South Korea is to ban sales of some cars made by Porsche, BMW and Nissan, and fine the companies over $5 million as a probe into emissions documentation widens. Seoul began investigating environmental certification on…
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#Tastemakers Ep. 14: What it’s like to eat South Korean delicacy Sannakji (live octopus)
Is eating live octopus gross, macho or cruel? Curiosity was what drove me to try Sannakji, a South Korean delicacy, for the first time during my last trip to Toronto, Canada. Toronto is home to the largest single…
#Tech: Which country is the most connected in the world?
Denmark has overtaken South Korea as the world’s top country for cellphone and Internet use, a study released Monday said. In third place was Sweden, followed by Iceland and Britain, emphasising European dominance in the…
‘Gangnam Style’ tops 200 million YouTube views
(AFP) – South Korean pop sensation Park Jae-Sang posted another landmark Tuesday, when the video of his global-hit “Gangnam Style” notched 200 million views on YouTube, days after topping the US iTunes chart. “Got 200…
Smartphones capable of doing AIDS tests?
South African and South Korean researchers are working on making a smartphone capable of doing AIDS tests in rural parts of Africa that are the worst hit by the disease, a researcher said Friday. The…