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Elderly watchmen for large apartment complexes are facing layoffs this winter as their salaries are raised to be 100% of the minimum wage. Netizens in a fury.
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New technology now automatically brakes vehicles before hitting pedestrians. Korean netizens gauge the pros and cons of such automated systems.
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The Korean FDA pats itself and corporate food companies on the back after a successful campaign to reduce sodium levels in ramen and kimchi. But how's the taste?
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Peer-to-Peer lending economics finds its way to Korea in the form of handbag exchanges. Netizens criticize Korea's luxury brand culture and the need to impress
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Family of Busan student crushed in roof accident uses compensation funds to establish scholarship encouraging missionary work in the Middle East, criticism ensues
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Shocked by the low pay and horrendous living conditions, visiting African artists expose to the media the Africa Museum of Original Art's exploitation of workers.
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Stores flout Korean law by charging customers up to 10% more for paying by card. Netizens laugh at the government's impractical solution.
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Hoping to keep their daughters' plastic surgeries secret, some mothers are now going under the knife to better resemble their own touched-up offspring.
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Police arrest a cheating ring in Busan that used custom transmitters to feed the answers to test takers. Netizens admire the ingenuity of the criminals.
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Con man seduced elderly widows in their 60s and 70s, gambling away their savings before disappearing and finding a new victim.
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Says President's refusal to apologize for misconduct during the presidential election is like Japan's leader refusing to apologize for the invasion of Korea.
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Complaints about the burden of buying Pepero to not offend friends or coworkers, netizens push for rebranding the day in favor of something less corporate.
The original word 경비원 can translate to security staff, janitor, groundsman, custodian, watchman, etc. I think in English we would most likely refer to the ...7 years ago»