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South Korean Startup Ybrain Targets Brain Disorders With Health Care Tech
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com Wearable technology isn’t just relegated to fitness tracking and reading text messages off a $10,000-plus gold Apple Watch. Tech companies are […]
North and South Korea Find a Way to Avoid Disaster, Reach Deal
Above photo: South Korean National Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin addresses reporters in Seoul shortly after 2 a.m. following three days of “marathon talks” with North Korea. (Reuters) by HYUNG-JIN […]
Seoul Takes Hard Line as Talks Between Rival Koreas Drag On
by FOSTER KLUG and HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s president vowed a hard line on Monday as marathon negotiations between senior officials of […]
North Korea Warns of War With South After Artillery Fire
Pictured above: President Park Geun-hye visits the headquarters of Third Army in the city of Yongin, just south of Seoul, on Aug. 21, 2015, amid heightened tensions raised by the […]
U.S. Senators Introduce Legislation to Expand Korean War Veterans Memorial
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim james@charactermedia.com Two U.S. senators have proposed expanding the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. to include a “Wall of Remembrance.” The wall […]
N. Korea Threatens Strikes Over South’s Propaganda Broadcasts
by FOSTER KLUG, Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Saturday threatened to attack South Korean loudspeakers that are broadcasting anti-Pyongyang propaganda messages across their shared […]
South Korean Women Strive for ‘Apple Hips’
by YOUNG-WOO KANG Thin legs, a slender waist and pale skin have been the ideal beauty standard among Korean women for a long time. However, these aspects of a […]
Korean Man Sets Himself on Fire to Protest Japan’s Wartime Sex Slavery
by ALEX HYUN | @ahyundarkb4dawn editor@charactermedia.com Days ahead of Korea’s 70th Liberation Day, an 80-year old South Korean man lit himself on fire on Wednesday outside the Japanese embassy […]
A Breakdown of the Lotte Family Feud
by ALEX HYUN | @ahyundarkb4dawn editor@charactermedia.com Two brothers squabble for control of their family’s multimillion corporation while staging coups and firing accusations at each other. No, this isn’t the synopsis […]
Daum Kakao Appoints South Korea’s Youngest CEO
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com Daum Kakao has named 34-year-old Rim Ji Hoon as CEO, making him the youngest corporate boss in South Korea, according to Korean […]
Seoul’s Poop Café Offers Sweet Treats
by ALEX HYUN | @ahyundarkb4dawn editor@charactermedia.com Can you smell it? That aroma of delectable coffee wafting from a toilet bowl. Wait, what? According to Korean food and lifestyle blog Seoul […]
South Korea Issues Warning for Japanese Encephalitis
by ALEX HYUN| @ahyundarkb4dawn editor@charactermedia.com On the heels of the MERS (Middle Easter Respiratory Syndrome) virus outbreak, South Korea has issued another health warning, albeit one for a less […]
North Korea Airs Video of Detained Canadian Pastor Confessing to Crimes
by ALEX HYUN | @ahyundarkb4dawn editor@charactermedia.com North Korea on Monday released a video footage of a detained Korean Canadian pastor purportedly confessing before a Pyongyang church congregation that he […]
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Visits South Korea to Discuss Equal Rights
by ALEX HYUN | @ahyundarkb4dawn editor@charactermedia.com U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a longtime pioneer for gender equality, abortion rights and same-sex marriage, is on a five-day trip to […]
