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Korean Sites Indulge in April 1st Tomfoolery
On a day when Google launched Gmail Motion and LinkedIn was offering to connect users with “activist/chief fundraiser at Nottingham” Robin Hood, Korean websites were engaging in April Fool’s waggery of their own.
SNS Chipping Away at Real Name System
Of all Korea’s internet quirks, perhaps none has raised both domestic and international hackles like the real-name system. Implemented, at least in part, to curb the worst excesses of anonymous netizens in Korea, it has led to accusations of “big brother” politics at home, and saw YouTube (which was unwilling to have its Korean site submit to the… Continue Reading
Great Talent + 4 iPhones = a "World Star"
In mid-March, a YouTube video made a big buzz among the Korean Twitter users. It was a video of a girl singing and playing Beyoncé’s “Irreplaceable” with various musical apps in 3 iPhones. She had been known as “iPhone-nyuh”(“nyuh” means “girl” in Korean) at that time, And the link of the video spread really fast via Twitter… Continue Reading
