December 8, 2023

South Korea: Google fails to tackle online sexual abuse content despite complaints by survivors (Amnesty International)

Amnesty International: South Korea: Google fails to tackle online sexual abuse content despite complaints by survivors. “Google has failed to fix its flawed system for removing non-consensual sexually violative content from its searches despite a long-running campaign by South Korean women and girls targeted with digital sex crimes, Amnesty International said today – exactly one year after first highlighting the problem.”

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December 7, 2023

Korea Herald: More cultural assets to be digitized

Korea Herald: More cultural assets to be digitized. “The Cultural Heritage Administration said Thursday it would push for concrete steps to grow the economy and digitize the way cultural assets are used and promoted, ahead of the enactment of a new law on heritage management. Nurturing cultural heritage-related startups while incentivizing ordinary Koreans to make more frequent visits to cultural sites are some of the priorities, the culture agency said in a press statement. Legislative support will be provided to make that happen, it added.”

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December 3, 2023

Korea Herald: Govt. rolls out measures to prevent public servants from livestreaming explicit content

Korea Herald: Govt. rolls out measures to prevent public servants from livestreaming explicit content. “Following back-to-back incidents of public servants illegally going on livestreaming platforms to create sexual content, the government has rolled out a set of guidelines for public officials’ duties to prevent such incidents from happening, according to reports on Friday.”

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November 24, 2023

Business Insider: Do Kwon’s Extradition Approved by Montenegro Court

Business Insider: Do Kwon’s Extradition Approved by Montenegro Court. “A court in Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro, has approved the extradition of Terra founder Do Kwon to either South Korea or the United States, according to an update posted on the judiciary’s website. Kwon was arrested in the country in March after being caught in Podgorica’s airport with falsified documents.”

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November 16, 2023

Colby College: Learning From a Living History

Colby College: Learning From a Living History. “Oral histories that [Emily] Kwen and other students collected this spring have become the inaugural iteration of Voices from the Peninsula: Oral Histories of Korea, a project that is archived through Digital Commons @ Colby, an online repository administered by the Colby College Libraries.”

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November 8, 2023

Dong-A Ilbo: Fair Trade Commission to look into Google’s unfair advertising practices

Dong-A Ilbo (South Korea): Fair Trade Commission to look into Google’s unfair advertising practices. “The Korea Fair Trade Commission will investigate the suspicion of Google’s unfair advertising practices to find out if there were any unfair business practices taken by the Internet giant, including interfering with competitors, during its process of increasing market share in the South Korean search advertising market.”

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October 9, 2023

ABS: ABS Joins Korean Industry Leaders on 3D Printing Project for Ship Operations

ABS: ABS Joins Korean Industry Leaders on 3D Printing Project for Ship Operations . “ABS signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to work with key stakeholders in Korea to develop and demonstrate a 3D printing system for ocean-going vessels. Using a digital library for the design process, the system aims to support rapid maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) by using 3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing (AM), to manufacture parts on a vessel while at sea.”

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October 6, 2023

Yonhap News Agency: Google, Apple face 68 bln won of fines in S. Korea over in-app billing irregularities

Yonhap News Agency: Google, Apple face 68 bln won of fines in S. Korea over in-app billing irregularities . ” South Korea’s telecommunications regulator said Friday it seeks to slap up to 68 billion won (US$50.42 million) in combined fines against Alphabet Inc’s Google and Apple Inc. for their violation of the country’s in-app payment laws.”

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July 17, 2023

Korea Herald: Dramas depicting dark side of social media gain popularity

Korea Herald: Dramas depicting dark side of social media gain popularity. “Though a lot of creative content such as dramas, films and variety shows have included brief scenes depicting social media usage, Netflix’s latest suspense series ‘Celebrity’ and cable channel ENA’s ‘Battle for Happiness’ put the spotlight on characters’ social media interactions. The 12-part ‘Celebrity’ features the stories of Korean social media influencers, with a focus on an ordinary young woman Seo A-ri’s instant rise to a stardom and her downfall.”

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