Social Media Minute

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Social Media Minute episodes

November 01, 2022 Social Media Minute 10/31/2022
1. Foreign media cover Halloween tragedy as headline news
2. South Korea mourns victims of Halloween crush
3. Festivals, parties canceled in aftermath of Itaewon tragedy

15 min
October 28, 2022 Social Media Minute 10/28/2022
1. BTS Jin arrives in Buenos Aires, rehearses with Coldplay ahead of Sat. concert
2. Price of beloved winter street snacks continue to go up as food prices soar
3. Small rural elementary schools come together to host joint sports day
18 min
October 27, 2022 Social Media Minute 10/27/2022
1. Habsburg collection of 600 years comes to Korea
2. ‘Deepfakes’ of celebrities have begun appearing in ads, with or without their permission
3. Emperor penguins to receive endangered species protections
16 min
October 26, 2022 Social Media Minute 10/26/2022
1. Sejong Center for the Performing Arts to build theater exclusively for opera
2. Corporate America moves to cancel Kanye West
3. Fossil fuel protesters cover King Charles III waxwork with chocolate cake at Madame Tussauds
16 min
October 25, 2022 Social Media Minute 10/25/2022
1. Getty Images labels Korean hanbok and fan dance as “Chinese”
2. Korean Air flight with 162 passengers suffers runway overrun in Cebu
3. Salman Rushdie has lost sight in one eye, use of one hand
11 min
October 24, 2022 Social Media Minute 10/24/2022
1. Kim Yuna and Ko Woo Rim say “I do”

2. Seoul city to push smoking, drinking ban at Han River parks, strong backlash expected

3. Turbulence on “nightmare flight” injures 12 when 'everyone just went flying'
14 min
October 21, 2022 Social Media Minute 10/21/2022
1. S. Koreans furiously boycott SPC Group products after shocking death of a factory worker
2. New data shows the next pandemic may come from melting glaciers
3. Where have all the men in Moscow gone?
15 min
October 20, 2022 Social Media Minute 10/20/2022
1. Iranian climber who competed without hijab met by jubilant crowds in Tehran
2. Illegal gamblers fail to get alert memo, get caught during KakaoTalk fire outage
3. Red Velvet Irene lookalike virtual model causes controversy over ownership of personality rights
16 min
October 19, 2022 Social Media Minute 10/19/2022
1. New movie on Kim Jong-un: “Let them eat spaghetti, cheese and champagne”
2. Polish mother-daughter biz duo create buzz with homemade kimchi products
3. Drought-hit Mississippi River reveals 19th-century trading ship
16 min
October 18, 2022 Social Media Minute 10/18/2022
1. BTS members to embark on mandatory military service
2. The inspiration for Pixar’s ‘Mamá Coco’ dies at 109
3. Helen, world’s second oldest gorilla, dies at 64
14 min