Architectural photographer Dieter Leistner was born the same year East Germany began construction on the Berlin Wall. He was 37 when it fell. Maybe that's why his interest in North and South Korea feels so personal—he spent forty years in another divided country. Read More >>
President Obama met with South Korea's President Park Geun-hye at the White House this past Tuesday, and as major world leaders are wont to do in each others' presence, handshakes abounded. This three-handed, two-roomed, Photoshop monstrosity was not one of them. Read More >>
No one's actually suggesting Bill Gates was gently fondling himself while shaking hands with South Korea's lady president Geun Hye Park, but his hand-in-pocket stance has caused massive offence due to breaking politeness rules in the country. Read More >>
Featured comment by EddyCJ:
"But I'm saying that what he's doing wouldn't be acceptable here either.
If you were shaking hands with the British PM, you'd damn well make sure yo..." More »
Police have raided one of Samsung's offices in Asan, South Korea, after being tipped off about the possible theft of OLED TV technology from rivals LG. Read More >>
According to Reuters, North Korea has readied its rockets to attack US military bases in South Korea and the Pacific Ocean after the US made a show of force by flying stealth bombers over South Korea. Kim Jong Un had apparently signed off an order for North Korea's rockets to be "on standby for fire". Read More >>
With a capacity of more than 16,000 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit shipping containers) the CMA CGM Marco Polo currently reigns as the "world's largest container ship" but it won't for much longer. Construction of an even larger line of mega-ships — the Maersk Triple E — will soon be complete and, once launched, will dwarf every other vessel on the high seas. Read More >>
While we're over here yammering on and on about sexting and the best ways to do it, things are moving in a bit of a different direction in South Korea. The country's government is currently rolling out a plan to block swearing and pornography on all its teenagers phones. Read More >>
Haven't we had enough of this yet? Nope -- Gangnam Style's meteoric rise has been visualised by ChannelMeter, and it looks like it's set to become the first video to get 1 billion views -- that's an American billion (1000 millions) by December. Read More >>
Featured comment by lee:
"Same thought here, a billion is a billion, no one uses the English (1m * 1m) anymore, everyone understands 1bn to mean 1,000,000,000." More »
The 2.5-mile wide demilitarised zone separating North and South Korea is the most heavily contested stretch of land on the planet. And if the massive contingent of troops, tanks, bunkers, and land mines weren't enough of a trespassing deterrent, this eagle-eyed auto-targeting gun turret should do the trick. Read More >>
Atlantic City can keep its fancy projection mapping system. This animatronic wall, dubbed the Hyper-Matrix by its creators at the South Korea-based Johnpasang media group, recently made its debut at the Hyundai Exhibition Pavilion at the 2012 Yeosu EXPO. It relies on a massive grid of computer-controlled pistons to move a wall of Styrofoam blocks. Check out the Making Of video to get a sense of the incredible amount of dedication, effort, and precision engineering that went into its construction. [Buzzfeed] Read More >>
If transport chaos wasn't enough, LOCOG can't seem to tell the difference between North and South Korea either. The North Korean woman's football team walked off in outrage, as their team photos were put up on a massive screen next to the flag of their hated next-door neighbours. Ouch. Read More >>
Featured comment by irononreverse:
"To be honest, whenever I have to draw korea in drawsomething, I always draw the south korean flag. The north korean flag means nothing to me. I've onl..." More »
What did you do last week? Did you build a a 104-foot tall Lego tower, made of 50,000 bricks, with a team of kids who can pretty much not even talk? Didn't think so! Read More >>
If you want to know the true effect of departed despot Kim Jong-il (and his father Kim Il-Sung), just take a look at this sad, sad picture of North Korea and South Korea at night from space. South Korea is like any other modern country, lit up with life. North Korea is completely dark. Read More >>
Featured comment by Interleap:
"Yes dude, but in all honesty I think it is far more important to be able to see where were are driving and feel safer in lit up cities then for you to..." More »
If there was ever such a thing as a country run by Grinches, North Korea would be that country. Why? Well, according to the BBC, North Korea has warned neighboring South Korea of "unexpected consequences" if South Korea decides to light up Christmas trees near their border. Read More >>
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