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The crude oil price roller coaster and its impact

December 30, 2021

It’s been a rollercoaster ride for international crude oil prices during the COVID-19 pandemic. When you look at a graph of the last five years, you can see that they plummeted in early 2020 at the same time as the pandemic struck. To further illustrate the point, consider that back in October the price of […]

Everland’s Snow Buster slides in bringing winter fun

December 29, 2021

The Snow Buster is probably visitors’ favorite attraction at Everland during the winter months. This collection of three sledding courses has something for everybody, from thrill-seeker rides to ones that are safe for the whole family. Whooshing into the present While the Snow Buster has been very popular in recent years, Everland has a long […]

Everland’s Winter Wishes celebration spreads holiday cheer

December 27, 2021

To celebrate the year’s end, the Everland theme park is doing it big! Its Winter Wishes festival has something for everyone: beautiful scenery to admire, Santa and Rudolph to meet, delicious treats to taste and share, and music and light shows to enjoy. The theme this year is hope and thanks, and people will find […]

Juun.J and Goretex make dark gorpcore together

December 23, 2021

In 2017, a writer at The Cut, a style site run by New York magazine, was looking for a word to describe what he saw as a new fashion trend: the appearance on city streets of clothes usually worn for mountain climbing, trekking and ski trips. Not finding an existing term, he created a new one, […]

Key materials for electric vehicle components

December 21, 2021

The message from the world’s biggest auto shows this year has been clear – the world’s largest automakers are placing a huge priority on electric vehicles (EVs). For instance, almost all of the top cars touted at IAA Mobility 2021 were EVs. In fact, Europe’s Car of the Year 2022 will probably be electric, and we’re talking approachable […]

The new Turbo Solutions Group keeps things turning

December 16, 2021

When turbines turn smoothly, the wheels of business do likewise. Conversely, a problem with a turbine can throw a spanner in the works of a company. Samsung C&T Engineering & Construction’s Turbo Solutions Group is a team of specialists whose goal is to achieve stable trial operation through the inspection, vibration diagnosis and analysis both […]

KANGHYUK wins prestigious fashion SFDF award for the second time

December 9, 2021

KANGHYUK has done it again. The creative duo of Choi Kang-hyuk and Shon Sang-lak, who last year burst onto the fashion scene with eye-popping creations made using automobile airbag fabric, again won the Samsung Fashion & Design Fund (SFDF), taking home the prestigious award for the second year in a row. Shon Sang-lak (left) and […]

From glut to shortage: Getting natural gas back on track

December 8, 2021

Winter is coming, at least for the Northern Hemisphere, and with the cold weather months come concerns about natural gas. Global liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices have been on a rollercoaster this year – for instance, Asia LNG spot prices jumped 40 percent last month to reach a record high of over $56 per million British thermal […]

Everland welcomes new animal births

December 6, 2021

Korea’s largest theme park Everland has welcomed the births of several members of rare species in the last two years. It is always happy news when there are new births among them, not just because baby animals are cute, but because the more the merrier. Breeding tigers of all stripes Last June, Everland’s Siberian tiger […]

Chosen by design: Top fashion ideas from their creators

November 30, 2021

The end of the year is a time of gift-buying and giving. It is often hard to make a choice about what to give a loved one – or how to treat yourself with something nice. This is especially true when it comes to buying clothes and accessories, so it is good to seek advice […]