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Wed, July 24, 2019 | 11:29

'Crunch mode' for overtime in games industry

Since Moon Jae-in was elected President in 2017, the ruling Democratic Party of Korea and the Ministry of Employment and Labor have enacted and amended many labor laws. Accordingly, a lot of labor issues have arisen in various industries, and their biggest impact was felt by the computer game industry.

2019-07-06 09:21

There is such a thing as Bitcoin

Once there was a boy who learned that there was a dragon living in his house. He told his mother, “Mom, there's a dragon in the house!” But his mother told him “Son, there's no such thing as dragons.” Little by little the dragon got bigger and bigger until it took up half of the house. But still the boy's mother told him again and again, “There's no such thing as dragons.” Ev...

2019-06-29 18:05

Before you install and use a fancy font

It is commonly thought that using proprietary fonts for non-profit, personal purposes does not constitute copyright infringement. However, the scope of such non-commercial use of fonts is much more limited than the public may think. Special caution must be particularly exercised when using downloadable free font files from the internet to decorate social network accounts, blo...

2019-04-01 13:36

Steps for better bicycle-sharing services

As in other countries, bicycle-sharing services in Korea have also become big business. Seoul Metropolitan Government officially began its own service named “Ddareungi (따릉이)” or “Seoul's bike” in 2015, and several companies now also provide similar services.

2019-03-02 09:33

Flexible devices and the problem of battery safety

The CES (International Consumer Electronics Show) is an annual technology gift for tech lovers all around the world. One of the most notable devices at the 2019 CES was LG's rollable OLED TV.

2019-02-16 09:39

Recent trends in gaming industry regulations

A few years ago, a panel of celebrities on a TV show was asked to rank Korea's cultural contents industry exports in terms of sales volume. The categories were movies, music, and electronic games, the last of which turned out to be the clear winner. Panel members expressed great surprise, as they seemed not to believe that video game industry sales could outrank movies and K-...

2019-01-13 14:58

Handy tips for using ride-sharing services

The business-to-consumer ride-sharing market in Korea has rapidly increased and 5 million people here have used such a service. The whole process can be controlled by a smartphone application and you do not need to see or speak to anyone from the rental company.

2018-12-29 09:25

Smart factories and pending Personal Video Information Protection Act

One of my clients is a software development start-up that is jumping on the bandwagon of the deep learning Smart Factory system. In the course of developing an automatic system to analyze the progress of shipbuilding for a leading Korean shipbuilder, a system that applies deep-learning mechanisms, the company designed an analysis methodology where the on-site shipbuilding pro...

2018-12-15 10:48

The relationship between 'smart contracts' and vending machines

Our lives are closely related to contracts. Let's take my way to work today as an example. I turned on a music streaming app and left home listening to music. I entered the subway station by checking in with my transport card. I was thirsty, so I bought some water from the vending machine on the subway platform. I bought a sandwich from the store in front of my office. All th...

2018-11-18 14:52

Copyright issues for playing recorded music in public

We hear music all around us in our everyday lives. There is music, not played directly by us, in all sorts of public places such as shopping malls, cafes, restaurants, clothing stores and gyms, and we recognize it as a normal part of our social environment. However, is this music played legally? Many people don't know, not even the business owners who play the music.

2018-11-10 10:15

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