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Every wedding season, online communities for newlyweds in Korea buzz with a familiar question: Is it a bad idea to attend a funeral before my wedding? Rooted in a traditional belief that attending a funeral before major life events can bring bad luck, the superstition remains surprisingly resilient among young Koreans even in 2026. In a recent post on Blind, an anonymous online community for office workers, a man set to marry later this month said he had an argument with his fiancee after attend

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How Setlog became Korea’s unexpected new blind date tool

Dating in South Korea once followed a familiar playbook: a friend or colleague arranged a blind date, profiles and photos were exchanged over KakaoTalk, a few polite messages followed and two strangers met over coffee or dinner to decide whether there was chemistry. Now, some young Koreans are trying a different route: watching short clips of each other’s daily lives before deciding whether to meet at all. The trend is known as “Setlog blind dating,” a matchmaking format built around Setlog, a s

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On Blind, US workers fear layoffs while Koreans debate bonuses

In Silicon Valley, Blind has become a virtual space where tech workers ask who might be laid off next. The anonymous workplace platform, where employees verify their employer via company email before posting under company tags, has drawn attention in the US for its Tech Layoff Tracker, which lists confirmed and rumored job cuts. The New York Times recently highlighted Blind as a window into the souring mood across Big Tech. In South Korea, where Blind first took off before expanding to the US, t

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앤 해서웨이 "왼쪽 눈, 10년간 사실상 실명 상태"…이 질환 때문?

배우 앤 해서웨이(44)가 약 10년간 왼쪽 눈이 사실상 실명 상태였다고 고백했다. 앤 해서웨이는 지난달 22일(이하 현지시간) 뉴욕타임스(NYT)의 '팝 캐스트'에 출연해 자신의 건강 문제에 대해 밝혔다. 이날 방송에서 해서웨이는 "저는 지난 10년 동안 법적 실명 상태(Legally half blind)였다"고 고백했다. 미국 사회보장국(SAA)은 교정 시력 0.1 이하이거나 시야가 극도로 좁아진 경우 '법적 실명 상태'로 판단한다. 해서웨이는 "조기 백내장이 발병해 내 시력에 큰 영향을 미쳤다. 그야말로 왼쪽 시력을 거의 잃은 상태였다"고 설명했다....

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