In September 2024, it was announced that Samsung would soon roll out 30% employee layoffs across many of their global divisions. This comes just months after crisis-mode kicked in and executives were asked to work 6-day weeks.
Now, many are questioning the value of Korean celebrities since many of them prefer to use iPhones. Want to learn smartphone vocabulary? Here’s our articles on: smartphones.
Although popular, online gambling is illegal in South Korea and the country has strict regulations prohibiting most forms of it. This includes betting websites and casinos with only a few exceptions like the state-run Sports Toto and limited forms of horse racing, cycling, and boat racing betting.
The number of illegal gambling cases has tripled since 2019.
Here’s our article on gambling and casinos.
“The sky is high and horses grow fat.”
천고마비 – (cheon-go-ma-bi).
Coming from Chinese, this ancient 4-letter-Chinese-idiom (사자성어) is used in Korea to represent the autumn/fall season.
Check out our detailed illustrate articles on the autumn season for more information.
Koreans line up for books by Han Kang (female) on 10/10/2024 following her Nobel prize win in literature.
And our article on Korean poems.
Click here to learn more about the poet, Han Kang
Spotify has been in Korea since 2021 but only as a paid music streaming service. Spotify is rolling out a free tier plan in hopes of attracting more customers. Read more here.
And here’s our articles on listening to music.
September 2024 recorded the hottest month on record in South Korea. The average temperature for the month was 24.7°C/76.5°F. Full article here.
Here’s part one of our illustrated articles on hot and humid. And part two.