한국 Lemmy 커뮤니티 / Korea Lemmy community
- Heatwave-hit jamboree in South Korea in doubt as many scouts leavewww.reuters.com Despite heatwave warnings, South Korea presses on with world scout jamboree
South Korea decided on Saturday to press on with hosting the World Scout Jamboree, despite warnings about the dangers posed by the extreme heat the country is enduring, and the U.S. and British contingents pulling out a week early.
- US soldier held in North Korea after crossing demilitarized zone - BBC Newswww.bbc.com Travis King: US soldier who crossed into North Korea faced disciplinary action - BBC News
The soldier crossed the border "wilfully, of his own volition" the Pentagon has said.
- US nuclear missile submarine visits S.Korea as allies talk war planningwww.reuters.com US nuclear missile submarine visits S.Korea as allies talk war planning
For the first time since the 1980s a U.S. nuclear-armed ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) visited South Korea on Tuesday, as the allies launched talks to coordinate their responses in the event of a nuclear war with North Korea.
- In Seoul's 'piece rooms,' there's barely enough space to lie down. Inside South Korea's brutal housing crisiswww.latimes.com In Seoul's 'piece rooms,' there's barely enough space to lie down. Inside South Korea's brutal housing crisis
Seoul has fewer people living on the streets than Los Angeles. But tens of thousands live in illegal units so small there is barely enough space to lie down.
- Why South Korean music scene is so dominated by certain type of pop?
I have been studying Korean for a while and been looking into Korean language music. Of course every country seems to mostly have some light pop on their top lists, but I don't feel like I have had problem finding diverse genres and bands from other countries. But when I have been searching for Korean bands and especially artists singing in Korean language the exceptions to k-pop and "soft" music seem far and wide between.
And it's not like there isn't any skill or interest, I can find even gayageum covers of rock songs showing how awesome that is, but that isn't being utilised for original modern songs like it is in the neighbouring countries.
- It seems the raining season is starting
After 2 years I'm still not used to it, it's not that bad yet but I remember having to run the AC in dry mode for a month or something because everything above 70% humidity just makes me change my underware every two hours.
- Korean buff Jesus is gone
cross-posted from: https://jemmy.jeena.net/post/7647
> I guess some of you have seen one of the pictures go around the internet of the Korean buff Jesus statue. Just today I saw it on r/funny and r/korea: https://www.reddit.com/r/korea/comments/14gbeuo/korean_crossfit_jesus_is_this_a_real_thing_in/ > > I went there to see it two years ago, and I found the place, but the whole thing was gone. You could still see where it once was, it was in kind of the backyard of a christian church, but that church also seemed empty, at least nobody was there so I couldn't ask anyone about it. > > Then I drove away and stopped at another church not far away. There was a priest and we asked him about the Korean buff Jesus and he said nobody knows exactly but some year or so before I went there was a big fight between the Buddhists and the Christians around there and the Christians destroyed or stole some Buddha and people thing that in retaliation the Buddhists stole the buff Jesus. At least that were the rumors this christian priest heard. > > It's a shame that it's gone because it was an awesome depiction of the son of God.
