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A South Korean administrative robot took a tumble down a set of stairs, leading to local reports of the first robot suicide in the country.
Robotics

Government Robot Falls Down Stairs, Dies

By Victor Tangermann

A South Korean judge has for the first time in that country's history sent down a sentence related to AI-generated child abuse images. 
Artificial Intelligence

South Korea Sentences Man for Creating Child Abuse Images Using AI

By Noor Al-Sibai

North Korea Claims It Only Got COVID Because South Korea Sent Over “Tainted Balloons”
RX and Medicine

North Korea Claims It Only Got COVID Because South Korea Sent Over “Tainted Balloons”

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Don't go to a stablecoin founder's house to try to talk to them if you're ever in South Korea.
Cryptocurrency

Bankrupt Investor Arrested for Showing Up at Crypto Founder’s House

By Noor Al-Sibai

North Korean propaganda website Arirang Meari wrote in a post that Netflix's "Squid Game" proves that South Korea-style capitalism doesn't work.
Future Society

North Korea: Squid Game Is Proof Capitalism Doesn’t Work

By Victor Tangermann

A researcher at a university in South Korea has come up with a toilet that can turn human waste into power -- and it's on the blockchain.
Cryptocurrency

Scientist Invents Toilet That Turns Human Feces Into Cryptocurrency

By Victor Tangermann

Small gelatinous marine organisms called sea salps are wreaking havoc on two nuclear reactors in South Korea, forcing them offline, Bloomberg reports.
Nuclear Fusion

Nuclear Reactors Shut Down by “Jellyfish-Like Organisms”

By Victor Tangermann

South Korean President Moon Jae-in unveiled plans to develop and launch a lunar lander capable of reaching the Moon by 2030.
Moon

South Korean President Announces Plans To Land On The Moon By 2030

By Tony Ho Tran

South Korea recorded more deaths than births for the first time last year, and the government is trying to pay new parents to reverse the trend.
Future Society

More South Koreans Died Than Were Born in 2020

By Dan Robitzski

South Korea's fusion reactor just set a new world record, maintaining temperatures of over 100 million degrees for 20 long seconds.
Energy

Korean “Artificial Sun” Fusion Reactor Sets New World Record

By Victor Tangermann

K-pop girl band aespa has announced it's adding a new and completely virtual member to its ranks called "ae-KARINA."
Future Society

New K-Pop Band Will Include an Entirely CGI Singer

By Victor Tangermann

South Korea Encourages Mask Wearing With Massive Drone-Powered Light Show
Future Society

South Korea Encourages Mask Wearing With Massive Drone-Powered Light Show

By Victor Tangermann

A cafe in Daejon, South Korea has hired a robot barista to take care of making and busing drinks around to avoid spreading the coronavirus.
Robotics

This Cafe Is Using a Robot Barista to Avoid Spreading COVID

By Victor Tangermann

A resurgence of coronavirus cases is starting to hit China, South Korea and Germany — just as governments are starting to loosen restrictions.
Viruses

There’s a Resurgence of Coronavirus Cases in China

By Victor Tangermann

South Korean infectious disease experts claim that reports of citizens being reinfected by the coronavirus were likely to based on flawed tests.
Developments

Experts: People Probably Aren’t Actually Catching COVID Again

By Victor Tangermann

South Korea immediately mobilized against the coronavirus outbreak while the U.S.'s official response was to downplay the risk.
Viruses

South Korea Crushed the Coronavirus as the U.S. Floundered. Why?

By Dan Robitzski