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AEKYUNG INDUSTRIAL Donates Household Goods Worth 5.3 Billion Won to Seoul City… 15th Consecutive Year of Giving
The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced that AEKYUNG INDUSTRIAL is launching a heartwarming charity initiative by donating household goods worth 5.3 billion won to vulnerable residents within the …
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"This Year Will Be the Easiest… Next Year Is When the Real Fear Begins"
As record-breaking heat waves continue to sweep across the Korean Peninsula day after day, climate experts have warned that this summer’s heat is not the end but merely the beginning, and that tempera…
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[SHOT+] "The whole city is like a sauna… no need for a separate jjimjilbang"
On the 5th, as the severe heat wave warning was expanded—with Seoul’s midday high reaching 39 degrees—the area around Namdaemun appeared red in thermal imaging camera footage. Thermal imaging cameras …
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Fearing They’d Be Left Behind, People in Their 20s and 30s Turned to “Debt Investing”… Now Struggling to Even Cover Interest Payments
“I was planning to raise funds for a jeonse deposit through stock investments, but whenever I look at my stock screen, I get so scared my hands start shaking.” Young people who were swept up by “FOMO”…
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The Debate Over Juvenile Offenders Sparked by “True Education”… 9,600 Responded [Public Opinion Roundup]
E-Daily asks, and you answer. We’ve compiled every comment you’ve shared on the week’s hot topics to present a summary of public opinion. What will next week’s topic be? Your vote becomes a news story…
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Behind the Spread of 'Silent Protests' at Samsung Electronics Headquarters Over the '600 Million vs. 60 Million' Bonus Gap
Employees in Samsung Electronics’ Device Experience (DX) division, which handles finished products, have launched a collective action in protest of the extreme disparity in performance-based bonuses c…
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Person Who Distributed Deepfake Videos of Girl Group aespa Sentenced to 2 Years and 6 Months in Prison
SM Entertainment (041510) announced on the 18th that Mr. A, who produced deepfake videos of Karina and Winter—members of the agency’s girl group aespa—and sold them for profit, has been sentenced to p…