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[Breaking] YouTube resumes service after 1-hour crash, global disruption

YouTube servers that went down causing worldwide bafflement Wednesday morning were restored after about an hour. The site was restored at 11:38 a.m. by which time nearly 5,000 tweets had inundated T...

October 17, 2018
Industry
Users baffled by worldwide YouTube crash

YouTube users worldwide faced the message “500 Internal Servor Error” upon trying to visit the video streaming site, Wednesday. The error page explains, “Sorry, something went wrong,” but adds, “A t...

October 17, 2018
Industry
[Photo News] ‘We Dance’ at Han River

“We Dance Festival” took place at Yeouido Hangang Park on Saturday from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. The festival comprised of ballet, urban, jazz, tango, salsa and swing dance, flash mobs and open dance lesso...

October 14, 2018
Culture
Seoullo 7017 turns into playground for mobile game

Visitors to Seoullo 7017 will be able to accomplish missions on an interactive mobile game app while walking along the pedestrian overpass in Jung-gu, Seoul, starting Wednesday. Seoul Metropolitan C...

October 9, 2018
Travel
Sexual offenses main cause for taxi license revocations: lawmaker

Sexual offenses were the most cited reason for taxi license revocations in South Korea over the past four years, according to findings presented by Rep. Kim Sung-tae of the main opposition Liberty Ko...

October 9, 2018
Social affairs
Typhoon Kong-rey jeopardizes Saturday’s fireworks festival

The 16th Seoul International Fireworks Festival, slated for Oct. 6, might have to be postponed if the rain brought by Typhoon Kong-rey does not subside. According to international weather agencies, ...

October 5, 2018
Culture
[Weekender] Natural, matte and rose for this fall

In line with the #MeToo movement in Korea, there have been ongoing efforts among women here to break free of their “social corsets” either consciously or subconsciously. The metaphorical corset has ...

October 4, 2018
Fashion
[Photo News] From Gwanghwamun to Han River on foot

About 15,000 people took to the streets of Seoul to participate in a 7.6-kilometer walk traversing the city, on Sunday, the last day of September, which saw clear skies. The walk began at 8 a.m., fr...

September 30, 2018
More sports
Man fined W1m for harassing woman with text messages

The Busan District Court has slapped a fine of 1 million won ($900) on a college student for harassing a woman with more than 100 text messages in a week. The 23-year-old man came across the victim ...

September 30, 2018
Social affairs
3 endearing moments of South Korean presidential couple on Paektusan

The candid interactions between South Korea’s presidential couple of Moon Jae-in and Kim Jung-sook are endearing in every way, and what their impact would be on their North Korean counterparts Kim Jo...

September 21, 2018
North Korea
Will Kim Jong-un go up Jeju Island’s Hallasan?

South Korean President Moon Jae-in had his wish granted Thursday, when he went up Paektusan in North Korea. The question now is whether North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will go up the South’s tallest...

September 21, 2018
North Korea
Kim Jong-un says ‘I can’t quite make the shape’ while trying ‘finger heart’

The South Korean fad of making “finger hearts” has crossed the border to the North, with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un himself trying the gesture while posing for photos on top of Paektusan. The g...

September 21, 2018
North Korea
Lee Jae-yong’s lip balm ‘closed’ before camera

Is it the massive media attention he received for his copious use of lip moisturizer that’s making him shy? Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong was seen reaching for a dab of his lip balm...

September 20, 2018
Industry
[팟캐스트] (265) 남북 정상회담, 제주 예맨난민 23명에 체류허가

진행자: 임정요, Kevin Lee Selzer 1. Kim Jong-un expects progress at next summit with Donald Trump 기사요약: 문재인 대통령 내외는 18일 오전 8시40분 성남공항에서 전용기로 방북해 오전 10시 평양 순안공항에 도착했다. 문 대통령은 영접을 나온 김정은 위원장과 함께 평양시내를 가로질러...

September 19, 2018
Podcast
First dog will miss Moon Jae-in and Kim Jung-sook for 3 days

South Korean President Moon Jae-in and first lady Kim Jung-sook were seen off by their first dog Maru, Tuesday morning, as they departed the presidential residence of Cheong Wa Dae for a three-day su...

September 18, 2018
North Korea

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