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A spectacular show of light, sound and fireworks is filling the night sky at Everland this summer as South Korea’s biggest theme park has launched Time Odyssey, a new illumination fantasy performance. The multimedia show, featuring thousands of flames, mapped images, and other special effects, centers on the theme of life’s race through time and […]

An unhurried cultural revolution is working its way across the world, one that is defying the received idea that faster is better. It is about “savoring the hours and minutes rather than just counting them,” Carl Honoré wrote in his book “In Praise of Slow.” The so-called slow movement can be traced back to Italy […]

“There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort,” Jane Austen wrote in her 1815 novel Emma. That may ring true for many people, but it does not mean that every house or apartment offers the comfort of home. That kind of comfort is made up not only of furniture but also memories – […]

Following last year’s record high temperatures, South Korea was given an early reminder of summer when May warmed up earlier than usual. With local temperatures already reaching the mid-30s Celsius, authorities have been issuing heat advisories earlier than ever. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfImE79dhx4 As the region is expected to see more hot weather early in the summer, there is welcome news from Caribbean Bay, […]

Samsung C&T strives to provide teenagers from different learning environments with many opportunities. Among them is the company’s flagship corporate social responsibility program, Junior C&T Academy, which focuses on helping future generations discover their talents and make their dreams. The program is in its third year, and 1,200 students from 30 middle schools in Korea, […]

When South Korea announced the commercial launch of 5G technology in early April, it was widely reported as the first country to do so. The technology has been hailed for its capacity to offer data speeds around 20 times faster than its 4G predecessor, meaning movie downloads can be measured in seconds and average latency is down to 1 ms […]

In the language of flowers, the link between love and roses is so entwined that it is difficult to pinpoint where it began. From William Shakespeare to Gertrude Stein, writers throughout the ages have etched renowned tributes to this famed flower of late spring. Much earlier, between the 4th and 5th centuries BC, Greeks and […]

It has been a glittering journey for Juun.J: from stunning Paris Men’s Fashion Week in 2007 with its reinvention of traditional attire to earning global acclaim when successfully wrapping up its 13th Paris collection in 2013 and also developing a widespread celebrity fandom. Juun.J was worn by pop sensation BTS during their recent Saturday Night […]

Color is a power which directly influences the soul,” Russian artist Wassily Kandinsky wrote. It should be little surprise, then, that building designers take color so seriously among their many aesthetic considerations. Standing out in a metropolis is a challenge for anyone – or anything. This is where Samsung C&T’s Product Design manager Lee Mi-jin comes […]

Eldor Makhmudov speaks five languages, travels for much of the year, and appears to have a knack for turning “a crisis into an opportunity.” Originally from Uzbekistan, he is also a family man who has made South Korea his home since earning a government scholarship in 2008. He joined Samsung C&T in 2012 as a […]