South Korea Sends Sock Balloons to North Korea

North Koreans are in desperate need of warm socks and thanks to a few South Korean activists they could soon receive a shipment of socks delivered via balloon. A group of activists in South Korea released huge gas-filled ... continue

North Korea Better Positioned For Starting War, Not Equipped To Win Against South Korea

A recent study conducted by the Korean Economic Research Institute has found that North Korea is more well equipped at starting a war and gaining the upper-hand during the first several days of conflict while the South ... continue

North Koreans Hysterically Weep for Kim Jong-il (Video)

With the death of North Korea's strong man Kim Jong-il at the age of 69, the country's state media showed this footage of people hysterically weeping for their leader. The death was announced late Sunday with reports ... continue

Korean lawmaker throws tear gas, punches to stop US trade agreement

Today, South Korea's parliament was scheduled to vote on ratifying a free-trade agreement with the United States. The bill was passed, by a fairly strong margin even, but it didn't go through without incident. A South Korean lawmaker, ... continue

Samsung drops patent lawsuit plans against Apple in Korea

Ever since Apple filed a patent lawsuit to block the sale of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and won, Samsung and Apple have been at each others' throats, with Samsung trying their best to return the favor ... continue

South Korean & Taiwanese LCD screen makers hit with antitrust fines totally $175M

It seems that the South Korean antitrust agency thinks that there has been a little bit of collusion going amongst some of the LCD screen makers in South Korea as well as Taiwan. The firms that have been ... continue

South Korea Cracks Down On Students Who Study Too Much

South Korea's government is cracking down on the truly horrible practice of studying. Government officials are attempting to limit the number of hours their citizen's can hire costly tutoring agencies known as hagwons. Hagwons are often hired by ... continue

South Korean Lawyer Beats Apple In iPhone Tracking Case

Kim Hyung-suk, a South Korean lawyer has successful won his battle with Apple after the company fessed up to an iPhone tracking "glitch" which allowed the tech firm to track the every move of their users. Hyung-suk scored ... continue

North Korea Test Fires Missile, After Cutting Off Ties With South Korea

North Korea fired a short-range missile off the countries western coast in the middle of last week reports the Yonhap News Agency. According to their reporting Pyongyang fired a KN-06 short-range missile in an attempt to increase firing ... continue

Korean teen murders mother, hangs himself over ‘Internet games’

Sorry to turn on the sad, but here's a tragic reminder that, while we gamers may spend a lot of time defending our hobby against misguided accusations, a minority of people really shouldn't be playing so intensively. Associated ... continue

South Korea’s terrifying Pikachu kiddie rides

Deformed. Mutilated. The all-too-human face. Eyes like black, bottomless lakes of death and misery. Something not ... quite ... right. These rides in South Korea are meant for kids, but you wouldn't catch me, a supposedly grown ... continue

Spain, Chile join final 16 teams in World Cup knockout phase

This, as they say, is where s**t gets real. Spain and Chile today became the final two teams to make it through the group phase of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, despite Chile losing to ... continue

Nanny state alert: South Korea clamping down on late-night gamers

In a move that would have Orwell spinning in his grave, South Korea plans to crack down on gamers who play into the wee hours, by enforcing a nightly six-hour blackout on 19 different MMO games. With South ... continue

South Korea Begins Testing “Recharging Roads”

The University of California a while back invented recharging roads, a technology that allows vehicles to suck up energy from the ground. Now South Korea has adopted the technology and they are currently testing it at a ... continue

How to get Google in Korea to ban you – use a fake name

Government the world round are always trying to find new ways to get control over the Internet and the people using it. In Korea there is a state law that stipulates that if you run a web ... continue