Lotte World Tower is a 554.5-meter-high skyscraper in Seoul, South Korea, which attracts not only because of its height (it is the tallest building in East Asia) and unusual shape, but also because of the elevator, which is considered the fastest in the world. The building was officially opened on April 3, 2017, and the first lucky ones already had the opportunity to enter the fastest elevator in the world and experience a record-breaking fast ascent to the observation deck with an imposing view.
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The fate of most Olympic facilities is cruel. This was also confirmed by the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, where the facilities are crumbling miserably after the withdrawal of athletes, spectators and cameras. The saddest image is shown by the famous Maracana stadium, where the finals of the World Cup were held in 2014, and the opening and closing ceremonies of the Summer Olympics took place here last summer. Meanwhile, the Olympic venues in PyeongChang, which will host the 2018 Winter Olympics, are getting their beautiful look.
Electronic payment is increasingly replacing cash, especially in South Korea, which is considered one of the most technologically advanced countries, where only 20 percent of payments are made with paper money. So it is not surprising that they want to get rid of coins as soon as possible. They want to withdraw them from circulation by 2020. A similar fate awaits banknotes.
North Korea is the most hermetically sealed, most isolated and most secretive country in the world. This is also evidenced by the findings of the security engineer of the Uber mobile application, Matthew Bryant, who after an error in North Korea's web system (an error occurred in the configuration of the servers) was able to get hold of the list of all websites with a North Korean domain (.kp). He was surprised to find that North Koreans can only access 28 websites!
North Korea has a hermetically sealed border and is considered one of the most isolated and secretive countries. We know very little about her. It is the most militaristic country in the world, as it has a total of over nine million members of the army, reservists and other paramilitary units. But in the age of information technology, it is increasingly difficult to hide the situation in the country and away from the prying eyes of the foreign public. Most of the images that come out of the country into the world are approved by the authorities, but not the photos of Michał Huniewicz, who managed to get permission to enter the country and take many illegal photos in North Korea.
The Laibach group will be the first foreign music group to perform in the otherwise hermetically sealed North Korea, where on August 19 and 20, 2015, two concerts are promised in the capital Pyongyang. He will be there as part of the Liberation Day Tour, and the date of the performances coincides with the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Korean Peninsula from Japanese occupation, which divided Korea in half, so that even today they are seen as dog and cat.
Moon Hoon Architecture Bureau in Korea recently finished building an unusual Star Wars-style house. The playful facade and lively interior remind us of the cult space series, and the special feature of the house is the secret space on the top floor, where a future Darth Vader or Jedi can train.
The Korean architecture studio presents the Pure Crystal Hotel, which looks to the future in its glittering image, minimalist geometry of modern materials and the play of light.
The world's first virtual store is located in Korea, and a smartphone is required to enter. Shopping experiment or the future?