한국 Lemmy 커뮤니티 / Korea Lemmy community

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언컨퍼런스( #Unconference )는 뭔가요? 발표자도, 정해진 세션도 없는 컨퍼런스 형식입니다. 당일 현장에서 발표 주제도 시간도 결정해요.

We are on our annual leave, this year for the first time glamping which is glamorous camping.

I didn’t know you could buy Cannabis at a convenience store in Korea.

Swedish Ambassy in Seoul is mixing cultures.

The Gyeonggi Content Agency (President Tak Yong-seok, hereinafter KCA) announced that it will hold a special exhibition where visitors can directly experience PlayXpo Award winners and excellent indie games recommended by Indie Game Group Korea (hereinafter IGGK) from June 15 to 26 at ‘POPUP7@Pangyo’ on the 7th floor of the Gyeonggi Creative Economy Innovation Center in Pangyo.

For Kim Min-ji, 34, the Seoul Queer Parade is a holiday, much like Seollal or Chuseok. “Compared with when I first came here, I have many friends I can meet at

In most countries, dropping out of high school is treated as a warning sign. In South Korea, it is increasingly becoming an admissions strategy.

Why does Korea only have those unofficial trashcans made of a plastic bag and some harder plastic poster bend into a circle?

Just got one of those alarms:

One in 14 people aged 24 and under who visit an emergency room in Seoul following a suicide attempt or self-harm returns within two months for the…

I’ve always liked Makgeolli but lately my wife ordered a premium pack of them and a whole now flavor world opened.

South Koreans are cashing out of insurance policies and savings deposits, chasing higher returns by piling into local stocks’ breakneck rally. Policy surrender

A CNN Travel writer shared an awkward experience of being turned away from two restaurants in Seoul while trying to eat alone, saying solo dining i…

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South Korea has leapfrogged the UK to become the world’s eighth-biggest stock market, fueled by a high-octane rally in its artificial intelligence-linked technology champions.

Seoul will introduce a new payment system allowing foreign tourists to purchase public transportation passes using overseas credit and debit cards,…

South Korea is in close talks with countries, including Iran, to ensure a swift normalization of the Strait of Hormuz after Tehran said it is ready to allow Japan-bound vessels to pass through the sea route virtually closed in the wake of the Middle East crisis, a foreign ministry official said Saturday.

Speculation about the possible redeployment of US missile defense assets stationed in South Korea to the Middle East has been growing, along with concerns about

Oh man every year it’s so stressful because the login never want’s to work for me. This year again I had to use the new Mobile ID with the QR code, because putting in my name with spaces didn’t work. But that didn’t help I got some error that it only works for individuals (I am a individual). Then I tried with the PASS app, had to reset it and set it up again because every time I want to use it I need to reset it for some reason, and that means to go through SMS and my Bank app for some reason. But that also didn’t help, same error.

It’s Sunday afternoon in January, I live close to a street with a lot of cafés and each and every one is full of people, mostly young women but also couples and mixed groups.

“The visit laid a solid foundation for the full restoration of Korea-China relations, and paved the way for increased exchanges and cooperation in economic and cultural sectors,” he said during the meeting at Cheong Wa Dae.

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U.S.-listed e-commerce giant Coupang Inc. said Saturday it has confirmed personal information from 33.7 million customer accounts was exposed.

Growing numbers are finding work in the business of death.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-gifted-gold-crown-south-102755807.html

thought some people here may find this interesting :)

Seoul (AFP) – Ten South Koreans have been arrested in Cambodia for alleged involvement in cyberscams and two more rescued, Seoul’s top diplomat said Monday, days after dozens accused of working in the vast fraud operation were repatriated.

Public areas designed for older adults’ exercise and recreation to expand to all Seoul districts as seniors aged 65 or older expected to surpass 20 percent of city’s population

Since the 17th century, the all-female Haenyeo divers have harvested seafood near South Korea’s Jeju Island — and they don’t use modern scuba gear to this day.

United Nations (United States) (AFP) – South Korea’s dovish new president vowed Tuesday at the United Nations to work to end the “vicious cycle” of tensions with the North as he promised not to seek regime change.

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South Korean firms spent almost 600 billion won ($431 million) on corporate credit cards at adult entertainment venues in 2024, with more than half spent at high-end hostess bars known as room salons.

I just saw this dog sitter with three small dogs, each of them had some clothes on in a different color. But that was not the most interesting thing about him, not even the full face cloth similar to a niqab Muslim women wear to cover the face, which normally older women do here in Korea.

I think not only Korean investments. Actually I trained people in the US back in 2015 on the same visa those guys from Korea did this year, it's kind of common practice in a legal gray zone. Getting the real proper work visa takes a lot of time and costs a lot of money while the projects need to start immediately. The visa we had allowed you to do business there for 90 days. It depends a bit how you define doing business, and if training your US collegues or a customers guys is working there or doing business. You still are payed 100 % in your country and not in the US. But yeah it's a gray zone.

Seoul (AFP) – Seoul said Sunday that negotiations with the United States to secure the release of South Korean workers detained in an immigration raid have been "concluded" and they would soon be freed and flown home.

One protestor said, “Chinese communism is eroding South Korea, and I’m here to protect the people’s sovereignty! The president is acting like a dictator, and ordinary people are kept in the dark. We must wake everyone up through action!”

South Korea is undergoing a profound shift in family life. In the past, it was more common for men to go to work while women stayed home taking care of the children. Now, dual-income households form the majority among families with children.

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Mozilla has begun rolling out Chinese, Japanese, and Korean translation support in Firefox. It's privacy-friendly and even works offline.

Seoul (AFP) – South Korean President Lee Jae Myung vowed Friday to "respect" North Korea's political system and build "military trust", a day after Pyongyang said it had no interest in improving relations with Seoul.

President Lee Jae Myung vowed to respect North Korea's system, in the latest of Seoul's reconciliatory moves to resume inter-Korean dialogue, in his speech to mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Korean Peninsula, Friday.

Tariff bomb! Defense cost sharing Raise threat!

Seosan City (South Korea) (AFP) – At least three people were killed and more than 1,000 evacuated Thursday after South Korea was hit by torrential rains, officials said, with one region pummelled by the most rainfall per hour since full records began

President Donald Trump said on Monday the U.S. would impose a 25% tariff on imports from Japan and South Korea beginning Aug. 1 as he unveiled the first two of an expected 12 letters to trading partners outlining the new levies they face.

Here is my yearly 'Complaining about humidity in Korea' post.

We asked 6 young parents about realistic, necessary costs of parenthood

Today is election day and it's a special one for our family because my wife was able to vote for the first time here in Korea after getting her Korean citizenship last year.

I've been using Samsung Pay exclusively for the past 3 years in Korea so I don't need to take any card or cash with me, just my phone. It's very convinient, but now I can't pay for my coffee today.

Seoul (AFP) – Thousands of supporters of South Korea's two leading presidential candidates rallied on Saturday in Seoul, days before a vote triggered by the ex-leader's disastrous declaration of martial law.

Just sitting here in the library and reading the newspaper after the TV debate. At the same time my wife and her sister are debating who to vote for in the family chat.

The engravings on the rock face of Bangudae, located on the lower part of a cliff on a tributary of a river in Ulsan, were first discovered in 1971 and were designated as the country's National Treasure No. 285.

We should have waited and moved to Busan for that :D

A growing black market for Hanwoo bull semen — used to breed Korea’s prized native cattle known for their premium beef — is drawing criticism from livestock producers, as government-supplied breeding material is being resold online at prices up to 40 times its original cost.

Massive wildfires that killed at least 32 people and scorched an area nearly double the size of Seoul in late March could become more common under human-driven climate change, scientists warn.

A South Korean soldier at the inter-Korean border accidentally fired a machine gun toward North Korea last week, prompting the military to air broadcasts to notify the North of the mistake, military officials said Sunday.

Lee Jae-myung, former chairman of the liberal Democratic Party of Korea (DPK), secured the party’s nomination for the June 3 presidential election, officially setting the stage for his third presidential bid, Sunday.