in South Korea
- GOS Crisis Shows Samsung Electronics' Vulnerability
- 7-Eleven Teams Up with Secondhand Marketplace
- 10원 Tips The mystery of the missing mountain signpost stones is a lot more boring than aliens or NK spies: a bored 20yo dude just liked knocking them down and watching them roll down the mountainside. Some people just want to watch the world burn. lawtalknews.co.kr/article/3BCDXZ…
- Korea's ministry opens DMZ-themed metaverse platform
- Seoul City to Provide Financial Support for Pet Funerals
- Koreans are getting taller, but half of Korean men are now considered obese
- [Weekender] Rise of never-aging young women in Korea
- Alibaba Cloud opens data center in Korea
- 10원 Tips Religious relics (bone fragments) from Korea's first saint, on sale on Korea's thriving second hand market apps lawtalknews.co.kr/article/K7X238…
- 10원 Tips Daum account logins fully shutting down Q4 2022. Migrate yours over to a Kakao account if not done already. magazine.daum.net/daum_notice/62…
- GS25 to issue NFTs for student's popular riceball snack to arouse nostalgia among MZers
- Relaunched Cyworld to offer users opportunity to earn cash
- 10원 Tips In a few days Naver will add their own Smart Lens search to Naver Image results. Works just like Google Lens results in Google Images. blog.naver.com/naver_search/2…
- 10원 Tips Someone is stealing the signpost summit rocks from the tops of Korean mountains. seoul.co.kr/news/newsView.…
- 10원 Tips Naver's "MYBOX" app continues to incorporate Google Photos-like features. Now it can show your photos on a map and auto-sort by people's faces.
- 10원 Tips Just what you wanted, targeted advertising blasted to your face from the seat head when you take a taxi. Via: bloter.net/newsView/blt20…
- Ozone Is Korea's Worst Silent Killer
- National Tax Service Launches Tax Investigation into Intel Korea
- iPhone Car Key feature now available for some 2022 Kia and Genesis vehicles
- Travel Rule to Become Effective on March 25
- Kakao Mobility to Launch Taxi Advertising Service, Share Profits
- BitRAT malware now spreading as a Windows 10 license activator - Bleeping Computer
- Counterfeit Galaxy Phones Widespread in China
- Smartphones Purchased for QR Code-based Entry Log Scheme Useless Following Policy Change
- LG Offers First Smartphone Update After Leaving Smartphone Market
- Naver's web cartoon wing to set up new European headquarters to provide localized services
- 10원 Tips KT now joins Samsung, Conway, LG, in joining the international smart home devices standard "Matter" etnews.com/20220311000142
- Can a mobile phone be considered to be a dangerous weapon?
- S. Korea starts traffic light information service for Kakao's smartphone navigation app
- Seoul City Mulling Drinking Ban in Public Places
- Homage by Apple
- Naver launches conversational search engine service
- Bluetooth tech enables passengers to board buses without cards
- First on-campus unisex toilet opens at Seoul university
- 10원 Tips Naver changed its logo to a "Wishing/hoping/praying for peace" doodle in the Ukrainian colors for a fundraiser over the last 2 days.
- 10원 Tips Walkthrough of setting up KakaoTalk on Linux via WINE. (Korean but easy screenshots, includes simple fixes for hangul encoding issue) jay-flow.medium.com/manjaro-%EB%98…
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