Hacker News with Generative AI: South Korea

A South Korean grand master on the art of the perfect soy sauce (theguardian.com)
In the lush foothills of Damyang county, South Jeolla province, rows of earthenware jars stand under the Korean sky. Inside each clay vessel, a quiet transformation is taking place, one that has been occurring on this land for centuries.
South Korea, Food, Culture
213 points by n1b0m 17 days ago | 174 comments
South Korea's Digital Regulation Proposal Sparks U.S. Pushback (lawfaremedia.org)
Although the Trump administration’s tariff proposal has sucked much of the wind from U.S.-South Korea trade discussions, a different battle—over South Korea’s proposed online platform regulation—has been brewing for more than a year.
International Relations, Digital Regulation, Government Policy, South Korea, United States
7 points by EA-3167 18 days ago | 0 comments
Robot chefs take over at South Korea's highway restaurants, to mixed reviews (restofworld.org)
Robot chefs are replacing humans at some South Korean highway restaurants.Tech companies say robots can help solve labor shortage in an aging nation.Workers say their roles have been downgraded from chefs to cleaning staff.
Robotics, South Korea, Labor, Food Service, Technology
35 points by NDAjam 24 days ago | 15 comments
Once Shunned by Japanese Consumers, Korean Rice Now Flies Off the Shelves (nytimes.com)
Japanese consumers have historically steered clear of foreign rice. But facing high prices, they rushed last week to buy the first South Korean imports to Japan in decades, clearing the shelves within days, South Korean officials said.
Food, Japan, South Korea, Economics, Consumer Behavior
7 points by bookofjoe 40 days ago | 1 comments
Deepfake porn is destroying real lives in South Korea (cnn.com)
Deepfakes, South Korea, Technology, Privacy, Ethics
44 points by mystraline 42 days ago | 94 comments
Deepfake porn is destroying real lives in South Korea (cnn.com)
Deepfakes, Pornography, South Korea, Social Impact, Ethics
12 points by thegeomaster 42 days ago | 1 comments
Shortest-possible walking tour to 81,998 bars in South Korea (uwaterloo.ca)
We have solved a traveling salesman problem (TSP) to walk to 81,998 bars in South Korea.
South Korea, Optimization, Geography, Computer Science
435 points by geeknews 45 days ago | 139 comments
kurzgesagt: South Korea's demographic issue is killing their country [video] (youtu.be)
South Korea, Demographics, Population, Social Issues, Video
30 points by maxloh 48 days ago | 25 comments
7-Eleven Begins Accepting Bank of Korea's Digital Currency in CBDC Trial (coindesk.com)
7-Eleven is testing South Korea’s central bank digital currency in a major trial.
Cryptocurrency, South Korea, Retail
8 points by PaulHoule 54 days ago | 0 comments
South Korea's 'heartbreaking' wildfires expose superaged society (japantimes.co.jp)
Walking with a cane, 84-year-old apple farmer Kim Mi-ja surveys the wreckage of her village, which was reduced to rubble and covered in ash by South Korea's worst wildfires.
South Korea, Wildfires, Aging Population, Disaster Relief, Social Impact
33 points by PaulHoule 55 days ago | 10 comments
South Korea Is over [video] (youtube.com)
South Korea, Video, Social Commentary
30 points by daverol 55 days ago | 29 comments
South Korea Is Over – Population Bomb [video] (youtube.com)
South Korea, Demographics, Population, Social Issues, Video
9 points by tntpreneur 64 days ago | 0 comments
The head of South Korea's guard consulted ChatGPT before martial law was imposed (hani.co.kr)
이광우 경호본부장이 12·3 비상계엄 선포 2시간 전에 인공지능 서비스 챗지피티에서 ‘계엄’을 검색한 것으로 드러났다.
South Korea, Politics, Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Martial Law
151 points by haebom 79 days ago | 131 comments
Power bank likely caused S Korea plane fire – investigators (bbc.com)
A portable power bank likely caused a fire that engulfed and destroyed a passenger plane in South Korea in January, according to local authorities.
Aviation, South Korea, Accidents, Fire, Safety
6 points by pseudolus 85 days ago | 0 comments
Seven injured after SK fighter jet accidentally drops bombs (bbc.com)
Fifteen people in South Korea were injured, two of them seriously, after a pair of fighter jets accidentally dropped eight bombs in a civilian district during a live-fire military exercise, local media reported.
Military, Accidents, South Korea
22 points by kelt 94 days ago | 5 comments
How did South Korea start producing more babies after long decline? (aljazeera.com)
For the first time in nine years, South Korea’s birthrate has risen, reversing a long-term trend which has seen it decline to record lows.
South Korea, Demographics, Birth Rate, Population Trends, Social Issues
7 points by Qem 96 days ago | 1 comments
Almost 50 schools in South Korea to shut down amid worsening birth rate crisis (independent.co.uk)
South Korea’s rapidly worsening birth rate crisis continues as nearly 50 schools across the country are set to close in 2025 because there are not enough students.
South Korea, Education, Demographics, Birth Rate, Social Issues
7 points by speckx 100 days ago | 0 comments
South Korean regulator accuses DeepSeek of sharing user data with ByteDance (bbc.com)
South Korea has accused Chinese AI startup DeepSeek of sharing user data with the owner of TikTok in China.
Data Privacy, Artificial Intelligence, China, South Korea, Regulation
243 points by devonnull 109 days ago | 136 comments
Death of South Korean actor at 24 sparks discussion about internet culture (apnews.com)
South Korean actor Kim Sae-ron’s death this week has triggered an outpouring of grief and calls for changes to the way the country’s celebrities are treated in the public arena and on social media, which critics say can foster a culture of harassment.
Celebrities, Social Media, South Korea, Internet Culture, Mental Health
12 points by geox 109 days ago | 6 comments
South Korea blocks downloads of DeepSeek from local app stores (techcrunch.com)
South Korean officials on Saturday temporarily restricted Chinese AI Lab DeepSeek’s app from being downloaded from app stores in the country pending an assessment of how the Chinese company handles user data.
South Korea, AI, Regulations, Privacy, China
11 points by vinni2 110 days ago | 1 comments
South Korea bans new DeepSeek AI downloads (bbc.com)
South Korea has banned new downloads of China's DeepSeek artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, according to the country's personal data protection watchdog.
South Korea, AI, Chatbots, Regulations
36 points by Erikun 110 days ago | 15 comments
Seoul airport officials confiscated almost 11 tons of kimchi last year (cnn.com)
Seoul, Airport Security, Food, South Korea, Customs
13 points by speckx 117 days ago | 5 comments
South Korea's Democracy Saved Itself (2024) (carnegieendowment.org)
South Korea, Democracy, Politics, International Relations
64 points by huijzer 134 days ago | 75 comments
South Korea's impeached president is arrested over a martial law declaration (apnews.com)
South Korea, Politics, Impeachment, Martial Law
21 points by serialx 140 days ago | 0 comments
South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol arrested, local media reports (cnbc.com)
Politics, South Korea, Impeachment, Law Enforcement
53 points by r721 144 days ago | 26 comments
Jeju Air jet black boxes stopped recording before crash: transport ministry (koreatimes.co.kr)
The black boxes holding the flight data and cockpit voice recorders for the crashed Jeju Air flight that left 179 people dead stopped recording four minutes before the disaster, Korea's transport ministry said Saturday.
Aviation Safety, Accidents, South Korea
24 points by gslin 147 days ago | 26 comments
Black boxes from Jeju Air 2216 stopped recording four minutes before crash (cnn.com)
Aviation, Accidents, South Korea
93 points by BostonFern 147 days ago | 94 comments
Before Squid Game, there was Battle Royale (tokyoweekender.com)
In less than a week, the second season of Squid Game — a show about desperate people participating in deadly challenges for money — was viewed nearly 70 million times, becoming the most popular Netflix show in 92 countries.
Netflix, Television, South Korea, Streaming, Pop Culture
224 points by ecliptik 149 days ago | 290 comments
YouTube populists are driving South Korea's political instability (theconversation.com)
In the space of three weeks, South Korea has seen a brief declaration of martial law, its sudden repeal and the impeachment of its president, Yoon Suk Yeol.
South Korea, Politics, Social Media, Political Instability
6 points by PaulHoule 151 days ago | 0 comments
Taiwan asks South Korea for help over Chinese ship after subsea cable damaged (ft.com)
Taiwan, South Korea, China, International Relations, Infrastructure
11 points by gslin 153 days ago | 7 comments