Amb @mwlippert had a productive discussion with representatives from the Federation of Korean Trade Unions @efktu. pic.twitter.com/edFDIVozbU
— 주한미국대사관 U.S. Embassy Seoul (@USEmbassySeoul) September 1, 2016
Definitely not a good way to enter the Korean market by Tesla Motors, but it did give their website a lot of free publicity:
Tesla Motors launched its Korea website Friday and began preorder sales of its products online as well as reservations for test drives. But in less than a week the automaker has already drawn harsh public criticism for its web translations that contain misspellings and show its lack of understanding of the Korean market.
Tesla has been especially pounded by the Korean public for the map the electric-car manufacturer earlier used on its website that labeled the East Sea as the Sea of Japan and the controversial islet between Korea and Japan Dokdo as Takeshima, its Japanese name.
As of Tuesday, the American company had upgraded the Korean website, changing Sea of Japan to East Sea. However, the map on its U.S. website still has both the Sea of Japan and East Sea.
An online automobile community user said the level of Korean on the local website was equivalent to that of Google’s translator. [Joong Ang Ilbo]
You can read more at the link, but pretty clearly the Tesla website for Korea is in a beta stage and I would think they would have people working on updating the website to meet Korean marketplace standards.
Bruce lee restaurant in cheongdam. I like it! #chinesfoodinkorea #chinessfood #브루스리 https://t.co/NFY5HdJ1ZZ pic.twitter.com/5Updu4LMt9
— Daniel Lee Gray (@seouleats) August 15, 2016
Welcome to the most hipster bar/coffee shop in the known universe. Yes, that is my drink. @… https://t.co/yU82G3bj2w
— Dr. Michael Hurt (@metropolitician) August 12, 2016
How every country in the world celebrates Independence Day https://t.co/oOBsKgfYxt pic.twitter.com/ghN0zgtvEk
— Vox (@voxdotcom) July 2, 2016
Thank you @mwlippert @LRobynDC for great US Indepence Day party in Seoul. #Denmark proud of strong alliance with USA pic.twitter.com/ukiHkOcAoD
— Svend Olling (@DKAMBinKorea) July 1, 2016
Internship Available at Law Firm in Seoul, Korea: We are looking for a dedicated intern that will work either… https://t.co/gzflSxWw5k
— Sean Hayes (@SeanHayes_) June 29, 2016
This picture tells a lot about what is wrong in this country #SouthKorea pic.twitter.com/Kabp3Gd5kl
— Fabian Kretschmer (@FabiKretschmer) June 28, 2016
This is what teaching has come to in the U.S. pic.twitter.com/GUQ8dYcfci
— Anita Kellogg (@arkellogg) June 16, 2016
So does this mean that we have to have a third bathroom built around the country? Maybe we should just all go to one bathroom that would be much easier:
An Oregon judge ruled Friday that a transgender person can legally change their sex to “non-binary” rather than male or female in what legal experts believe is a first in the United States.
Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge Amy Holmes Hehn legally changed 52-year-old Jamie Shupe’s sex from “female” to non-binary.
Nancy Haque, a co-executive director for Basic Rights Oregon, called the ruling a “momentous day for genderqueer Oregonians.”
“It’s really exciting for the courts to actually recognize what we know to be true: gender is a spectrum,” Haque said. “Some people don’t identify as male or female.”
Shupe, an Army veteran who retired in 2000 a sergeant first class, began transitioning in 2013 while living in Pittsburg. Shupe knew then that neither male nor female fit. Shupe chose “Jamie” as a new first name primarily because it is a gender-neutral name. Shupe prefers to be called “Jamie,” rather than by a pronoun.
“I was assigned male at birth due to biology,” Shupe said. “I’m stuck with that for life. My gender identity is definitely feminine. My gender identity has never been male, but I feel like I have to own up to my male biology. Being non-binary allows me to do that. I’m a mixture of both. I consider myself as a third sex.” [The Oregonian]
You can read the rest at the link.
