AI system used to detect fake Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Hermes, Gucci with 99% accuracy
Oct 18, 2021 03:06 am UTC| Life Technology Business
Komehyo Holdings Co., a leading seller of second-hand brand-name goods, is using an artificial intelligence-based mechanism that can identify fakes with a 99 percent accuracy. Yuya Yamauchi, a Komehyo director...
Chanel Korea limits purchases to one bag per year to curb resales
Oct 14, 2021 23:52 pm UTC| Life Economy Business
Chanel Korea has applied the one bag per person per year on its Timeless Classic flap bag, Coco Handle handbag, and small leather goods, mainly wallets, and pouches, to curb resales. The was an increasing number of...
Starbucks Korea sets restrictions on the number of purchases for Halloween goods
Oct 14, 2021 21:35 pm UTC| Life Economy
Starbucks Korea stores have set restrictions on how many of the 23 newly released Halloween goods and merchandise each customer could buy after employees protested its marketing strategy for imposing a heavy...
Desire for healthier food boosts Korea’s exports of kimchi by 13.8% in Jan.-Aug.
Oct 13, 2021 23:40 pm UTC| Life Economy
South Koreas exports of kimchi soared 13.8 percent to US$111.5 million in the first eight months of 2021 according to the data from the Korea Customs Service and the food industry. The robust growing kimchi exports were...
Heinz offers special edition ketchup that may be used as fake blood during Halloween
Oct 13, 2021 23:35 pm UTC| Life Economy
Heinz is embracing its use as a fake blood childhood prop during Halloween by offering a special edition Heinz Tomato Blood Ketchup as part of a costume kit, which also includes vampire teeth and spooky eyelashes among...
With career path to airlines grounded by pandemic, S. Korean airfoce pilots stay put
Oct 13, 2021 03:27 am UTC| Life Economy
There were no expert-level Korean Air Force pilots who applied for discharge this year to work for private airlines due to the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic to the airline industry. The South Korean travel industry...
KFC fans in Japan to miss French fries due to potato shortage
Oct 12, 2021 22:40 pm UTC| Life Economy Business
KFC fans in Japan last weekend were deprived of the comfort food satisfaction theyd been craving for when the fast-food chain ran out of French fries due to potato shortage. The reason was the disruption of the supply...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects