This week, a Republican-led congressional committee instructed the State Department to rename the street outside the Chinese embassy in Washington to “Liu Xiaobo Plaza,” after a famous pro-democracy dissident currently …
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The first Sony Walkman was released 35 years ago next week, on July 1st, 1979 in Japan. The cassette tape portable music player was a revolution at the time. Sure, …
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The Federal Republic of Germany has cancelled a telecommunications contract with Manhattan-based Verizon Communications, a decision the German government has made in response to the NSA spying scandal. The government of Chancellor Angela …
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Today the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), the agency of the US Department of Commerce that provides important economic statistics, including the gross domestic product of the United States, reported that in Q1 …
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Just this past Monday, we reported that the mainstream media were in a tizzy over the “Democratic” “People’s” “Republic” of Korea’s supposed fury about an upcoming American comedy film depicting the assassination of …
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In yet another instance of government regulators being unable to respond to new technology in a timely or intelligent way, the Federal Aviation Administration has announced its intention to ban …
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A few weeks ago, I wrote about how Uber was upsetting government regulators. The ride-sharing company is providing such great service to consumers that existing taxi companies called upon the …
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If you read RedTea News (and you do — you’re doing it right now!), then you love wacky stories about North Korea. They’re usually our most popular posts. We even …
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Doctor Stranger, aka Dakteo Yibangin, is a South Korean television drama, broadcast by the Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS), that nation’s only privately-owned network. It tells the story of a South Korean doctor …
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Silicon Valley and the tech industry exude so much optimism it’s contagious. There is a desire to solve the planet’s most difficult problems and a belief they can do it. …