Monthly Archives: February 2009

Naver.com to release Opencast this Sunday

Posted on February 25, 2009

South Korean search engine Naver.com announced the release of Opencast this Sunday March 1st. I had a brief introduction by an Naver employee about the new feature. In short, Opencast can be best described as a widget showing random blogposts … Continue reading →

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Enlightment about that foggy substance in the sky

Posted on February 20, 2009

The Korean government sends text messages to all mobile phones every once in a while. This way of informing the nation is new to me and proves to be rather effective. Sometimes it’s a simple request, asking to clean your … Continue reading →

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RTL Interactive, the Internet brance of the RTL Group (German) announced their 100% takeover of Wer Kennt Wen. Marc Schröder, the CEO of RTL Interactive responded to the takeover in a interview with a German newspaper that RTL wants to … Continue reading →

Posted on February 9, 2009 | 1 Comment

Adidas MBC Hangang Marathon 2009

Posted on February 6, 2009

I haven’t participated in a sport event ever since the Funda run in 2008 – a fun and fulfilling event, but I had no incentive to continue my healthy habits afterwards. I put my running shoes back on later that … Continue reading →

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Times of distress brings families together in South Korea

Posted on February 5, 2009

Hold your horses, the financial crisis actually has some positive effects too! In South Korea, criminality is on the rise – making people long back to happy times at home. This is good news because many weddings are failing here … Continue reading →

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