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[Photo News] Medical workers dress up as Santa Claus at a COVID-19 testing center
Social affairs
Dec 25, 2021
The Santa Claus outfit that workers wore was sanitized under the COVID-19 quarantine guidelines.
[Interactive] Animal shelter rescues dogs left behind
Social affairs
Dec 23, 2021
[Photo News] Korean Air drones inspect airplanes
Industry
Dec 18, 2021
Korean Air said Thursday that it has developed drones for airplane inspection. At an airship hangar located in Gangseo-gu, eastern Seoul, Korean Air demonstrated a group of drones inspecting a Boeing 737 aircraft in front of officials from the Ministry of Land and Transportation. The drone used in the demonstration weighs only 5.5 kilograms and is relatively small in size, with the width and le...
[Photo News] Scholz ends the Merkel era
World News
Dec 11, 2021
Olaf Scholz became the ninth Chancellor of Germany on Wednesday, ending the era of Angela Merkel. Among the 707 lawmakers of the German parliament Bundestag who participated in the voting, Scholz earned 395 votes, indicating the first political transition of Germany in 16 years. Although Merkel was a center-right wing politician from the Christian Democratic Union while Scholz is a center-left...
Messi wins 7th Ballon d’Or
Soccer
Dec 4, 2021
This year’s Ballon d’Or was a close competition between Messi and Robert Lewandowski. Messi scored 613 points in total while the FC Bayern Munich player earned 580. Many experts agree that Lewandowski would likely have won last year’s Ballon d’Or if the ceremony was not canceled due to COVID-19. Although Lewandowski failed to win the Ballon d’Or, he was recognized as striker of the year. “I thin...
Canadian firm buys virtual land for $2.4m
Industry
Dec 1, 2021
A Canadian virtual real estate company Metaverse Group, a subsidiary of investment firm Tokens.com, bought a virtual land in a metaverse platform called Decentraland for $2.4 million. Established in 2017, Decentraland is an online platform that deals with virtual assets in the form of non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, based on the Ethereum blockchain. Avatars in the Decentraland can earn money by em...
[Photo News] Black Friday shopping spree
Social affairs
Nov 27, 2021
On Black Friday, which refers to the day after Thanksgiving in the US, stores there typically offer goods at highly discounted prices. In recent years, retailers have tended to prolong the duration of the promotion, cutting prices before Thanksgiving even starts. Korean online shoppers have bought enormous amounts of products directly from foreign websites in the past few days. Due to the Black ...
[Photo News] Merchants make kimchi for people in need
Culture
Nov 13, 2021
Merchants at Yukgeori Market in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province, gathered Thursday to make kimchi for people who are struggling financially. Approximately 80 people, including Cheongju Mayor Han Beom-deok and North Chungcheong Province Gov. Lee Si-jong, participated in the kimchi-making event using 1,000 heads of cabbage. “As merchants of the landmark traditional market of this region, a...
[Photo News] Hallasan welcomes the first snow of the season
Social affairs
Nov 10, 2021
The first snow of the season fell Monday on Hallasan, South Korea’s tallest mountain, on Jeju Island. Last year, the first snow fell on Nov. 29 in the province. According to the Korea Meteorological Administration, the temperature hit minus 3.1 degrees Celsius at Utse Oreum, a volcanic crater of Hallasan. The KMA forecasts 1-5 centimeters of snow to fall by this Wednesday and warned hikers of ...
[Photo News] COVID-19 vaccination for kids begins in the US
Social affairs
Nov 6, 2021
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has given final approval to using the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children aged 5-11 years old. CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said Tuesday that approximately 28 million children are now eligible to receive the vaccine for free. Last week, the FDA authorized a 10-microgram dose of the Pfizer vaccine for children under 12, which is one-third o...
[Photo News] SpaceX preparing for Halloween launch of Crew-3
World Business
Oct 30, 2021
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 mission is set to lift off this weekend, carrying an international crew of four astronauts to the International Space Station. According to NASA, it will send SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft Endurance to space from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday. The mission will be the third operational NASA commercial crew flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft. The team members...
[Photo News] Eco-friendly vehicles highlighted at DIFA Expo
Industry
Oct 23, 2021
Marking its 5th anniversary, the Daegu International Future Auto, or DIFA, Expo kicked off on Thursday at EXCO, a convention center in Daegu, where local and global automotive firms show off their technology for eco-friendly vehicles and electric car batteries. Hyundai Motor Group displayed its new electric vehicle IONIC5 along with a model of its E-pit station, which can charge 80 percent of th...
Callers impersonate government officials in 8 out of 10 phone scams
Social affairs
Oct 10, 2021
Recent data shows that 8 out of 10 communication fraud reports filed with the financial authorities this year concerned criminals impersonating government officials. A report published by Rep. Min Hyung-bae on Oct. 7 revealed that voice phishing cases in which criminals falsely offer to lend money to their victims are becoming less common, with the figure dropping every year. In contrast, imper...
[Photo News] The future of hydrogen
Industry
Oct 9, 2021
The 2021 Green New Deal Expo was held Oct. 6-8 at Kintex in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, where 53 firms and organizations presented alternative energy visions and technologies. This year’s theme was the future of hydrogen. Automotive giant Hyundai Motor Group caught visitors’ attention with its electric and hydrogen vehicles, and group affiliate Hyundai Mobis displayed a hydrogen fueling station. ...
[Photo News] 73rd Armed Forces Day Ceremony
Defense
Oct 3, 2021
Amid the rising tension between the two Koreas due to NK’s hypersonic missile test earlier this week, the Defense Ministry held the 73rd Armed Forces Day Ceremony on Friday in Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province. Pohang was the location where the United Nations forces made their first landing operation during the Korean War. The photo above shows President Moon Jae-in on board the Marado, a high-t...
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