Spot turns watchdog! Hyundai is using Boston Dynamics’ four-legged robot to patrol its motor plants in South Korea Hyundai has upgraded Spot with new sensors, AI and autonomous navigation The robot will work to monitor factory safety and support night security patrols Spot will first be trialled in one factory before being deployed to work in others Hyundai purchased … Read more
Kim Jong Un has marked the 68th anniversary of the end of the Korean War with a military ceremony as North and South Korea exchanged messages for the first time in a year. Thousands of veterans and and supporters gathered in Pygongyang for the celebrations with a big firework display in front of the Monument … Read more
Australian swimming phenom Ariarne Titmus has won gold and placed first in the 400m freestyle final. Titmus snatched victory away from her US rival and five-time Olympic champion Katie Ledecky after recording 3:56.69 minutes. Ledecky followed in second place with less than a second difference after finishing in 3:57.36 minutes. Buzz had been generated ahead of the … Read more
A British influencer has detailed the extreme lengths they have gone to look like a Korean popstar after spending more than $140,000 on painful cosmetic surgeries. Oli London, from London, who now identifies as a Korean non-binary person, has undergone 18 procedures – including eye surgery, face lift, chest reduction and nose jobs – to recreate the look … Read more
South Korean president scraps Tokyo Olympics visit after Japanese diplomat describes his attempts to improve countries’ relations as ‘masturbating’ By William Cole For Mailonline Published: 01:41 BST, 20 July 2021 | Updated: 01:41 BST, 20 July 2021 South Korea‘s President has scrapped plans to visit Japan for the upcoming Olympics after a diplomat described his … Read more
Why your car could be ILLEGAL by 2035 as part of a plan to scrap petrol stations under radical climate change plan Grattan Institute think tank wants brand new petrol, diesel cars banned by 2035 Just 526 fully electric cars were sold in June among 110,664 leaving showroom The Nissan Leaf is Australia’s cheapest all-electric … Read more
The most bitterly funny story of the week is that a defector from North Korea thinks that even her homeland is ‘not as nuts’ as the indoctrination now forced on Western students. Yeonmi Park fled from the Hermit Kingdom when she was just 13, and endured horrible things during her escape. Eventually, she reached South Korea. … Read more
McDonald’s becomes latest company to be hit by a data breach on the same day Volkswagen announces hack impacted 3.3 million customers McDonald’s was hit by a data breach on Friday after unauthorized activity on its network exposed personal data of some customers in South Korea and Taiwan The same day, Volkswagen announced a similar … Read more