Flowers are in full bloom at a field in Jocheon on Jeju Island on Sept. 8.YONHAP
Happy Tuesday! Here are the stories you need to know in Korea.
In today's news, car buyers are preferring to purchase U.S. built Teslas over their newer, Chinese-built counterparts. But what makes them different? And what is behind the rush for older models?
In other stories, we look at the latest food trend: chewy desserts. Meanwhile, President Lee, while on a trip to France, has promised to support content creators.
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Today's top story
BUSINESS
Old Teslas now cost more than new ones as FSD shakes up Korea’s used car market
The basic rule is always that cars lose value over time. But Tesla is breaking that rule — and perhaps nowhere more spectacularly than in Korea.
A used Tesla Model X, delivered this past June, is currently listed for 205 million won ($152,000) on Karrot Market, a platform for secondhand goods. That is more than 50 percent higher than the sticker price of a brand-new version of the same car.
The explanation? This Model X was built in the United States, making it one of the very few options in Korea for operating the company's supervised Full Self Driving (FSD), which is a Level 2 automated driving system.
Sweet, stretchy and chewy: The texture taking over Korea's desserts
In Korea, dessert lovers are asking for more than a sugar rush. These days, a sweet bite has to come with a chew.
After a nationwide craze for Dubai chewy cookies, bite-sized cakes that have a signature crisp exterior and tender, mochi-like interior have emerged as Korea’s next dessert obsession.
Lee vows that Korea will become 'reliable' partner to local, global content creators during France visit
President Lee Jae Myung said that the government would "spare institutional support to foster global co-production, investment and distribution partnerships in the film and video industries" on the margins of the Lumière Summit in France.
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Han So-hee talks about remaking ‘The Intern’ — and when she’d choose family over career
The star of the Korean version of the hit 2015 Anne Hathaway-Robert DeNiro film talked about her character's choices while also describing her ideal partner. Read more
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Samsung SDS to invest $7.4 billion in AI, robotics and M&A by 2031
Samsung SDS plans to invest 10 trillion won ($7.4 billion) by 2031 to expand AI infrastructure, pursue robotics investments and acquisitions, with the United States a key robot market. Read more
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