North Korea spent the pandemic building a border wall [interactive map] by LinuxBender

Kim Jong Un upgraded security on the Chinese and Russian frontiers, blocking routes for smugglers and defectors For North Koreans, the country’s northern frontier long offered rare access to outside information, trade opportunities, and the best option for those seeking to flee. But as the pandemic gripped the world in 2020, Kim Jong Un’s regime

ByHackTechMay 27, 20230Comments

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The $40M bet that made South Korea a food and cultural power by Anon84

If you’ve eaten Korean food, you know it’s delicious. Whether you’ve flipped sizzling beef over a Korean barbecue, crunched down on a tangy piece of kimchi, or basked in the warm steam wafting off a bibimbap bowl, the experience is captivating. What you might not know, though, is that your meal likely came with a

ByHackTechMay 21, 20230Comments

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South Korea has so few babies it is offering new parents $10,500 by langitbiru

Ilsan, South Korea – In their apartment on the outskirts of Seoul, Kwon Jang-ho and Cho Nam-hee sat down recently at the kitchen table to work out the monthly budget for their 17-month-old son, Ju-ha. “Raising a baby in Korea can be affordable if you don’t buy unnecessary stuff and take advantage of government support,” Kwon

ByHackTechApril 14, 20230Comments

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South Korea fines Google $32M for blocking games on competing platform by justeleblanc

SEOUL, April 11 (Reuters) – South Korea’s antitrust regulator has fined Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google 42.1 billion won ($31.88 million) for blocking the release of mobile video games on a competitor’s platform.The Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) said on Tuesday that Google bolstered its market dominance, and hurt local app market One Store’s revenue and

ByHackTechApril 11, 20230Comments

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US, S. Korea fire missiles to sea, matching North’s launches by ohiovr

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The U.S. and South Korean militaries launched eight ballistic missiles into the sea Monday in a show of force matching a North Korean missile display a day earlier that extended a provocative streak in weapons demonstrations.The allies’ live-fire exercise involved eight Army Tactical Missile System missiles – one American and…

ByHackTechJune 6, 20220Comments

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South Korea downgrades Covid to a ‘Class 2’ disease and removes restrictions by mgh2

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ByHackTechApril 24, 20220Comments

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North Korea tests banned intercontinental missile by rntn

Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, On 16 March North Korea fired a missile, which the US said was a test for parts of an ICBM systemNorth Korea has tested a banned intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) for the first time since 2017, South Korea and Japan say.Japanese officials estimated it flew 1,100 km (684 miles). It…

ByHackTechMarch 24, 20220Comments

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