Tag: South Korea
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Nobel peace laureate Malala brings new documentary to Toronto
Nobel peace laureate Malala Yousafzai, who unveiled her first documentary with Apple TV+ at the Toronto film festival, said Monday that its inspiring story of elderly South Korean women sea divers dovetails perfectly with her own activism. “The Last of the Sea Women” tells the compelling story of the matriarchal haenyeo community, whose members support…
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Deepfake porn crisis batters South Korea schools
Many of the cases she documented followed the same pattern: schoolboys steal innocuous selfies from private Instagram accounts and create explicit images to share in the chat rooms, specifically to humiliate female classmates — or even teachers. Super-wired South Korea, with the world’s fastest average internet speeds, has long battled sexual cyber violence, but experts…
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Samsung workers begin three-day general strike over pay
Workers at South Korean tech giant Samsung began a three-day general strike over pay and benefits on Monday, the head of a union representing tens of thousands of employees told AFP, warning the action could impact memory chip production. Samsung Electronics is the world’s largest memory chip maker and accounts for a significant chunk of…
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South Korean robot commits suicide after tremendous workload
A civil servant robot in South Korea working for the Gumi City Council apparently killed itself leaving many confused on what is being termed the country’s first “robot suicide”. The incident occurred last Thursday, leaving the tech community puzzled and in mourning. The ‘Robot Supervisor’, according to the eyewitness accounts, was behaving oddly and out-of-character…
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Denmark recalls South Korean noodles for being too spicy
Denmark’s food agency has recalled South Korean instant ramen produced by a brand popular in the West, warning noodle lovers that they were so hot they might cause “acute poisoning”. Three Samyang Foods noodle products were assessed to have dangerous levels of capsaicin, the active component of chilli peppers, the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration…
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North Korea drops rubbish-filled balloons on South Korea
North Korea just dropped at least 260 filth-filled balloons on South Korea, prompting officials to warn residents to stay indoors. South Korea’s army cautioned the public against touching the balloons and the plastic bags attached to them because they contain “filthy waste and trash”.The balloons have been found in eight of nine provinces in South…
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South Koreans contest to find out who is best at doing nothing
South Korea held one of the strangest competition in the world where contestants are judged for being best at doing absolutely nothing. In Seoul, more than 100 people gathered over the weekend to do nothing. Officially, the event is called Space-Out competition which was started by a visual artist, Woopsyang, as a protest against the…
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S. Korea starts procedures to suspend licences of 4,900 striking doctors
South Korea said Monday it had started procedures to suspend the medical licenses of 4,900 junior doctors who have resigned and stopped working to protest government medical training reforms, causing health care chaos. The walkout, which started February 20, is over government plans to sharply increase the number of doctors, which it says is essential…
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Pakistani passport once again least powerful
Henley & Partners‘ Passport Index has published a list portraying the world’s travel access hierarchy. Top on the list of countries that encourage travelling are France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore, and Spain, whose citizens can visit an astounding 194 destinations without requiring arduous visa procedures. This group of countries offer passport-to-plane experience, setting the bar…
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South Korean opposition leader stabbed in neck, expected to undergo surgery
South Korean opposition party leader Lee Jae-myung was stabbed in the neck on Tuesday by a man who pushed through a crowd pretending to be his supporter. Lee was surrounded by journalists and supporters at a construction site in the southern port city of Busan when a man lunged and struck him in the neck, South…