한국 Lemmy 커뮤니티 / Korea Lemmy community

Hello. I am from Korea. I heard of Lemmy while I was browsing the Korean community DCinside. I thought lemmy.world was "the" Lemmy community. But it turns out each community is hosted by different people, which are divided into smaller communities?

Lemmy is not well known in South Korea. To be honest I don't really know how this federated system works. But I do hope people can take a look at communities not funded by corporate.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/11193156

A Danish report on Thursday said that adoptions of children from South Korea to Denmark in the 1970s and 1980s was “characterized by systematic illegal behavior” in the Asian country.

These violations, the report said, made it “possible to change information about a child’s background and adopt a child without the knowledge of the biological parents.”

The report was the latest in a dark chapter of international adoptions. In 2013, the government in Seoul started requiring foreign adoptions to go through family courts. The move ended the decadeslong policy of allowing private agencies to dictate child relinquishments, transfer of custodies and emigration.

The Danish Appeals Board, which supervises international adoptions, said there was “an unfortunate incentive structure where large sums of money were transferred between the Danish and South Korean organizations” over the adoption

It'd be funny if it weren't so tragic. Korea has the lowest fertility rate in the world and it has many reasons, 4th quater last year was 0.6 children per woman. Here is one of the reasons:

I'm a stay at home dad and I'll need to go back to work in 4 months. We're both foreigners so our son is foreigner too even if he was born in Korea. We called the nursery which is close to us here and they said there a 30 babies in line but that doesn't even matter, because as foreigners we are not allowed to be in that line anyway.

So I have two options, either hire a nanny which will consume most of what I'm making probably, or don't go to work, which is probably what I'll have to do, which is problematic for more than just the money reason. If this continues, I guess moving back to Europe will become a necessity more than just a wish from my side.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/9547028

The latest forecast by Statistics Korea puts the population in 2072 at 36.2 million, a 30% decline from the current 51.7 million, even though the fertility rate may recover a bit to 0.68 in 2026. The population is expected to fall every year starting in 2025.

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/4712637

Archived copies of the article archive.today web.archive.org

Renewable energy accounted for 8.9 percent of South Korea’s electricity generation mix in 2022, which is the lowest among major economies.

It is difficult for hotels to hire staff because of the typically heavy workloads and comparatively low compensation.

Isn't the solution obvious? I don't think they can do much about the heavy workload without more people working for them. But they can do something about the comparatively low compensation.

Covid changed even Influenza testing. Yesterday I went to the doctor here in Korea because I was feeling sick for over 3 days already and they asked if I want a test. I didn't quite understand for what and thought it's necessary so I said yes. It was the same as for Covid, they tickle your brain with a stick through your nose. After 5 minutes the test came back negative, I don't have Influenza. They charged me $28, I guess most of it was for the test itself, the rest should have been covered by my insurance.

We're still not married, but will probably be able to marry next year or in 2 years and add to that number.

He was convicted under a law that prohibits public praise of North Korea.

I had no idea there was such a law in South Korea. Free speech my ass. In Germany they have also surprising anti free speech laws.

Korea's beer imports from China plunged more than 40 percent last month from a year earlier following the release of a viral video showing a man urinating into a tank at Tsingtao Brewery, the customs office said Thursday.

I'm just looking at Koreans eating donkatsu (Schnitzel) and it is eaten here with fork and knife. 90% of them hold the fork in their right hand, which is interesting and the opposite from what I've been fought as a child.

Where I live on the west-coast of Canada, alleys are dirty and disgusting. Most people don't go into the alleys. I think this is common is a lot of cities in Canada and the U.S.

In Korea however, alleys tend to be clean and utilized.

Here is a photo of a Korean alley in Hapjeong (합정) in the Gangbuk (강북) area in Seoul in Korea from October 2019:

Korea has an Uber like service called: Tada (타다).

The photo is of a Tada (타다) vehicle which drove by while I was in Korea in November 2019.

This is a reply to this post:
https://jemmy.jeena.net/post/226905

(I could not to reply to it directly. So writing this as a separate post.)

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Back in October 2019, after becoming aware of Korean fortune tellers — I became curious about them, and investigated them a bit.

(I go to Korea frequently. For example, I just got back from Korea 2 days ago.)

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I think some of these Korean fortune tellers function as a kind of therapist.

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I took notes about Korean fortune tellers (back then).

I posted my notes elsewhere at the time. I'll re-post them here:....

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Fortune Tellers seem to be popular in some parts of Korea with some individuals.

Not everyone sees them, or believes in their powers. But many seem too.

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For those Koreans who believe in the power in Fortune Tellers…

Some see their Fortune Teller whenever they are worrying about something.

While others might only see a Fortune Teller for a special event.

For example: figuring out a “good” date for a wedding ceremony.

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I suspect these Korean Fortune Tellers often function as a kind of Therapist.

Although mixed with supernatural aspects.

These Fortune Tellers have books they consult.

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I think there may be economic incentives to focus on negative aspects of the customer's life, which keeps customers returning for more sessions.

So perhaps something else these Fortune Tellers have in common with Therapists.

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These Korean Fortune Tellers tend to be single unmarried women.

Apparently the Fortune Teller being single & unmarried is important for their powers for some reason. Something to do with their “third eye”.

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From what I was told, being a Fortune Teller is quite lucrative, so there are economic pressures (i.e., “golden handcuffs”) for these Korean Fortune Teller women to remain single & unmarried.

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Although there are some married (female) Korean Fortune Tellers.

And there are even some male Korean Fortune Tellers.

So although most Korean Fortune Tellers are single unmarried women. Not all are.

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These Korean Fortune Tellers often give out yellow piece of paper.

They are talisman

In Korean: “bujeog” (부적)

What I was told was that the Korean Fortune Teller puts “mojo” into the yellow paper.

And a Fortune Teller can put more (or less) “mojo” in these yellow papers.

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This is what (some of) the Korean fortune tellers books, that they consult when giving a fortune telling, look like.

This particular (male) Korean fortune teller did not give any talisman. Just provided the fortune telling.

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There are Korean fortune teller locations all over the place in Seoul.

I don't know if all locations are like this, but this particular location looked like a restaurant inside.

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The process at this Korean fortune teller location seemed to be:…

• customers comes inside & has seat at a table,

• customers order drinks,

• fortune teller eventually comes over and tells the fortune of everyone at the table.

You pay like at a regular restaurant.

Here in Korea I see a lot of fortune tellers and they even have quite many customers for some reason.

It's obviously a scam, but you see especially coupples sitting there and the boys pretending to be interested 😅

The pictures I just took in Jeonju Hanok Village.

There is a Dinosaur Park (공룡공원) for kids in Daegu (대구) in Korea.

It has a number of different animatronic dinosaurs. You will see a giant Brachiosaurus as you walk towards the Dinosaur Park. And, as you walk through the park, will see many other animatronic dinosaurs — including Stegosaurus, Tyrannosaurus, Spinosaurus. There are also a number of non-animatronic dinosaurs — including a pair of Pachycephalosaurus. A more.