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[HanCinema's Digest] Culture Corner

The Cut explores the rise of Korean beauty products, is KakaoTalk's emoticons gender bias?, a recent WEF report reveals Korea's income distribution may be unequal, and the BCC tackles smartphone addiction in Asia.

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"South Korea's income distribution unequal: WEF report"

A recent report by the WEF (World Economic Forum) revealed that income distribution in South Korea is somewhat unequal. The article goes into detail as to what factors might have contributed to this socio-economic concern (taxes, corruption, etc.), and hopefully its findings will be considered moving forward.

…READ ON KOREA HERALD: http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20150910001217

"What You Don't Know About the Rise of Korean Beauty"

Most are aware that South Korea is where you want to go if cosmetic surgery is on the cards; practice makes perfect. But besides going under the knife, South Korea is also very successful in terms of the non-invasive beauty products it produces. So much so, in fact, that "beauty products are on the verge of becoming-in addition to electronics and cars-one of Korea's biggest exports".

…READ ON THE CUT: http://nymag.com/thecut/2015/09/korean-beauty-and-the-government.html#

"Are KakaoTalk emoticons gender biased?"

South Korea's mobile chat service KakaoTalk enjoys millions of subscribers worldwide, but are those cute emoticons we share with each other biased towards one gender? Bahk Eun-ji for The Korea Times explores…

…READ ON THE KOREA TIMES: https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2015/09/116_186482.html

"Asia's smartphone addiction"

One of the most impressive things technologically about Korea is the country's incredible mobile networks and its competitive smart phone market. It seems as if everyone is online in some shape or form, and this post by the BCC indicates that around 72% of South Korean children (age 11 or 12) have smart phones. But despite the continued growth of Korea's mobile market, their has also been a string of social problems: "Nomophobia - or no mobile phone phobia - the onset of severe anxiety on losing access to your smartphone has been talked about for years. But in Asia, the birthplace of the selfie stick and the emoji, psychologists say smartphone addiction is fast on the rise and the addicts are getting younger".

…READ ON BBC: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33130567

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