Social Media Minute

1. Saudi Arabia faces setbacks in plan to host 2029 Winter Asian Games

2. Kim Kardashian embraces K-culture during visit to South Korea

3. Croatian freediver sets world record with 29-minute breath hold

1. Psy’s “Summer Swag” concert brings spending boost worth billions of won to Sokcho

2. Elderly long-term prisoners in South Korea ask to be sent to North Korea before they die

3. Fireball bright as the moon lights up the night sky over western Japan

1. In Washington, Zelensky and Trump recall February’s tense suit debate, this time with humor

2. Jeju’s Haenyeo divers clock record-breaking underwater times, rivaling even some marine mammals

3. Nadeen Ayoub becomes the first woman to bring Palestine to Miss Universe, with a message of strength and resilience

1. Ongoing heatwave leaves rural South Korea with tap water too warm for daily use

2. Swatch apologizes after ad sparks backlash in China over racist imagery

3. Singer and entertainer Kim Jong-kook announces he’s getting married

1. Singer Sean completes 81.5 kilometer marathon to help build homes for descendants of independence fighters

2. Insooni becomes the first Korean in 25 years to receive Pearl S. Buck International’s Woman of Influence Award

3. ChatGPT-5 sparks backlash as users say the upgrade feels worse than before

1. Oasis faces backlash in Korea over rising sun imagery and past racist remarks ahead of Seoul concert

2. Supreme Court of Korea upholds Pinkfong(핑크퐁)’s win in Baby Shark lawsuit, says no copyright was infringed

3. AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton says urges scientists to give machines “motherly compassion” instead of forcing them to “submit” to humans

1. AI care robot in Daejeon detects suicide risk in elderly resident and alerts police

2. In Silicon Valley, parents pay big money to choose the “smartest” future child through embryo IQ testing

3. AirAsia flight from Kuala Lumpur lands at wrong airport in Korea, leaves passengers stranded for hours

1. Deleting KakaoTalk messages, from 5 minutes to 24 hours

2. Programmers and unemployment

3. Apple favoring ChatGPT on the App Store…lawsuit to be filed

1. Elderly man vandalizes palace gate with 'message to Trump'

2. China says the development of the world's first gestation robot expected within a year

3. Homeless man turns his life around after deciding to run race in flip-flops while intoxicated

1. A century-old Korean flag returns home alongside stories of liberation and women freedom fighters

2. More than 3 million Koreans sign end-of-life directives as support grows to allow treatment withdrawal earlier in the dying process

3. New U.S. quarter honors Stacey Park Milburn, the first person of Korean descent to appear on American currency