한국 Lemmy 커뮤니티 / Korea Lemmy community

It's getting weirder and weirder, should I start looking for flight tickets for my family?

North Korea threatens simultaneous barrage of 5,700 long-range artillery shells, ‘raining shells on the Seoul metropolitan area’.

North Korea has threatened to rain down 5,700 shells on the Seoul metropolitan area using its long-range artillery. This escalation in threats follows North Korea's declaration of heightened readiness across eight frontline artillery brigades, which are deployed along the western and eastern sections of the demilitarized zone, targeting the South Korean capital. The North is estimated to possess around 570 long-range artillery pieces, including 240mm and 300mm rocket launchers, capable of reaching Seoul and surrounding regions.

This development has significantly raised tensions on the Korean Peninsula, with South Korean forces also strengthening their counter-artillery preparations. Additionally, North Korea is reportedly preparing to blow up key transportation routes connecting the two Koreas, further intensifying military and political standoffs.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister, Kim Yo Jong, has made repeated public statements holding the United States responsible for escalating tensions and threatening that any perceived violations of North Korean sovereignty, particularly regarding drone incursions, would result in consequences for both South Korea and the U.S.

South Korean military officials have heightened their surveillance and are preparing for any potential provocations from the North, which could involve artillery strikes, missile launches, or other forms of military aggression.

We went to a rock concert and there was a nice sunset behind it. The band playing was SURL, this is one of their songs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCusgx41tqk

Apple's FindMy network is launching in South Korea in Spring of 2025, which will allow Apple users to locate their devices running MacOS and iOS, as well as use precision finding to track items with AirTags on them.

https://tube.jeena.net/w/sHsjeY2etFukaEzy95YPmy

Going by car from Pangyo to Seoul (ca. 30km) does not make any sense in the morning at 9am. The bus has it's own lane and it takes about 40 minutes and by car 1h 11 min, almost twice as long.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17795683

Independent, Unencumbered Analysis and Investigative Reporting, Captive to No Dogma or Faction.

Summary:

1. The situation exemplifies the concept of “karmic justice,” as Boot’s career revolves around accusations he now faces himself. This irony is striking in political contexts.
2. The indictment raises questions about the integrity of journalism when personal affiliations influence reporting, particularly in foreign policy discussions.
3. The scandal points to a broader issue of conflicts of interest in media, especially among those who wield significant influence over public opinion and policy.
4. Boot’s shift from Republican to Democrat reflects a political opportunism that often accompanies neoconservative ideologies, further complicating his credibility.
5. The Washington Post’s delayed acknowledgment of the allegations against Terry suggests a potential failure in journalistic accountability and ethics.
6. The case underscores the dangers of conflating personal beliefs with professional responsibilities, particularly in matters of national security.
7. The public’s trust in media can be severely undermined when journalists are found to be connected to foreign interests, highlighting the need for transparency.

Every now and then I see someone on YouTube wonder how it can be that the streets and sidewalks here in Korea are so clean while there are no public trashcans available. The secret is: Old people.

Let me explain, every morning when I go to the daycare with my son I see between 5 and 10 elderly people walk along the street with their yellow vests - which say "Pangyo Senior Welfare Center" on their back - and pick up all the trash. I guess this is some kind of a thing they do to keep them engaged and moving.

I personally don't think Korean food is overly spicy, it's just that I don't like this specific kind of spicy from the chili flakes. Somehow they are in 80% of the Korean food.

With climate change and the 52 degree Celsius in Deli in India I expected June in Korea to be devastating this year. But to my surprise I still didn't turn on the AC. It's still less than 30 degrees and especially the humidity is very low when I compare it to the last years I was here, it's not raining yet either.

And the air pollution is not so bad either this year. All in all I'm not suffering this year yet, even though the summer is already here.

We have to pay half a million out of our pocket even though his mom is Korean, but the baby is not, because his mom wasn't Korean when he was born.

Another fun thing is that foreign families in the area where we live get 100k KRW for the daycare, but our family can't because his mom is Korean. So we get nothing ^^. Great system :p

But anyway, I hope he will like it there, it's a Montessori daycare, I'm not sure if this is something good or something bad in the long run, I hope he can play and doesn't have to sit and learn anything from some curriculum. There will be enough time for that once he is at school.

I just got some wartime alarm on the phone. Did you guys get it to in Korea?

I've been living in Korea for about three and a half years now. I have the language around me, my partner and her daughter speak it at home. But for some reason I am not learning anything from being exposed to it for such a long time.

I tried using apps like Duolingo, Drops, etc. but practically nothing really stuck, perhaps a word here or there. I watched Korean Dramas with English subtitles, but because the order of the words in a Korean sentence is the opposite to English I would never be able to know which word is which.

Two month ago I saw some Korean Teacher advertising 1-1 teaching of Korean so I decided to try it and to pay for help, because I feel I'm really stuck. Now after 2 months she expressed frustration about my progress. She asked me why it's so slow, if it's the first time I'm learning a new language (no, this is my 5th language I'm learning).

It's very frustrating. I feel I invest a lot of the little free time I have into it and it's embarrassing how little I have to show for it. The Korean words are so totally different from the words in my other Languages (Polish, German, Swedish, English) that they more often than not blend together and I remember and hear mostly gibberish.

I always hated learning grammar and vocabulary in every language. And somehow with the other languages I magically got to a level where I would just be exposed to the language and could watch TV and talk to people and would get better at it without much effort.

But Korean proves to be very difficult for me to get to this point. I get that I only will get there with consistency and a lot of grinding, there seems no other way for me.

I can only imagine it helps, if it has sleeping wagons - designated for boosting birth rate - connected to it.