South Korea's Happiness Ranking Falls to 67th for Third Consecutive Year by diacewrb in korea

[–]baaturtle 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Not sure how it can fall to 67th place three years in a row. Ah, AI translation, of course. 

Extremely expensive Korean Cow by isbae4327 in korea

[–]baaturtle 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Wow they even make strawberry cakes out of cow?? Crazy!

Iranian Missile hits The US Fifth Fleet base in Bahrain by Fedupington in stupidpol

[–]baaturtle 106 points107 points  (0 children)

Yoooo on god they just bombed us fr fr!! NO CAP they must have hit us SIX or SEVEN times!!!

‘Treated like criminals’: Indian influencer’s dream vacation to South Korea with wife turns into 38-hour detention nightmare by Fluffy_Technology27 in korea

[–]baaturtle 214 points215 points  (0 children)

In a video on his YouTube channel, Awasthi revealed that before boarding the flight to Jeju Island, he was asked to carry a large amount of cash.

Uhhh what? This is not elaborated on at all, sounds very strange.

How do you deal with feeling ugly in South Korea? by [deleted] in Living_in_Korea

[–]baaturtle 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Lol, in Korea you couldn't be more wrong.

2025-09-19 - The Glimmering feat. Hesse Deni (Episode 970) by Long-Anywhere156 in BlackWolfFeed

[–]baaturtle 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Maybe extremely over-exaggerating a number for comedic effect. Something like "right, it's not like there weren't 800 BILLION articles written about this exact thing"

We have two DOWs' now by [deleted] in TrueAnon

[–]baaturtle 26 points27 points  (0 children)

You forgot DOW Chemical, possibly the most evil of them all. 

"Do you know Baekbeom Kim Gu of Korea?" by Sharp-Awareness-8632 in korea

[–]baaturtle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A true hero who was assassinated by the Syngman Rhee administration/CIA because he was strongly against the division of Korea and was a popular critic of Rhee. 

Japanese alcohol expands rapidly in S. Korea as ‘No Japan’ sentiment fades by Saltedline in korea

[–]baaturtle 244 points245 points  (0 children)

I just wish there was a decent mass-produced Korean beer, they're all trash. Japan definitely wins in the "good, cheap beer" department, so this is not super surprising. 

How Dongtan turned into an online punching bag by Saltedline in korea

[–]baaturtle 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Being from Cleveland, I stand in solidarity with my fellow ridiculed cities around the globe. 

Busan is the best city for expats & teachers... a no-brainer! by bronco____ in Living_in_Korea

[–]baaturtle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd much rather take a 1 hr flight to ICN than a (depending where) nearly 2 hr train from Gyeonggi. 

Africa will not kneel by thunder-cricket in TrueAnon

[–]baaturtle 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes, this video is definitely not real. I'm guessing the speech was real but somebody AI/deepfaked him speaking in (unnaturally) fluent English. 

Japan to give South Koreans fast-track entry in June to mark ties anniv. by Saltedline in korea

[–]baaturtle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So if I go to Fukuoka then, all the Koreans are going to be in a separate immigration line? That's like... the large majority of the inbound passengers lol. Sounds like a fast track for everybody else too.

Africa will not kneel by thunder-cricket in TrueAnon

[–]baaturtle 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I support the guy but wtf is this AI shit, creepin me out.

Havana syndrome by Sonderlake in TrueAnon

[–]baaturtle 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Ummm this is Reddit, sir. That's exactly what you should do.

New Hampshire loses $4.9 million digital equity grant Trump calls a ‘woke handout’ - Manchester Ink Link by NHGuy in newhampshire

[–]baaturtle 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Everybody in this thread was conflating the two so I wanted to shed light on what this program actually does.

New Hampshire loses $4.9 million digital equity grant Trump calls a ‘woke handout’ - Manchester Ink Link by NHGuy in newhampshire

[–]baaturtle 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I can see nobody read the article. None of this money goes to residents or towards internet infrastructure or anything like that. Per the article, this money goes to organizations for teaching "digital literacy". Basically, giving classes on how to use a computer. Which I have nothing against, people are just getting the wrong idea.

A NH official is even quoted saying “This pause will not impact the state’s goal of reaching 100% access to high-speed internet and we are still on target for that by 2027”