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☆ The company behind the unbearably spicy instant ramen that sparked countless food-eating challenges went through 2 tons of sauce and 1,200 chickens to perfect its flavor
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

AdvertisementThe two couldn't handle the spiciness, but Kim still believed there was a market for a spicier ramen. "We have to do a ramen version of this," she recalled to WSJ. According to Kim, Samyang's food development team took months to perfect the flavor, going through 1,200 chickens and two tons of sauce. Kim herself initially couldn't handle the spiciness of Buldak — its original flavor rated at around 4,000 Scoville Heat Units. Costco also has been selling Buldak at some West Coast locations and is considering expanding the ramen's availability throughout the US, Samyang told the publication.

Persons: —, Kim Jung, soo, Kim, Buldak, Samyang Organizations: Service, Business, Wall Street, Walmart, Costco Locations: South Korean, Korea, West Coast

☆ North Korea's new ICBM looks and works an awful lot like a Russian ICBM, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-19 | by ( Kenneth Niemeyer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

North Korea tested its new Hwasong-18 intercontinental ballistic missile last month. The new IBCM uses "solid-fueled" technology, elevating the threat posed by North Korea. The North Korean Hwasong-18 ICBM was among them. It is a nuclear-capable missile that the country developed in defiance of the UN's attempt to regulate North Korea's nuclear weapons program. The report says the Hwasong-18 is a solid-fueled ICBM, different from the liquid-fueled ICBMs that North Korea has tested over the past few years.

Persons: thinktank, Kim Jung Un Organizations: Service, Strategic, International Studies, CSIS Locations: Korea, North Korea, Russia, Wall, Silicon, Washington, DC, Korean, Russian, United States

☆ Germany exit Women's World Cup after draw with South Korea
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BRISBANE, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Twice former winners Germany crashed out in the opening phase of the Women's World Cup for the first time after being held to a 1-1 draw with South Korea in their final Group H match on Thursday. Casey Phair, who became the Women's World Cup's youngest ever player earlier in the tournament, almost gave the Koreans the lead when the 16-year-old saw her second minute effort pushed onto the post by goalkeeper Merle Frohms. Germany were frustrated by the hard-pressing Koreans, but in the 42nd minute the former champions levelled as Popp out-jumped the defence to meet Svenja Huth's right wing cross and loop her header beyond Kim Jung-mi. Voss-Tecklenburg's side threw everything forward after the interval, with Popp's 57th minute header ruled out on review by VAR as the striker strayed offside following a clever flick by Lea Schuller. Reporting by Michael Church, editing by Pritha SarkarOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Cho, hyun, Alexandra Popp, Casey Phair, Merle Frohms, Colin Bell's, Lee Young, Popp, Svenja, Kim Jung, Lea Schuller, Kim, Sydney Lohmann thumped, Michael Church, Pritha Sarkar Organizations: BRISBANE, Germany, South, Thomson Locations: South Korea, Colombia, Perth, Germany, Voss

☆ Casey Phair: US-born South Korea forward becomes youngest player in World Cup history
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Tara Subramaniam | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —South Korea forward Casey Phair on Tuesday became the youngest ever player to appear at the World Cup – just 26 days after celebrating her 16th birthday. Phair is the first player of mixed heritage to be selected for a Korean World Cup squad, according to Reuters. After announcing her selection, South Korea coach Colin Bell said it was his duty to protect the teenager from the glare of publicity. South Korea next face Morocco in Adelaide on Sunday. Norman Whiteside is the youngest player to appear at the men’s World Cup, representing Northern Ireland in 1982 at age 17 and 41 days.

Persons: Casey Phair, Chiejine, Phair, Kim Jung, Colin Bell, Norman Whiteside Organizations: CNN, Tuesday, South, FIFA, Reuters, Northern Ireland Locations: South Korea, South, Colombia, Sydney, Korea, Morocco, Adelaide, Northern

☆ 2023 Women’s World Cup: South Korea’s Park Eun-seon almost quit soccer after gender controversy
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Gawon Bae | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Park playing against Brazil in the 2003 Women's World Cup. The striker is now set to star for South Korea at the 2023 Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. “Personally, I want to keep her like a flower in a greenhouse until the World Cup,” Bell said in April, hinting at a possible World Cup call-up for the 36-year-old striker this summer that has now been confirmed. ‘I scored a goal in the World Cup!’ I want this to be an opportunity where I can make this come true,” she said of her World Cup hopes. The 16-year-old was born in the US and, according to Reuters, is the first player of mixed heritage to be selected for a Korean World Cup squad.

Persons: –, ”, “, Al Messerschmidt, Jeon, Park, Lee Jin, ” Jeon, Colin Bell, Bell, Kim Jung, ” Bell, ‘, Casey Phair Organizations: CNN, CNN Sport, Changdeok Girls, Seoul Football Association, South, Brazil, Young, – Seoul, Amazones, Korean, Human Rights, Seoul Sport, Korea Women’s Football Federation, Seoul City Amazones, WK League, Rossiyanska, Devils, Zambia, “, Korea Football Federation, Columbia Locations: “, Swedish, South Korean, France, Norway, Korean, Seoul, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Russian, Canada

☆ Russia revives oil exports to North Korea as US sounds alarm on more arms sales for Ukraine war
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Filip De Mott | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Russia has revived its oil trade with long-time ally North Korea as the Kremlin's war on Ukraine drags on. Russia has exported 67,000 barrels of oil to North Korea since December, a UN report said. North Korea has been accused of sending Russia weapons for its war in Ukraine. A State Department spokesperson told Reuters that the US had confirmed North Korea delivered weapons, including rockets and missiles, to the Russia's Wagner mercenary group in November. The UN has banned North Korea from selling arms, though it has reportedly provided weapons to Iran, Syria, and Uganda.

Persons: —, Wagner, Kim Jung Un, Vladimir Putin Organizations: UN, Service, Russia, United, Bloomberg, State Department, Reuters, US, Slovakian, North Korean Locations: Russia, North Korea, Ukraine, United Nations, Pyongyang, Moscow, Korea, Iran, Syria, Uganda

☆ Why is the US sending a nuclear submarine to South Korea?
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( Brad Lendon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Seoul, South Korea CNN —When the presidents of the United States and South Korea this week announced a landmark deal to deter North Korean aggression, one element of the pact stood out. Here’s what you need to know about the submarine and why it’s heading to South Korea. The Nuclear Threat Initiative at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies estimates that each Trident missile can carry four nuclear warheads, meaning each US ballistic missile submarine could be carrying about 80 nuclear warheads. One arriving in South Korea on a port visit – which must be arranged 24 to 48 hours in advance – would be far more visible, giving North Korea an advantage, Schuster said. Kim’s threats have prompted some in South Korea to call for Seoul to become a nuclear-armed power itself.

☆ Trump defends Kim Jong Un after recent missile tests, and says he has a right to feel threatened by US military drills in South Korea
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-22 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Donald Trump said North Korea's Kim Jong Un feels 'threatened' by military exercises. He went on to complain that South Korea "pays us very little to do these extremely expensive and provocative drills. A man watches a TV screen showing North Korea's missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul. The tests were a warning to South Korea and the US over extensive military exercises planned over the next few weeks, North Korea said. In response, South Korea, Japan and the US staged joint air drills featuring a strategic bomber and stealth fighters.

☆ Lensa, the AI portrait app, has soared in popularity. But many artists question the ethics of AI art.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( Morgan Sung | Morgan Sung Is A Trends Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +12 min

Social media has been flooded with Lensa AI portraits, from photorealistic paintings to more abstract illustrations. In a lengthy Twitter thread posted Tuesday morning, Prisma addressed concerns of AI art replacing art by actual artists. For some artists, AI models are a creative tool. While the value of art is subjective, the crux of the AI art controversy is the right to privacy. Without decades of examples to learn from, he said, the AI images that looked just like his illustrations would never exist.

☆ Ex-South Korean leader plans to give up dogs from North Korea's Kim
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Hyonhee Shin | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] South Korean President Moon Jae-in and first lady Kim Jung-sook hold puppies born from a hunting dog gifted from North Korea, in Seoul, South Korea November 25, 2018 in this image obtained November 27, 2018 from South Korean Presidential Office/Handout/via REUTERSSEOUL, Nov 7 (Reuters) - South Korea's former President Moon Jae-in said on Monday he plans to give up a pair of dogs sent by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as a gift following their 2018 summit, citing a lack of support from his successor. The dogs are legally categorised as state property belonging to the presidential archives, but Moon's office said he was entrusted as their caretaker under consultations with the archives and the interior ministry, an unprecedented decision. But that effort fell apart due to "unexplained opposition" from the administration of incumbent President Yoon Suk-yeol, Moon's office said. "The presidential office seems to be negative toward entrusting the management of the Pungsan dogs to former President Moon," Moon's office said on Facebook. The interior ministry, which oversees the presidential archives, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

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