The expiration dates on foods will change to “best before” dates from 2023. Why is it changing? People frequently threw away food that could be eaten because they mistakenly believed that ‘expired’ foods were unsafe to consume. As a result, a large amount of food waste was generated. The Ministry of

As technological advances and digital transformations accelerate, central banks around the globe have started to reinvent their local currencies for the digital era. A central part of reform is the issuance of so-called Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs). A CBDC is a digital form of money, simi

It has been 10 years since the first baby box was introduced in Korea. The first generation of baby box children is going through puberty. A baby box is designed to allow parents who cannot raise their children due to unavoidable circumstances to abandon their babies safely. Baby boxes, which began

Multiple nationality, being a citizen of more than one country, is increasing rapidly in Korea. It would be common to choose Korean nationality if you were born in a foreign country but spent most of your life in Korea or if you planned to live in Korea in the future. However, in modern Korean socie

C-Tech, technology which responds to climate change, is becoming a hot topic. “C” includes climate, carbon, and clean technology, and the purpose is carbon reduction. C-Tech, which existed in the past, became a hot topic because of the growing interest in climate issues. Examples are large-scale flo

COVID-19 has caused many infections and deaths and changed our daily lives. In 2022, the fifth pandemic started in Korea due to the spread of the mutant virus Omicron. As a result, the total number of confirmed patients in Korea have exceeded 17 million. As confirmed cases increase, the number of pe

A humidifier disinfectant (HD) is a sanitizer that prevents the growth of micro-organisms that circulate into the air through a water vaporizer. In 1994, the disinfectant ‘Humidifier Mate’ was released in Korea. Since then, more than 40 products have been released through benchmarking methods. Becau

Public opinion says that punishment for industrial accidents is weak. From January 27, 2022 “The Serious Accidents Punishment Act (SAPA)” was implemented. SAPA is a law that strengthens criminal penalties in the event of industrial accidents that cause serious casualties. SAPA was established to pre

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As delivery service applications reorganize their rate plans, increases in delivery costs are concerned. Recently, consumers who were dissatisfied with the high delivery tip are creating new ways. People look to others who want to use delivery services in their neighborhood. In other words, they cre

People bought and sold digital art for the first time in a digital auction held on Tumblr in 2013. A year later, art meets blockchain technology to create the first NFT. The person who developed this is Kevin McCoy. He is a professor at New York University and a digital artist. At that time, most di

SMiShing fraud using KakaoTalk is increasing and becoming more sophisticated. SMiShing is a new word created by combining ‘SMS’ and ‘phishing.’ Recently, criminals are using a method of obtaining personal information by cleverly disguising themselves as an official channel of KakaoTalk. After sendin

From November 1, the first stage of “step-by-step daily recovery,” a Korean-style “with COVID-19,” was implemented. The quarantine authorities apply vaccine certification and a so-called “quarantine pass” to some facilities for phased daily recovery. The “quarantine pass” is a device for the safe us

There are overflowing issues regarding sexual violence, but surprisingly the history of punishment for sexual violence is short. Sexual violence is an act that causes physical, psychological, and social pain to an individual or group by infringing on an individual’s right to sexual self-determinatio

There is a fight that some people have been fighting for a very long time. It’s not an easy fight, but they never give up, expecting a judgement of history and appropriate compensation. They were the victims of forced labor in the Japanese colonial era. Forced mobilization labor in the Japanese colo

The text message service for missing persons started on June 9. It has already had a significant impact on reducing the average discovery time required to find missing persons. What is the service? Information about a missing person is sent to people by emergency text message. According to the Korea

These days, ‘Subscription Service’ is becoming a trend in the retail industry. There were subscription services in the past, but the scope has expanded. Initially, subscriptions referred to regularly receiving books, newspapers, magazines, etc. However, the concept has been expanded in recent years

An antitrust bill aimed at Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple was announced in the United States in June 2021. The reason was related to the concentration of U.S. economic power by those companies over the past decade. The total market capitalization of the four companies has increased to 15% of al

Have you ever read the book called The Giving Tree? It is the story of a tree that gives everything to satisfy the greed and happiness of a human. Something else likely to appear only in literature happened in 2021. Many people have loved Mount Jiri as a tourist destination and hiking route. However

The Korean National Police administration has announced that they will implement a new physical test that applies the same standards to male and female and candidates. The new evaluation will be implemented first in selected tests for police college students and then for senior candidates from 2023