Hacker News with Generative AI: South Korea

South Korea faces kimchi shortage as cabbage prices soar (nikkei.com)
The price of Chinese cabbage, the main ingredient in perhaps the best-known Korean dish, kimchi, has soared to 2.6 times its normal price in South Korea due to plant diseases brought on by abnormal weather.

South Korea, Food, Economics, Agriculture

9 points by rawgabbit 8 days ago | 3 comments

Boycott men? South Korea's 4B movement gains traction in the U.S. (npr.org)
Following President-elect Trump’s victory — which was fueled by male voters and to many looked like a referendum on reproductive rights — some young American women are talking about boycotting men.

South Korea, Feminism, Politics, Social Movements, Boycotts

25 points by laurex 13 days ago | 34 comments

Seoul wants N Korean troops to leave Russia immediately (bbc.com)
South Korea has summoned the Russian ambassador, seeking the "immediate withdrawal" of North Korean troops which it says are being trained to fight in Ukraine.

South Korea, North Korea, Russia, Ukraine, International Relations

6 points by wslh 31 days ago | 0 comments

North Korea blows up roads leading to South Korea [video][2 mins] (youtube.com)

North Korea, South Korea, International Relations, Geopolitics, Conflict

23 points by LinuxBender 37 days ago | 3 comments

South Korean Author Han Kang Wins Nobel Prize (aljazeera.com)
South Korean author Han Kang has won the 2024 Nobel Prize in literature “for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life”.

Literature, Nobel Prize, South Korea, Awards

70 points by ricardoplouis 42 days ago | 56 comments

Han Kang gets Nobel Prize in literature 2024 (theguardian.com)
The Nobel prize in literature has been awarded to 53-year-old South Korean novelist Han Kang for her “intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life”.

Literature, Awards, South Korea

5 points by PikelEmi 42 days ago | 0 comments

LG Chem develops material capable of suppressing thermal runaway in batteries (ess-news.com)
South Korea’s LG Chem claims to have found a solution to this long-standing issue.

Batteries, Materials Science, Thermal Runaway, LG Chem, South Korea

28 points by westurner 49 days ago | 12 comments

Samsung to Cut Thousands of Jobs (bloomberg.com)
Samsung Electronics Co. is laying off workers in Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand as part of a plan to reduce global headcount by thousands of jobs, according to people familiar with the situation.

Samsung, Layoffs, Business, Technology, South Korea

5 points by mfiguiere 51 days ago | 0 comments

Ex-Samsung Execs Arrested for Allegedly Stealing Tech for China (bloomberg.com)
South Korean police have arrested two former Samsung Electronics Co. officials on suspicion of stealing technologies worth more than 4.3 trillion won ($3.2 billion) to build a copycat chipmaking plant in China.

Technology, Business, China, South Korea, Espionage

5 points by Ozarkian 70 days ago | 0 comments

South Korea battles surge of deepfake pornography (theguardian.com)

South Korea, Deepfakes, Pornography, Technology, Law Enforcement

14 points by anigbrowl 79 days ago | 13 comments

A World Without Men: Inside South Korea's 4B Movement (2023) (thecut.com)

South Korea, Social Movements, Feminism, Gender Equality, Culture

12 points by deegles 85 days ago | 1 comments

North Korean balloons have dropped tonnes of waste on the South (reuters.com)

North Korea, South Korea, International Relations, Waste Management, Geopolitics

8 points by ck45 88 days ago | 5 comments

South Korea recycles 98% of its food waste. What can it teach the world? (washingtonpost.com)