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LG Unveils Stretchable Display With 50 Percent Rate of Elongation

LG Display, a subsidiary of the South Korea-based conglomerate focused on display technology, unveiled a new stretchable display that can expand by 50 percent of its original size. The company introduced the new stretchable display panel last week at LG Scien…

2024-11-11 13:22

4B movement: Why women in South Korea are saying NO to men

4B movement South Korea: Young South Korean women are vowing to boycott men as a feminist 4B movement is sweeping the country. The 4B movement calls for no heterosexual marriage, no children, no dating and no heterosexual sexual relationships. After Donald Tr…

2024-11-11 12:03

THN Recap: Top Cybersecurity Threats, Tools, and Practices (Nov 04 - Nov 10)

⚠️ Imagine this: the very tools you trust to protect you online—your two-factor authentication, your car’s tech system, even your security software—turned into silent allies for hackers. Sounds like a scene from a thriller, right? Yet, in 2024, this isn’t fic…

2024-11-11 11:57

What is the 4B movement and why is it on the rise after Trump’s victory?

Following Donald Trump’s devastating triumph in the presidential election, a feminist movement from South Korea has been taking off among young women on social media. Right up until the polls opened on Tuesday (5 November), political pundits were saying the r…

2024-11-11 10:47

KLM non-stop flights from Amsterdam to South Korea from €592

NoKLM is offering discounted direct flights from Amsterdam, Netherlands, to Seoul, South Korea. Tickets available from €592 for a round trip.

2024-11-11 08:00

South Korea stock market closer to winning MSCI developed status, regulator says

SEOUL : The vice chairman of South Korea's Financial Services Commission said on Monday he saw a much higher possibility of the domestic stock market winning a developed market status from global index provider Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) next…

2024-11-11 06:38

A former North Korean special forces soldier said Kim Jong Un's elite 'Storm Corps' in Russia likely isn't his A-team

Lee Wong-gil said it's likely that the Storm Corps is truly in Russia, but that the troops deployed are not "Tier 1 team members."

2024-11-11 05:33

From Concept to Object: Studio PRACTICE's Contribution to Korean Architecture’s New Wave

PRACTICE is a Seoul-based studio founded in 2020 by designers Sisan Lee and Sehou Ahn, and one of ArchDaily's 2024 Best New Practices. With backgrounds in architecture and interior design, they explore a wide range of creative fields, from spatial and exhibit…

2024-11-11 05:00

Korean vendor seeks to wind up troubled Qoo10 in Singapore High Court over S$72.3 million debt

Six other creditors have notified the court that they intend to support the winding-up application. Read more at straitstimes.com.

2024-11-11 03:17

South Korea state-run think tank sees need to loosen monetary policy

SEOUL : A South Korean state-run think tank said on Monday that monetary policy needed to be loosened in accordance with the slowing trend in inflation, which has weakened to a near four-year low that is well below the central bank's target. "There is a need …

2024-11-11 03:05