Emotional vaccine: 3 ways we can move from 'languishing' to 'flourishing' in these testing times
Sep 27, 2021 23:34 pm UTC| Life
If youre feeling uninspired, stagnant and joyless, youre not alone. A sense of languishing is one of the dominant emotions of 2021 as we navigate life in an ongoing pandemic and process other terrible world events...
Twitter courts high-profile users with bitcoin tips and NFT verification
Sep 24, 2021 19:19 pm UTC| Digital Currency Economy Life
Twitter began allowing influencers to get tips in bitcoin and is working on a system to offer NFT verification as it steps up its wooing of the content creators essential to drawing online crowds. The platform has been...
S. Koreans import twice more dogs and cats than in 2019 amid pandemic
Sep 23, 2021 20:25 pm UTC| Life Economy
South Koreans imported 7,961 dogs and 2,280 cats this year, twice more from two years ago as they spend more time at home due to the pandemic, according to the regional customs office in Incheon. The said number of dogs...
Sep 18, 2021 23:42 pm UTC| Life Economy
Expensive fruits, such as Shine Muscat grapes and apple mangos, are selling briskly in South Korea, prompting farmers to switch to these new crops. Shinsegae Department Store reported that its Chuseok holiday gift box...
Star Flyer may allow pet owners to bring dogs, cats into passenger cabin
Sep 18, 2021 23:29 pm UTC| Life Economy
Japanese airline Star Flyer is thinking of allowing pet owners to bring their dogs and cats in the passenger cabin on domestic flights beginning next year. Star Flyer plans to test the new service on flights between...
Hyundai exec says flying vehicles are the ultimate solution for hyper urbanization
Sep 08, 2021 23:56 pm UTC| Life Economy
Hyundai Motor executive Shin Jai-won prompted businesses and governments to work together to open up the skyway for urban air mobility (UAM), which he dubbed as the ultimate solution to the side effects of hyper...
Marvel to drop NFTs of Captain America statues, Amazing Spider-Man #1 comic
Sep 01, 2021 23:38 pm UTC| Digital Currency Life
Marvel will honor Captain Americas 80th anniversary with an NFT drop of action figures when he appeared in his debut comic back in 1941 while launching a fully-readable NFT comic for The Amazing Spider-Man #1. The comic...
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