You might wonder why some selfie sticks are banned in South Korea. Is it because of the fears of uncontrolled sticks bashing people on the head at the country’s big tourist attractions? Perhaps it is because selfies have been blamed for the rise in plastic surgery statistics in some parts of the world? Or maybe it’s because they just look a bit silly? The truth is...
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The Apple iPhone 5 is still yet to arrive, but Samsung has apparently drawn up a legal move for the company to block the sale of the fifth-generation iOS smartphone in South Korea once it is launched, according to a report. The report comes from Korea Times, which said that “Sources closely involved with the thorny issue including Samsung insiders made the comments...
On Tuesday, antitrust authorities in South Korea have raided Google’s offices in Seoul, according to reports. Korean Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) officials are also planning on visiting the South Korean headquarters of Google on Wednesday. Daum Communications and NHN, two South Korean companies that provide services such as email, news and search, filed a complaint...
The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology of South Korea is to invest $2 billion to move all the country’s school students to tablet PCs and digital textbooks by 2015. Tablet computers will be used to run these textbooks in digital form via cloud, and all school buildings will get Wi-Fi, which is very essential if they are to use the cloud storage system. “It...