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KT offers 88 children of long-term customers chance to serve as player escorts for national team

KT will offer 88 children of long-term customers a chance to enter the pitch alongside South Korea\'s national soccer team players as part of a player escort programme. The company will run the programme at four national team friendly matches starting on Sept. 24. KT will select 22 children per match, and winning families will receive tickets for one child and two guardians.

Crypto

Countries with high Bitcoin holdings share weak banking systems

El Salvador, Venezuela and Nigeria rank among countries where a high share of people have held Bitcoin, a survey-based Cornell University index found. The report said Bitcoin is used not just as a speculative asset but as a practical workaround for unstable currencies and limited access to banking and dollars. The study also found many respondents struggled to explain Bitcoin’s protocol, and 58 percent did not know its supply is capped at 21 million.

AI & Enterprise

Naver donates $300,000 for Venezuela earthquake relief

Naver said on Thursday it donated $300,000 in relief funds to support Venezuela’s recovery after a recent strong earthquake. The donation will be delivered through its online donation platform Happybean and will be split equally among UNICEF, the UN refugee agency and the World Food Programme. Naver also cited past support for disaster recovery, including donations for flood and wildfire damage in South Korea and for the 2023 Turkey-Syria earthquake.