People do not enjoy games only for entertainment these days, but they have also started to apply gaming principles into various areas such as enterprises, products, and lifestyles. In fact, a lot of social networking services (SNS) successfully utilize typical elements of the game to provide enterta
The second Gwangju Queer Culture Festival was held in the South Jeolla Province of South Korea on October 26th, and this stirred a country-wide debate about sexual minorities. It is still far too early, however, to say that the world has become a kinder place to these individuals. Amongst the member
On November 4th, the third trial of the Korean actor, Kang Ji-hwan was held. He was arrested in July 2019 on charges of quasirape of a sexually violent crime. However, Kang has insisted that he had no memories of the alleged incident after drinking. He is pleading for a mental disorder defense in th
Last September, a real prime suspect, who was the focus of the movie, Memories of Murder, which was released in 2003, was finally identified. Authorities failed to arrest the criminal years ago due to several limitations until 2019, but citizens’ constant concerns finally helped catch the suspect. A
At the beginning of this month, the 7th annual vegan festival, which drew around 10,000 participants, was held at the Oil Tank Culture Park in Seoul. Since the increase in the number of vegans is a global trend, vegans amongst Kingos must have increased as well. Veganism is not restricted to the eat
Black Friday is coming! Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving Day, the last Thursday of November in the United States (US). The biggest sale of the year is held on this day. Although Black Friday is a big event in the US, many Koreans are looking forward to the day. This is because of the overs
Low fertility rates have been one of the major concerns for the Korean economy. Low fertility rates have a substantial influence on a nation’s forthcoming national economic power. However, Korea’s fertility rate has been decreasing for decades and recorded a record low rating of 0.98 last year. To r
In an attempt to urge the National Assembly to reform the Distribution Industry Development Act that has been hung on the hedge for more than three years, the organizations of small merchants formed a new union, The Korean Federation of Small and Medium-size Merchants, in September. The union held a
At some point, more and more Korean people will watch generalist channels as well as the more mainstream channels of KBS, SBS, and MBC. The viewer ratings of the main news also reect this. 5.5% for Newsroom of JTBC, 11.8% for KBS, 3.8 % for SBS and 3.1% for MBC respectively. The gap between ter
After beginning school, autumn comes around, unnoticed. Also, October, which is designated as the month of culture by the Korea government, is already around us. As the weather has been cooler, it is good to do outside activities. Before the next year comes, making memories by enjoying various cultu
The animal registration system was implemented for the first time in 2014 to prevent lost or abandoned dogs. Five years have already passed since the animal registration system was mandated. Since 2014, it has been estimated that only 50.2 percent of about 5.11 million households with dogs registere
At the end of April, negative attention was brought to the famous influencer and internet shopping mall CEO, Imvely, as her customers found mold in the pumpkin porridge she sold. Moreover, it was found that the products she promoted as being “safe for children and pregnant women” actually contained
zero-pay, a simple payment service introduced by the government as a trial service last December, will be officially launched in Seoul from May. Zero-pay, one example of a simple payment service that uses Quick Response Code (QR code) in a smartphone, reduces payment commission to zero percent by di
currently, the possible extension of the unit period of the flexible working hours system to make up for the issues associated with the newly applied 52-hour workweek is being heavily debated. A work-life balance is an important issue for Kingos who are preparing for the job application period, as w
On April 11th, the Constitutional Court of Korea ruled that the abortion ban was against the Constitution and called for an amendment. The ban against abortion has been a contentious issue ever since the first ruling of this case in 2012 that the abortion ban was not against the Constitution. Accord
Since the Korean government started censoring illegal Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) websites recently, public opinion has received a considerable stir. The number of petitioners on the Blue House website skyrocketed; within a short amount of time, more than 260,000 people petitioned aga
The Korean TV series SKY Castle recently ended with 23.7% viewing ratings. Due to its popularity, lots of parody advertisements are being broadcasted. The public, however, has criticized them for attaining profits although not hiring the real actors. Instead, different actors dress up like character
Doubts have recently emerged over Park So-yeon, a representative of the animal rights group, Coexistence of Animal Rights on Earth (Care). She is suspected of embezzling contributions, working with butchers, and undiscriminatingly administering euthanasia at animal shelters in January this year. Oth
Korea’s sports world has been plagued by corruption and violence for a long time. Moreover, it is going through an increase in criticism because of the recent confession of short track Olympic gold medalist Shim Suk-hee that she has been the victim of physical harm and sexual assault by her coach Ch
Recently, around 1.15 million people have petitioned the Blue House for a stricter punishment of the Gangseo-gu PC room murderer. This number shows that citizens are feeling anger toward the poor initial response of the police. If the police had made a more active initial response to get the victim