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XRP Rides the Korean Wave South Korean investors appear to be swarming towards Ripple (XRP), with trading volume for the altcoin rising across various exchanges, including leading platforms like Upbit, Bithumb, and Korbit. The XRP/KRW trading pair currently holds 14.76% of all trading volume on Bithumb, making Ripple the second largest traded cryptocurrency on the platform, just behind Bitcoin. Similar scenarios are unfolding on Korbit, where Ripple, too, holds the second spot in trading volume. With Ripple’s current…

Handbags displayed in a Chanel SA store window at the Avenuel department store, operated by Lotte Shopping Co Ltd., in Seoul, South Korea, on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021.SeongJoon Cho | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesWhether it's calf-leather Italian Prada bags or classic, checkered British Burberry trench coats, South Koreans are the world's biggest spenders on personal luxury goods per capita, Morgan Stanley said.The investment bank estimated South Korean total spending on personal luxury goods grew 24% in 2022 to $16.8 billion, or…

In the aftermath of the Itaewon Halloween crowd crush that killed at least 158 people, North Korea’s APT37 state-sponsored hacking group took advantage of a previously unknown Internet Explorer vulnerability to install malware on the devices of South Koreans who were trying to find out about the tragedy, according to Google’s Threat Analysis Group. The team became aware of the recent attack on October 31st after multiple South Koreans uploaded a malicious Microsoft Office document to the company’s VirusTotal tool. APT37…

Image Source : FREEPIK iPhone users South Koreans are ditching home-grown tech giant Samsung's Galaxy phones for iPhones over the gaming controversy, says a new report. According to SamMobile, a video from South Korea shows that the entire GOS controversy that unfolded earlier this year made many people switch from Galaxy devices to iPhones. As per the report, it…

Last updated: October 8th, 2022 at 17:43 UTC+02:00 Samsung has a solid and loyal customer base in its home country of South Korea. As it’s the country’s largest conglomerate, and one of the most innovative companies in the world, citizens rightly view it as a matter of pride to support this homegrown behemoth. However, that still doesn’t give Samsung a pass to pull a fast one over its customers. A rather interesting video from South Korea shows that the entire GOS controversy that unfolded earlier this year made many…

Solana wants to aid the wounded areas of South Korean crypto investors post-disaster of Terra The global cryptocurrency market received the most disastrous news about the instability of a stablecoin, Terra (LUNA), in May 2022. Crypto investors incurred massive losses in their crypto wallets due to some horrified mistakes of the Terra Founder, Do Kwon, in South Korea. Now, there is a relief coming for Terra crypto investors, especially those who are South Koreans, from another popular cryptocurrency known as…