Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
The videos started to appear in America a few years ago, crossing the Pacific and landing on our digital doorsteps like mysterious gifts. Their contents were joyously unfamiliar: Korea Baseball Organization sluggers walloping balls and then flipping their bats with abandon, sending them spiraling through the air. Montages surfaced on a website called mykbo.net, gifs…
Samsung Electronics on Saturday urged consumers to stop using Galaxy Note 7 smartphones immediately and exchange them as soon as possible, as more reports of the phones catching fire emerged even after the company’s global recall. The call from the South Korean company, the world’s largest smartphone maker, comes after U.S. authorities urged consumers to…
So how big is Samsung? The answer may surprise you. Be sure to share this one! Animations: http://hellosavants.com // Soundtrack // Flexical – Stop Me (Radio Edit) Catching Flies – Quiet Nights Need a Name – Everything Is Moving, But Not The Sky Cahb – Secret Shining Bird – Distant Dreaming Kubix – Show Your…
google_ad_section_start By Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) – Resentment has mounted so much in South Korea against what has come to be known as “gabjil”, high-handedness by the rich and powerful, that parliamentarians are proposing legislation to punish some of the worst abuses. A bill to be presented in the national assembly this month is formally…
SEOUL—A South Korean court on Thursday sentenced the eldest daughter of Korean Air Lines Co. ’s chairman to one year in prison after finding her guilty of disrupting a flight in a case that has rekindled anger over the behavior of families that control South Korea’s big conglomerates. Cho Hyun-ah was found guilty of violating aviation laws…
Welcome to the world of “mok-bang,” a mash up of the Korean words for “eating” and “broadcast.” Earlier this year, people online in South Korea were streaming themselves stuffing their faces at dinner.In February, as tipster Sang points out, people online in Korea were praising actors, such as Jung Woo Ha, for their ability to…