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
Most of us might have used a simple payment service such as Toss or Kakaopay at least once. The simple payment service is a convenient service that people of all ages like to use. Since the government announced that Open Banking is completely employed this December, the service market is expected to
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
Queendom is a television show that has recently been gaining a lot of attention from the public. In the midst of all its good reviews, however, (G)I-DLE, a K-pop girl group that star as contestants of the show, has stirred up quite some controversy. The group decided “ethnic hip” to be the concept o
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
Where do Kingos mainly buy their cosmetics, daily necessities, and snacks? Many visit a Health & Beauty (H&B) store, which can be easily seen not only in the university district but also in the downtown areas of the city. Recently, the growth of domestic H&B stores has been on the rise. However, thi
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
Facial recognition, used as a security system for several mobile phones, such as the i-Phone 11, is now becoming a very familiar technology. Not to mention about the daily technology throughout our lives, lots of countries are even adopting facial recognition systems at the government level. Therefo
Brown sugar is trending these days. With the start of Taiwan based brown sugar bubble tea brand Tiger Sugar, more than 10 brands such as Black Hwadang, The Alley, Tsunjudan, and Cheonsanding have also been making an impact in the market. Furthermore, food made by combining brown sugar with snacks, s
When the library gets crowded with Kingos during the exam period, smokers can be witnessed more often than usual. Among the Kingos who smoke, some prefer electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) to regular cigarettes believing that they are less harmful. The controversy over the harmfulness of e-cigaret
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
Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan, stated the joint declaration that connotes “promotion of free trade” at the G20 Osaka summit, on June 28th, 2019. After the summit, however, Japan initiated trade restrictions on the core industrial materials of South Korea, which has brought turmoil to the globa
The number of Korean users who access Tor, the most infamous anonymous browser that can connect to the dark web, has tripled from 5,156 per day at the end of 2016 to 15,951 on July 11th. The dark web is an encrypted anonymous Internet network that cannot be indexed by a normal Internet search engine
The summer vacation month of August and Chuseok in September are periods that many Kingos are looking forward to. It is, however, not always that easy to get to a chosen destination because of traffic congestion on the roads. What if it took only 20 minutes from Seoul to Busan without any delays? It
The overnight delivery is a new concept of delivery that started with the online grocery shop, Market Kurly. If an order is completed by 11 p.m. or before midnight, the order will be delivered to the front of the customer’s house by 7 a.m. of the next day. As such, for its convenience, the number of