[News Space=Reporter seung won lee] Coupang is experiencing a rapid decline in customer trust due to the personal information leak of 33.7 million people, and various side effects such as user loss, loss of sales, and boycotts are becoming a reality. On November 29th, Coupang officially announced that approximately 33.7 million customer accounts had been exposed without authorization, marking the largest data breach since the 2011 Cyworld and Nate hacks. The leaked information included names, email addresses, phone numbers, shipping addresses, and some order history. Fortunately, payment infor
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] Apartment donations are rapidly increasing in Seoul. From January to November 2025, 7,436 applications for transfer of ownership registration for gift purposes in Seoul multi-family buildings (apartments, officetels, villas, etc.) were tallied. This represents a more than 25% increase compared to the same period last year (5,934 cases), marking the largest increase in the past three years. While gift transactions are increasing nationwide, approximately 93% of the increase in Seoul's gift transactions occurred in Seoul. Donations are concentrated in popular a
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] Controversy has arisen after the sandwich franchise Subway provided a 'lobster plate' as a free gift for some menu items in November, which was found to contain significantly more cadmium, a group 1 carcinogen, than the standard. A detailed inspection by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) and the Gyeonggi Province Food and Drug Administration revealed that the cadmium concentration detected in the plates was 4.2-5.3㎍/㎠, exceeding the domestic standard (0.7㎍/㎠ or less) by more than six times. Subway officially acknowledged this on the 6th, immediately
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] Controversy over insider trading is spreading as it has been confirmed that former and current key executives of Coupang, where a large-scale personal information leak occurred, sold billions of won worth of company stock before learning of the incident. According to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Garab Anand sold 75,350 shares of Coupang Inc. at $29.0195 per share on November 10, netting $2.186 million (approximately KRW 3.2 billion) in cash. Former Vice President Pranam Kolari also reported selling 27,3
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] On December 4th at approximately 5:35 PM, a pickup truck called "Tasman" was being test driven at the KIA Autoland Hwaseong Plant 3 in Ujeong-eup, Hwaseong-si, Gyeonggi-do. A coworker (50s, Mr. B) died after being struck by the truck during a test drive. The Gyeonggi Hwaseong West Police Department is investigating the driver, Mr. A, in his 50s, on charges of causing death under the Road Traffic Act. Accident details and damage The accident occurred at an intersection within the factory (10 meters from the main gate). Person A was reportedly driving a complet
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] As North Korea begins to implement a science and technology-centered policy in earnest, analysis has emerged that the spread of digital technology is progressing rapidly, with universities utilizing generative artificial intelligence (AI) such as ChatGPT and one in four residents owning a mobile phone. The "2025 Inter-Korean Broadcasting and Communications International Conference," hosted by the Korea Communications Commission, the Korea Information Society Development Institute, and Hanyang University's Unification Education Leading University Project Group
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] Mom's Touch has opened its first franchise store in Japan, sending a signal for full-scale expansion of its local franchise business. The local burger and chicken brand Mom's Touch announced on the 3rd that the first day of opening of 'Mom's Touch BLiX Chigasaki Branch' (hereinafter referred to as Chigasaki Branch), which opened on November 27th in the coastal city of Chigasaki, located 50 minutes by subway from Shibuya, Japan, achieved sales 63% higher than Shibuya Mom's Touch based on the number of seats, successfully completing the opening as the first fra
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] The unauthorized leak of personal information from 33.7 million customer accounts at Coupang, South Korea's largest e-commerce company, is being assessed as the worst data protection crisis in Korean history. The data leak, which included names, phone numbers, email addresses, addresses, and even some order history, is leading analysts to conclude that "three out of four adults were affected," and is fueling calls for accountability from Coupang Chairman Kim Beom-seok, the company's de facto owner and majority shareholder. A disaster of unprecedented scale, c
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] In a quiet act of empathy that reached beyond the visible, employees of Youngone Corporation gathered last Friday at the company’s Seoul headquarters to craft handmade tactile Braille books for visually impaired children. More than sixty employees took part in the volunteer project, carefully assembling picture books designed to be understood through touch. Each page combined embossed Braille with textured materials, allowing children to perceive shapes and imagery through their fingertips—an experience that expands both imagination and sensory awareness. The
[News Space=Reporter seungwon lee] Samsung BioLogics is expected to resume trading on November 24, 2025, following a spin-off and a change in listing, and to create significant upward momentum in its stock price and corporate value. IBK Investment & Securities analyzed that the combined value of Samsung BioLogics and the newly established Samsung Epi Holdings after the spin-off would reach KRW 108.7 trillion, a 25% surge compared to the pre-spinoff level. It also projected that Samsung BioLogics has an additional 71% upside potential. Conversely, while Samsung Epi Holdings faces concerns a
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