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A foreign corporation has recently taken ownership of Baedal Minjok, the top food delivery app in Korea. By doing so, the German firm Delivery Hero is now set to dominate the Korean market for online food delivery. Baedal Minjok is run by the Korean company Woowa Brothers, which was founded by Kim Bong-jin in 2010. The small venture firm drew attention for its kitsch marketing strategy. It becam..

American photographer Noah Kalina has taken a selfie each day since January 11, 2000. This year, he published a video compilation of them called "Everyday." Kalina began the artistic project at 19 years old,and today he is 39. There are more than 7,000 selfies in the 8-minute video, so the compilation shows him aging rapidly over 20 years. Kalina started the project before the word "selfie" beca..

In 2019, Korea's seafood export set a new sales record. It was led by the strong performance of seaweed items, which topped the export list. The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries said that Korea exported seafood products worth 25 billion dollars last year. That is equal to about 2.9 trillion won and an increase of 5.8 percent compared to the previous year. Among the exported products, seaweed esp..

Ours is an aging society, and so the number of old people who live alone is growing. Due to their circumstances, many of these senior citizens struggle with loneliness and depression. To tackle this problem, the local company Studio Cross Culture developed A.I. robots. Named Hyodol and Hyosun, the robots look like small dolls and speak in child-like voices. Hyodol and Hyosun interact with the el..

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is a very conservative country, with strict restrictions regarding women and gender relationships. In the last several years, however, things have been changing in the Middle Eastern power. In December 2019, the Saudi government decided to officially end gender segregation in restaurants. Effective immediately, restaurants would no longer be required by law to maintai..

Mexico City's hot environment might seem like a poor spot for ice skating. Nevertheless, engineers constructed a special outdoor skating rink at the city's main plaza. Surprisingly, this skating rink is not made of ice. Rather, the engineers created the surface with high-density polymers, which are similar to ice. The skating rink doesn't require water, electricity, or fuel to run. It doesn't me..

The world of sports mourned the loss of a basketball legend. Former NBA superstar Kobe Bryant passed away at the age of 41. On January 29, Bryant was riding a helicopter near his home in California. Due to heavy fog, however, the helicopter lost control and crashed into a hillside. Tragically, Bryant, along with his 13-year-old daughter and seven other passengers, perished in the accident. The n..

History was made in Korean cinema at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles on February 9. "Parasite" by director Bong Joon-ho became the first Korean film to win at the prestigious awards ceremony. In fact, "Parasite" dominated this year's event, taking home four of the main awards. The black comedy about social inequality received Best Original Screenplay, Best International Feature Film, and Best ..