Social Media Minute

1. Local governments intent on rebranding city image in the new year

2. South Korea’s air quality reaches worst level this winter

3. New Jeans comes under attack from Chinese social media users for promoting hanji paper

1. ‘The Glory’ and ‘Reborn Rich’ latest victims of illegal distribution and sales in China

2. Fried chicken franchise to offer American couple 1-year voucher for helping stranded Korean travelers

3. Historian reveals on TV show that Pocahontas is Edward Norton’s 12th great-grandmother

1. Large-scale venues designed for K-pop concerts to open in Seoul metropolitan area

2. Mainland China music fans willing to pay a fortune to see Blackpink concert in Hong Kong

3. Winter heat records smashed all over Europe

1. Relics believed to be from the Goyreo Dynasty identified in the Cheong Wa Dae grounds

2. Danuri sends back stunning black-and-white photos of the moon's surface and Earth

3. Egypt repatriates looted ancient Green Coffin sarcophagus from US

1. Chilgokhalmae font trends thanks to President Yoon's new year's greeting card

2. IU, Jung Kook among Rolling Stone's 200 greatest singers of all time

3. 16th century French astrologer's gloomy predictions for 2023

1. New Year’s celebrations: How the world rang in 2023

2. Mother in Gwangju gives birth to triplets at the stroke of midnight 2023

3. Notable deaths in final hour of 2022: celebrated photographer Kim Jung-man, trailblazing U.S. news anchor Barbara Walters

1. Lee Seung Gi donates 2 billion KRW to Seoul National University Children's Hospital

2. Pelé, Brazil’s king of ‘beautiful game,’ has died

3. Kabul professor tears up diplomas on live TV to protest Taliban ban on women’s education

1. Translation app gets Korean restaurant menu upgrade

2. NCT 127 to ring in the new year on CNN’s “New Year’s Eve Live”

3. A mother’s heartwarming story about Messi meeting her son shows why Messi is the G.O.A.T

1. Another victim of Japan's wartime atrocities dies, reducing the number of surviving "comfort women" to 10

2. 'Squid Game' director, lead actor receive cultural merit award

3. Rishi Sunak mocked for ‘excruciating’ exchange with homeless man

1. S. Korean travelers get invited into a stranger’s home on Xmas eve after being stranded in snow storm

2. S. Korea reports first case of brain-eating amoeba infection

3. Maya Ruiz-Picasso, the eldest daughter of Picasso and keeper of his legacy, has died