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List of K-pop music videos banned by South Korean television networks

The following is a non-exhaustive list of K-pop videos that have been banned by one or more South Korean television networks, for reasons such as suggestive or offensive lyrics and imagery.
K-pop is characterized by a wide variety of audiovisual elements, and K-pop singles will typically include a music video and a dance routine. There is a history of media censorship and conservatism in South Korea, and as a result, many risque or explicit K-pop songs or videos have been banned from airing by the country's major television and radio networks. Other reasons for a ban are songs featuring Japanese lyrics, negative influences upon youth, or product placement, either in the song or within the video the use of brand names.
KBS, MBC, and SBS are the three networks, and account for the vast majority of banned K-pop videos. Between 2009 and 2012, they banned over 1,300 K-pop songs. This list only includes titular K-pop songs that have an accompanying music video, but many K-pop songs that were not title tracks have been banned as well. However, social media and YouTube have allowed singers and bands to round these restrictions, and may in themselves pressure networks to accept videos after their online popularity has been proven with appropriate edits.
Often, the entertainment company that owns the banned song attempt to revise the song and have it reevaluated by the broadcaster's standards and practices department, and will edit the music video to remove the scenes in question, or even create a special 'network cut' meant for broadcast by that network. Other times, they may alter the explicit dance moves or change a song's lyrics so that the song may still be performed on music shows, such as Music Bank. In the case of Exo's "Lotto," which was banned due to it referring to the sportswear brand, the group substituted the word with "louder" to be able to perform it on KBS and MBC.
Although K-pop songs and videos are often banned by KBS, MBC or SBS are more lenient in their content adjustments. Some groups are content to promote themselves on networks other than KBS and do not make any changes to their original material. In regards to Psy's "Gentleman," a spokesperson for YG Entertainment said they had no plans to submit a different version of their video, and they followed the decision made by KBS.
When 12 of 18 songs for Cheetah's 2018 album 28 Identity were deemed unfit for broadcast by KBS and five by SBS, the agency stated that they did not plan on making any changes to the lyrics to "keep the original intentions and meanings of the song."
An Conradh Angla-Éireannach

Sa bhliain 1921, tar éis Chogadh na Saoirse, shínigh ionadaithe na Chéad Dála agus rialtas na Breataine an conradh síochána ar a dtugtar an Conradh Angla-Éireannach. Bunaíodh Saorstát Éireann, a bheadh ina Tiarnas agus thug sé rogha don pharlaimint Tuaisceart Éireann a bheith mar pháirt don Saorstáit nua nó le fanacht laistigh den Ríocht Aontaithe. Bhí Éire le fanacht laistigh de Chomhlathas na Breataine, agus bhí ceithre chalafort le fanacht in úsáid na Breataine.
Síníodh an conradh ar an 6 Nollaig 1921 agus tháinig sé i bhfeidhm bliain amháin níos déanaí ar an 6 Nollaig 1922.
Tharla roinnt babhtálacha teasaí le linn na ndíospóireachtaí. Mhaígh an dream a bhí i gcoinne an Chonartha nach raibh an t-aontú gairid go leor don phoblacht ardcheannasach ar throideadar ar a son. Dúirt Mícheál Ó Coileáin nach raibh ''the ultimate freedom that all nations aspire and develop to'' i gceist ann sa Conradh, ach go raibh ''the freedom to achieve it.” bainte amach ag lánchumhactóirí na hÉireann
Dhaingnigh an Conradh sa Dáil ar an 7 Eanáir 1922. Tar éis an toraidh, shiúil Éamon de Valéra agus a leathbhádóirí, a labhair i gcoinne an Chonartha, amach as an seomra.
Dhá lá ina dhiaidh sin, ar 9 Eanáir 1922, sheas Eamon de Valera síos mar Uachtarán. Toghadh Art Ó Gríofa ina Uachtarán nua ar an Dáil.
I ndiaidh an tsínithe, ní raibh na hÉireannaigh ar aon tuairim faoin gConradh. Tamaill ina dhiaidh, bhris Cogadh Cathartha amach idir lucht a thacaithe agus iad siúd a chuir ina choinne.
List of Irish Americans

This is a list of notable Irish Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American-born descendants.
To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article and/or references showing the person is Irish American.
At least 22 presidents of the United States have some Irish ancestral origins, although the extent of this varies. For instance, President Clinton claims Irish ancestry despite there being no documentation of any of his ancestors coming from Ireland, while Kennedy has strongly documented Irish origins. Ronald Reagan's great-grandfather was an Irish Roman Catholic. Kennedy and Joe Biden were raised as practicing Catholics.
Irish Catholics

Irish Catholics (Irish: Caitlicigh na hÉireann) are an ethnoreligious group native to Ireland whose members are both Catholic and Irish. The diaspora and the descendants of Irish Catholics includes millions of Americans Australians. In countries like the United States and Australia, many Catholics descend from Irish immigrants/migrants who passed down their faith.
Divisions between Irish Roman Catholics and Irish Protestants played a major role in the history of Ireland from the 16th century to the 20th century, especially during Cromwell's conquest of Ireland, Home Rule Crisis and the Troubles. While religion broadly marks the delineation of these divisions, the contentions were primarily political and they were also related to access to power. For example, while the majority of Irish Catholics had an identity which was independent from Britain's identity and were excluded from power because they were Catholic, a number of the instigators of rebellions against British rule were actually Protestant Irish nationalists, although most Irish Protestants opposed separatism. In the Irish Rebellion of 1798, Catholics and Presbyterians, who were not part of the established Church of Ireland, found common cause.
Irish Catholics are found in many countries around the world, especially in the Anglosphere. Emigration exponentially increased due to the Great Famine which lasted from 1845 to 1852. In the United States, anti-Irish sentiment and anti-Catholicism was espoused by the Know Nothing movement of the 1850s and other 19th-century anti-Catholic and anti-Irish organizations. By the 20th century, Irish Catholics were well established in the United States and today they are fully-integrated into mainstream American society with two Irish Catholic Presidents, John F. Kennedy and Joe Biden, having been elected.
Smiling Irish Eyes

Smiling Irish Eyes is a 1929 American sound (All-Talking) pre-Code Vitaphone musical film with Technicolor sequences. The film is now considered a lost film. However, the Vitaphone audio discs still exist.
Rory O'More leaves his sweetheart Kathleen O'Connor back in the old country while he travels to America to establish himself. He is a musician, and hopes to make it big. Kathleen grows tired of waiting and travels to America, only to find him on stage performing "their" song and kissing another woman. Kathleen returns to Ireland, followed by Rory, who explains everything. In the end they wed and return to America.
Smiling Irish Eyes was Colleen Moore's first musical role, and only her first sound film. Produced by her husband at the time, John McCormick (1893-1961), the film featured Moore as Kathleen O'Connor, an Irish woman who follows her musician sweetheart Rory O'More (James Hall) to New York City.
This film is similar to an earlier film Moore made for Samuel Goldwyn, Come On Over (1922), directed by Rupert Hughes. As in Smiling Irish Eyes, Colleen played an Irish girl whose betrothed crosses the ocean to start a new life in America before sending for her. In both films, the boyfriends do not send for her right away, in both she travels to America only to find the boyfriend seemingly besotted by another girl. In both, cases this is a misunderstanding. In Come On Over, Colleen's character reluctantly remains in America where she learns that her boyfriend is actually helping the father of the "other woman" quit drinking. In Smiling Irish Eyes, Colleen's character returns to Ireland, followed by the boyfriend, who convinces her back in Ireland that it was a misunderstanding. They marry and return to America. Following this film, Moore made another film directed by Seiter, Footlights and Fools (1929). This latter film also had Technicolor sequences, and is now considered a lost film, although the Vitaphone discs survive.
Patricia Ford (politician)

Patricia Ford, Lady Fisher (née Smiles; 5 April 1921 – 23 May 1995), was briefly an Ulster Unionist Party politician in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. She was the first woman Member of Parliament from Northern Ireland, and the second woman to be returned to a seat in Westminster from a constituency on the island of Ireland (the first to take her seat).
She was born at Donaghadee, County Down, and educated at Bangor Collegiate School, Glendower Preparatory School, London, and abroad. Her father was Ulster Unionist MP Sir Walter D. Smiles and her mother, Margaret Heigway.
Ford returned from living in Cheshire upon her father's death in the MV Princess Victoria disaster in January 1953 and was returned unopposed to Parliament from his North Down constituency. In her maiden speech to the House she was required to apologise for an article she had written in the Sunday Express in which she mentioned that Bessie Braddock and Edith Summerskill had been snoring whilst asleep in the lady members' room. The matter was referred to the Committee for Privileges.
Ford was an advocate for equal pay and supported the Equal Pay Campaign Committee in their cross-party efforts. On 9 March 1954 she joined Conservative Party's Irene Ward and Labour Party's Edith Summerskill and Barbara Castle to submit the 'Equal Pay in the public services' petition, with over 80,000 signatures, to Parliament. The four policiticians arrived together in a horse drawn carriage decorated in suffragette colours.
She retired at the 1955 general election. In 1972 she founded and was co-chairman of the Women Caring Trust, now Hope for Youth Northern Ireland. She was expelled from the Ladies Orange Benevolent Association (L.O.B.A.) for attending a wedding at the Brompton Oratory.
In 1941, she married cricketer Neville Montagu Ford, son of the Very Rev. Lionel George Bridges Justice Ford and grandson of 4th Lord Lyttelton. They had two daughters: Sarah, who married Sir Michael Grylls and whose son is explorer Bear Grylls, and Mary Rose, who is married and has two daughters.
Patricia Ford was divorced from her first husband and married Sir Nigel Fisher, MP, in 1956, becoming stepmother to Mark Fisher, later a Labour Party MP. She acquired the title of Lady Fisher when her husband was knighted in 1974.
Gail Slater

Gail Slater (née Conlon; born 1971 or 1972) is an Irish-born American lawyer and political advisor who is the United States Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Justice's Antitrust Division.
Slater is from Dalkey, Dublin, in Ireland. She studied law at University College Dublin, receiving a Bachelor of Civil Law in 1993 and a Master of Laws in 1997. She previously attended the University of Oxford. She moved to the U.S. in 2003 and holds dual citizenship.
Slater started her career with the British law firm Freshfields (now Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer). She focused on antitrust cases and was often sent to the U.S. as a liaison. She met her future husband, Lindsay Slater, on one of her trips to the U.S. and later moved there, leaving her job at Freshfields to become a staff attorney for the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in 2004. At the FTC, she worked on several cases to block major mergers, including one in which Whole Foods Market was attempting to acquire Wild Oats Markets, as well as a case involving the pharmaceutical company Cephalon. In 2011, she became the FTC attorney advisor to commissioner Julie Brill.
Slater left the FTC in 2014, to become the vice-president for legal and regulatory policy for the Internet Association, a lobbying group, later becoming general counsel. After four years there, she was appointed in February 2018 to the administration of President Donald Trump as special assistant to the president for technology, telecommunications and cybersecurity. After a year in the Trump administration, Slater left to become the senior vice president for policy and strategy at Fox Corporation. She later became a vice president and deputy general counsel for Roku, Inc.
In 2024, Slater became a policy advisor for vice presidential candidate and later Vice President-elect JD Vance. When Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election, Slater became an advisor for his transition team on antitrust policy. On December 4, 2024, Trump nominated her to serve as Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Justice Antitrust Division. On March 11, 2025, she was confirmed by the Senate, 78-19.
Inflasi

Ing èlmu ékonomi, inflasi punika satunggiling prosès ningkatipun reregi kanthi umum lan teras kémawon (kontinu). Kanthi tembung sanès, inflasi ugi wujud prosès mandhaping nili valuta kanthi kontinu. Inflasi punika prosès saking satunggilipng prastawa, sanès inggil-asoring tingkat regi. Tegesipun, tingkat regi ingkang dipunanggep inggil dèrèng tamtu nedahaken inflasi. Inflasi dipunanggep dumadi manawi prosès minggahing regi dumadi teras lan silih prabawa. Istilah inflasi ugi dipunpigunaaken kanggé ngartosaken paningkatan cumawisipun arta ingkang sok kapirsani minagka jalaran ningkatipun regi. Wonten kathah cara kanggé ngukur tingkat inflasi, kalih ingkang paling asring dipingunaaken inggih punika CPI lan GDP Deflator.
Inflasi saged dipungolongaken dados tigang golongan, inggih punika inflasi ènthèng, sedheng, awrat, lan hiperinflasi. Inflasi ènthèng dumadi manawi minggahing regi wonten ing saandhaping 10% setaun; inflasi sedheng antawis 10%—30% setaun; awrat antawis 30%—100% setaun; lan hiperinflasi utawi inflasi ingkang boten kakendhalèni dumadi manawi minggahing regi wontwn ing sainggiling 100% setaun.
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La Civiltà Cattolica

La Civiltà Cattolica (arti sajeroning basa Italia Peradaban Katulik) iku sawijining kalawarti sasèn Italia karyané kaum Yesuit sing lair nalika tanggal 6 April 1850 ing Naples.
Civiltà Cattolica iku sawijining kalawarti sing dièdit déning kaum Yesuit Italia. Didegaké nalika tanggal 6 April 1850, kalawarti iki nyekel sawijining status kakuwasan sing unik amarga - sanajan médhia iki dudu pérangan resmi saka Vatikan - kabèh artikel sing diterbitaké ing njeroné kudu disarujuki luwih dhisik déning Sekretariat Nagara Tahta Suci.
Pamimpin pisanané ya iku Carlo Maria Curci sing olèh pasetujon saka Paus Pius IX.
Sakwéné taun 1880an, sawisé pindhah menyang Roma, kalawarti iki disèlèhaké ing sangisoré pangawasan Tahta Suci kanthi dalan para editoré ditunjuk langsung déning Kardinal Sekretaris Nagara utawa Sri Paus, lan akèh artikel-artikel wigatiné ditulis déning Sri Paus dhéwé.
Romo Federico Lombardi, S.J., direktur Kantor Pèrs Vatikan saiki, ditunjuk minangka Deputi Editor Civiltà Cattolica nalika taun 1977. Dhèwké miwiti nulis kanggo kalawarti iki ing taun 1973.
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Thomas J. Sargent

Thomas John "Tom" Sargent (lair 19 Juli 1943; umur 81 taun) inggih punika salah satunggaling ékonom asal saking nagara Amérikah Sarékat ingkang nemeni ing babagan ékonomi makro, ékonomi moneter lan ékonometrika deret wekdal. Nalika taun 2011, piyambakipun mlebet urutan angka 17 ékonom ingkang paling prabawa wonten ing donya. Piyambakipun pikantuk bebungah Nobel babagan ékonomi nalika taun 2011 sareng kaliyan Christopher A. Sims saking kasiling panalitén empirisipun babagan efek makro ékonomi.
Sargent pikantuk B.A.ipun saking University of California, Berkeley nalika taun 1964 lan Ph.D.nipun saking Harvard nalika taun 1968. Piyambakipun naté ngajar wonten ing University of Pennsylvania (1970–1971), University of Minnesota (1971–1987), University of Chicago (1991–1998), Stanford University (1998–2002) lan Princeton University (2009).
Nalika tanggal 10 Oktober 2011, Sargent sareng kaliyan Chris Sims pikantuk penghargaan Nobel wonten ing babagan ékonomi. Penghargaan punika amargi jasanipun wonten ing panalitén empiris gayutan sebab akibat makro ékonomi "empirical research on cause and effect in the macroeconomy".
QR Ph

QR Ph (officially the National QR Code Standard) is the standardized quick-response code system adopted in the Philippines, which is based on the Europay-Mastercard-VISA (EMV) standard. It serves as a swift and secure payment method for customers of both participating banks and non-bank electronic money issuers (EMI) in the country. Through QR Ph, users can conduct various transactions, including payments, fund transfers, and receipts from bank and e-money accounts within the Philippines. The implementation of QR Ph has been officially endorsed by Philippine Payments Management, Inc., following guidelines set forth in Circular 1055 by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP).
The move towards digital payments aligns with the central bank's objective of promoting financial inclusion, particularly for small businesses and consumers, by providing them with convenient options for day-to-day transactions. BSP's then-governor Benjamin Diokno emphasized that this transition supports the goal of making the Philippine society more "cash-light" instead of its current "cash-heavy" state. During the pandemic, the government promoted cashless payments to cut down physical interaction.
The standard currently focuses on two use cases: person-to-person and person-to-merchant payments, which constitute a substantial portion of retail payments made by Filipinos monthly. The standard is expected to enhance customer and merchant experiences, promoting heavier utilization of digital payments.
Republic Act (R.A.) No. 11127 or the National Payment Systems Act, mandated that all payment service providers (PSPs) comply with the National QR Code Standard, also known as "QR Ph". The standard is used for QR-enabled payment services, in accordance with BSP Circular No. 1055.
The BSP released guidelines facilitating the migration of non-QR Ph codes for electronic payment services to the QR Ph standard by July 1, 2023.
Trinity Tower

Trinity Tower is a skyscraper situated at the intersection of H.R. Rasuna Said Road and Jl. Prof. Dr. Satrio Road in Jakarta, Indonesia. The building was known as the Daswin building during its construction period. It was developed by PT Windas Development, which consists of Japan-based real estate giant Mitsubishi Estate, Indonesian manufacturing company and property developer Gesit Group and diversified conglomerate Santini Group. The project was the first opportunity for Mitsubishi Estate to develop an office building in Indonesia.
Built with earthquake resistant technology and a green building concept, the tower is constructed on a land area of 1.6 hectares. The tower has three floors of retail, thirteen floors of parking and a basement floor, with total floor area of over 140,000 m (1,500,000 sq ft).
OVO (payment service)

OVO, officially a product of PT Visionet International, is a digital payment service based in Jakarta, Indonesia. It was established in 2017 with an e-money license from Bank Indonesia, and in 2019 was Indonesia's top digital payment service. Owned by Grab and local investors, in 2019, OVO became Indonesia's first finance-tech business unicorn.
OVO was founded by Lippo Group and received permission to operate as a fintech company throughout Indonesia on 25 September 2017 with an e-money license for Bank Indonesia. OVO is a product of PT Visionet International, which is the digital financial services subsidiary of the Lippo Group. OVO debuted a digital wallet in September of 2017. In December 2017, it was announced that Tokyo Century Corporation had invested US$116 million for a 20% stake in the startup. OVO added new financial services in 2018 and Grab invested in the company.
In March 2019, Indonesian e-commerce company Tokopedia invested in OVO. That month, OVO's value was estimated at US$2.9 billion by CB Insights. In October 2019, the Minister of Communications and Information Rudiantara announced that OVO had become the fifth official Indonesian unicorn after Gojek, Traveloka, Bukalapak and Tokopedia. OVO was also recognized as Indonesia's first finance-tech business unicorn. PT Visionet International shareholders appointed Karaniya Dharmasaputra as president director of the company in 2019, replacing Andrian Suherman, who had led OVO for three years. In 2021, Grab increased its stake in OVO to 79.5%, acquiring Tokopedia and Lippo Group's shares together with a number of local investors.
In October of 2021, Grab bought out Tokopedia and raised its stake in OVO to 90% in the process, also buying stakes from Lippo Group. Dyak NK Makhijani became President Commissioner at PT Visionet International in August of 2022, after Mirza Adityaswara left the OVO board of commissioners. At that time, 90% of OVO was owned by Grab.
OVO's core business is digital payment based on its e-money license. According to a 2021 report by research company Kadence International, at the time OVO was the leading e-money / digital wallet in Indonesia for both online and offline transactions.
Also involved in financial services, OVO offers lending services through Taralite (PT Indonusa Nusa Sejahtera), a P2P lending company that it acquired in 2019, as well as investment products under OVO | Invest and insurance products under OVO | Proteksi in collaboration with partners.
OVO works with companies for these financial services products such as Adira Finance (a member of MUFJ Group), Bank BRI, Manulife Aset Manajemen Indonesia, and Prudential Indonesia.
Tunnel of Friendship

Tunnel of Friendship, or Tunnel of Silaturahmi (Terowongan Silaturahmi) is an underground tunnel connecting the interior of Istiqlal Mosque and St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral in Jakarta, Indonesia.The tunnel was constructed as part of the plan to renovate the mosque, and the construction was started on 15 December 2020. It took around 10 months to be finished and was finished in September 2021.
The tunnel has length of 28.3 meters, height of 3 meters, and width of 4.1 meters. The tunnel's interior is shaped based on handshake gesture. Other than symbolizing religious tolerance, the tunnel was intended to relieve two worship places from parking problem during religious holidays and events, as it make attendance of both mosque and cathedral can use each other's parking area. Total area of the tunnel is 226 square meter including shelter, and was built with budget of Rp 37.3 billions by Indonesian government.
In 2024, the planned tunnel connecting the church with the mosque will be visited by the world's Catholic church leader, Pope Francis.
The tunnel construction was rejected by several Islamic conservative figures, as well as politicians and public figure. Vice chief of Indonesian Ulema Council Tengku Zulkarnain called the project "waste of money" and that government has better things to spend on. Ferdinand Hutahean, politician from Democratic Party called the project as gimmick and will not solve problem of religious intolerance in Indonesia. Chief of Nahdlatul Ulama, Said Aqil Siradj commented on the project saying that it is devoid of religious, cultural, political, or social meaning and deemed not important. General secretary of Muhammadiyah, Abdul Mut'i criticized the tunnel, stating to build tolerance is not using physical infrastructure but social one. Academicians, moderate religious figures, and activists said that the tunnel will not have any effect nor solve rising religious intolerance in Indonesia, while Islamist figures and ulemas condemned the construction as promoting religious pluralism which they reject.
CK Hutchison Holdings

CK Hutchison Holdings Limited (Chinese: 長江和記實業有限公司) is a Hong Kong–based and Cayman Islands–registered multinational conglomerate corporation. The company was formed in March 2015 through the merger of Cheung Kong Holdings and its main associate company Hutchison Whampoa. It has four core businesses – ports and related services, retail, infrastructure and telecommunications – which operate in over 50 countries, as well as several other investments around the world.
The company owns substantial holdings in businesses across a number of industries.
The Group's telecommunications division is a leading global operator and innovator of converged telecommunication and digital services around the world.
The company has investments in energy infrastructure, transportation infrastructure, water infrastructure, waste management, waste-to-energy and household infrastructure. Its investments and operations span across Hong Kong, Mainland China, the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States.
As the world's leading port investor, developer and operator, the Group's ports division holds interests in 52 ports comprising 291 operational berths in 27 countries, including container terminals operating in six of the 10 busiest container ports in the world. In 2021, the division handled a total throughput of 88.0 million twenty-foot equivalent units (“TEU”). It also engages in river trade, cruise terminal operations and ports related logistic services.
In March 2025, it is reported that CK Hutchinson Holding would sell Hutchinson Port Holdings and Hutchinson Port Group Holdings. There are reports stating that the key buyer is the Aponte Italian shipping family, and “the crucial figure” is Diego Aponte, group president of Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), and chairman of the Terminal Investment Limited (TiL). TiL and BlackRock are consortium partners in the port deal. This comes in the context of U.S. President Donald Trump denouncing Chinese influence over the Panama Canal and calling for the United States to reclaim control of the canal in some form or another.
The Group's retail division is the world's largest international health and beauty retailer, with over 16,300 stores in 28 markets worldwide. Its retail portfolio comprises health and beauty products, supermarkets, as well as consumer electronics and electrical appliances. It also manufactures and distributes bottled water and beverage products in Hong Kong and Mainland China.
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E-Money Directive

The E-Money Directive or the electronic money directive (2009/110/EC, originally 2000/46/EC) regulates electronic payment systems in the European Union. The aim is to enable new and secure electronic money services and to foster effective competition between all market participants.
As per Article 2(2) of Directive 2009/110/EC, “e-money” means “electronically, including magnetically, stored monetary value as represented by a claim on the issuer which is issued on receipt of funds for the purpose of making payment transaction, and which is accepted by a natural or legal person other than the electronic money issuer”. e-money is “technically neutral” (Article 7) and intended to serve as an “electronic surrogate for coins and banknotes” (Article 13). The European Commission describes e-money as a "digital alternative to cash". The European Central Bank accounts for e-money as "overnight deposits".
Because electronic money is technically neutral, it can be issued on different media including prepaid cards and electronic wallets. In 2019, Monerium became the first company authorized to issue e-money on blockchains. By mid-2024, blockchain-based spending accounts linked to Visa debit cards were available in Europe for initial customer testing.
According to PayPal, UK, "PayPal enables individuals and businesses to send and receive electronic money online". Revolut, UK, is "authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority under the Electronic Money Regulations". And Wise_(company), UK, is also "authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority under the Electronic Money Regulations".
Ejote

Los ejotes (en México y Centroamérica),​ vainitas (en Ecuador y de Venezuela hasta Bolivia) ​o porotos verdes (en Chile), judías verdes o bajoca (en España),​ vainicas (en Costa Rica), chauchas (en Argentina, Paraguay y Uruguay),​ ​ o habichuela (en Colombia),​ entre otros nombres, son el fruto inmaduro de la planta Phaseolus vulgaris. Estas, son las vainas aplanadas y alargadas, en cuyo interior se dispone un número de semillas variable según la especie.
El nombre "ejote" viene del náhuatl exotl (haba verde). El nombre "judía" viene del árabe (yudiya), y éste del latín (iudaeus) y del hebreo (yehudi). "Alubia" viene del árabe (al-lubíia), tomado del persa (lubía).​
Aunque en el proceso de maduración las paredes de la vaina se endurecen mediante la formación de tejidos fibrosos, en su forma inmadura resultan comestibles y se consumen como verdura.
Antiguamente se sembraban en Centroamérica y Sudamérica. En la actualidad están distribuidas casi universalmente.
Los europeos se encontraron con las judías verdes en la conquista de América y pronto las incorporaron a la cocina europea, comenzando a comercializarse como legumbre a finales del siglo XIX. Hoy en día es una legumbre mundialmente extendida.
Es una planta que requiere un clima húmedo y suave.
La recolección, que puede extenderse durante todo el verano, se hace a medida que las vainas van apareciendo.
Son muy sensibles al frío, la excesiva humedad y los vientos. Pueden sufrir ataques fúngicos, como el mildiu o el oídio, y de insectos como la mosca blanca.
El principal uso de los ejotes verdes es culinario. Se suelen consumir enteros y se recolectan habitualmente cuando son jóvenes de unos 10 cm de largo, por regla general se suele quitar el filamento longitudinal antes de su cocinado.
Suelen ser cocinados en la mayoría de los platos hervidas, aunque hay recetas que se incluyen crudos en ensaladas o servidas a la parrilla. Se pueden encontrar fácilmente en los mercados y en las grandes superficies comercializada frescos, congelada o en conserva (latas o botes de cristal).
Son una importante fuente de proteínas, minerales, vitamina B6, vitamina C y ácido fólico, además de ser altamente diuréticas y digestivas.
Recibe diferentes nombres, dependiendo del país y, a veces, de la región.
Temporada de Verano

Temporada de Verano (Temporada de Verão en portugués) es una serie de televisión web brasileña estrenada en la plataforma Netflix el 21 de enero de 2022.​​
La serie gira en torno de cinco jóvenes veinteañeros que trabajan en el Hotel Maresia, un resort de lujo. Durante su tiempo allí deberán afrontar los retos de la vida cotidiana y hacer descubrimientos sobre el mundo y sobre sí mismos.​​
El inicio del rodaje de la serie fue anunciado el 15 de diciembre de 2020, Netflix Brasil anunció a través de sus redes sociales.​ La serie es una coproducción entre Boutique Películas y Ocean Películas para la plataforma Netflix. Fue rodada en Ilhabela, en el litoral norte de São Paulo, y en la capital paulista.​ La fotografía finalizó en febrero de 2021.
Campeonato de España de Verano de Natación

El Campeonato de España Absoluto de Verano de Natación es una competición deportiva de natación, de carácter nacional y organizada por la Real Federación Española de Natación (RFEN), en colaboración con los clubs o federaciones regionales donde se dispute el evento, desde el año 1907.
Este campeonato es el más antiguo de los Campeonatos de España de natación organizados por la Real Federación Española de Natación, disputándose en la temporada de verano, en piscina de 50 metros. Se ha organizado de forma ininterrumpida desde sus inicios, excepto los años 1936, 1937, 1938 y 1939 debido a la guerra civil española, y 2020 por el COVID-19.
La competición fue impulsada por Manuel G. Solé, maestro del Gimnasio Solé y vicepresidente del Club Natació Barcelona.​ En su primera edición, en 1907, se disputó en el puerto de Barcelona, con un largo de 250 metros. Hasta 1925 no se introducen las primeras pruebas en categoría femenina.
Desde sus inicios hasta 1958, las pruebas se disputaron tanto en mar abierto, como en piscinas de diversa longitud, siendo en este año cuando será obligatorio la disputa del campeonato en piscinas de 50 metros de longitud.
En los años 1999, 2000 y 2001 se avanzan las fechas tradicionales de verano hacia la primavera. En el año 2002 se vuelve a las fechas de verano, continuando este campeonato durante la época estival, y dando lugar al Campeonato de España Open de Primavera, en primavera. Estos dos, y el Campeonato de España de Invierno, en piscina de 25 metros, son los tres campeonatos de España en categoría absoluta organizados actualmente por la Real Federación Española de Natación.
Torneo de verano

Torneo de verano es el nombre popular que se aplica, genéricamente, a los distintos torneos amistosos de fútbol que se disputan en los meses de julio, agosto y septiembre, antes del inicio de la temporada. Este tipo de campeonatos son muy típicos en el fútbol español, donde algunos torneos tienen más de 60 años de historia. Hasta los años 1990, los tres grandes torneos españoles (Teresa Herrera, Carranza y Colombino) eran el principal acontecimiento deportivo de la pretemporada para los clubes y los aficionados españoles, despertando igualmente una gran expectación mundial. Con la llegada del siglo XXI, paulatinamente los torneos españoles fueron perdiendo su repercusión, al ofrecer mayores réditos económicos para los clubes españoles y europeos otros torneos veraniegos internacionales, como la International Champions Cup.​​​
Ángeles Negros (documental)

Ángeles Negros es un documental musical chileno que relata la historia de la banda Los Ángeles Negros. Dirigido por Jorge Leiva y Pachi Bustos, fue estrenado el año 2007 y tuvo un éxito considerable en distintos festivales tanto chilenos como internacionales.
La película, cuyo rodaje duró más de dos años, cuenta la historia del conjunto musical chileno, desde su primer éxito en su natal San Carlos hasta nuestros días, en que muchos de los integrantes originales realizan giras y conciertos por cuenta propia. El filme cuenta con la aparición de varios músicos chilenos como Los Búnkers, Jorge González y Álvaro Henríquez entre otros. El documental tuvo exhibiciones en salas de cine comercial en Santiago, además de variados festivales en Chile, México y en la televisión abierta chilena.
Los directores, Leiva y Bustos, ya habían codirigido Actores Secundarios. Paula Tilloni colaboró en el montaje y Pablo Valdés en la imagen.
Se estrenó oficialmente en Chile el año 2007.
Festivales de la Canción en Chile

Los Festivales de la Canción en Chile son certámenes musicales que durante el verano austral, de diciembre a febrero, tienen lugar por todo lo largo de dicho país. Sus características son variadas de acuerdo a los recursos o zona. Obedecen a que Chile, al ser un país de clima eminentemente mediterráneo, dispone de veranos secos y calurosos que permiten mucha actividad artística.
En relación con su convocatoria y presupuesto el más importante del país es el Festival Internacional de la Canción de Viña del Mar que logra la atención de la prensa y televisión local e internacional y sus artistas son los mejor pagados. En el aspecto folclórico, se debe mencionar al Festival del Huaso de Olmué, meca dorada para los artistas folclóricos y que tiene bastante cobertura de prensa.
Algunos de los festivales más destacables son:​​​​
Muchos pueblos y localidades buscar diferenciar un producto con denominación de origen (por orden geográfico de norte a sur):
Otros festivales de carácter local, y por ello de menor cantidad de recursos en premios y cobertura de prensa nacional, son las llamadas semanas de.... Estos festivales comúnmente son de la "voz", es decir que las canciones que se presentan no son inéditas.
Buscando chilenos

Buscando chilenos es el primer disco formal y grabado en estudio profesional de la agrupación chilena Sexual Democracia y el segundo de la banda en editarse.
Contiene varios de los temas que aparecieron en el disco autoeditado anterior "Los chicos buenos". El disco, a pesar de la escasa difusión radial que tuvo, superó las 100 000 copias de venta, según estimaciones de la época, siendo por lejos el más vendido del grupo hasta hoy y uno de los tres únicos álbumes de rock nacional de los 90 que logró tal nivel de ventas, junto a Doble opuesto de La Ley y el Unplugged de Los Tres.​​
Esta producción permitió a la banda valdiviana abandonar el underground y llegar a todo Chile hasta el escenario del Festival de Viña del Mar en su edición de 1992. Recordado como un casete blanco, chistoso, con canciones muy simples y reconocibles que crítican la falta de identidad de los chilenos.
El disco, lanzado en 1990 por el Sello Alerce, significó además el último contrato discográfico que gestionó el célebre locutor radial Ricardo García, creador del sello, antes de su muerte en junio de ese año.
Destacan los temas Los chicos buenos (bomberos), Los pitutos, Profanador de cunas, Canción pacífico-violenta, Esta noche ando trash, Regionalización.
Todas las canciones escritas y compuestas por Miguel Barriga e Iván Briceño.
Porotos granados

Los porotos granados son un plato típico de la cocina campesina del centro-sur de Chile, el cual consiste en porotos (semillas de Phaseolus vulgaris) cocidos con mazamorra o alternativamente pilco (granos de choclo, el cual es la mazorca tierna de maíz), cebolla, zapallo, tomate y ajo. Suele ser acompañado con ensalada a la chilena y pebre.
Es un plato caliente y contundente que se consume habitualmente en verano, ya que tanto los "porotos granados" como el maíz dulce o choclero con el que se prepara, se cosechan al final de la primavera.
El nombre de "porotos granados" proviene de la presentación o estado de madurez que tiene el capi (vaina) del poroto al momento de cosecharlo. Se le conoce como granado para diferenciarlo del "poroto verde" que es un estado de maduración muy temprano, cuando las semillas de porotos son casi impalpables desde el exterior del capi, a diferencia del "granado" en que sus semillas son fácilmente distinguibles, aún a simple vista.
Pan de Pascua

El pan de Pascua​ es un alimento de la gastronomía de Chile, hecho con una masa dulce, parecida a un bizcocho, de color oscuro, cuya masa lleva jengibre y miel de abeja; y a la cual comúnmente se agrega fruta confitada, pasas corintos y, en ocasiones, frutos secos, tales como nueces y almendras. Es muy consumido durante la época de Navidad​ y Año Nuevo, frecuentemente acompañado del cóctel cola de mono.
Se dice que se originó en Alemania o Italia, donde se elabora con levadura y mazapán. Luego se añaden almendras, frutas secas y nueces, para recordar los frutos abundantes del lugar donde nació Jesús.
A su llegada a Chile, se generó el llamado «pan de Pascua criollo», que cambió las frutas secas por frutas confitadas, y posteriormente creando algunas variedades con frutos secos; y el bizcocho cambió a uno de color más oscuro. Asimismo, y producto de la inmigración alemana, en el sur de Chile destaca una variedad de pan de Pascua cuya masa lleva además malta y esencias aromáticas, tales como nuez moscada y clavo de olor, entre otras.
Se suele consumir acompañado de cola de mono, una bebida tradicional chilena.
Este pan es una de las muchas variedades de este tipo de alimento navideño en la gastronomía mundial, entre las que destacan el Christmas pudding inglés, el pandoro y el panettone italianos, y el Stollen alemán.
La Asociación Gremial de Industriales del Pan de Santiago (Indupan A. G.) instauró en 2021 el concurso anual «El mejor pan de Pascua de Chile», que elige junto con la Federación Chilena de Industriales del Pan (Fechipan).​​
Canción del verano

La canción del verano es aquella que más impacto mediático causa en la sociedad durante los meses de verano. Suele tratarse de canciones con estribillos pegadizos, muy bailables, y son las más difundidas con diferencia en todos los medios de comunicación audiovisual, así como en bares y discotecas. No existe ningún organismo que las designe oficialmente; las canciones del verano son denominadas como tales por los medios de comunicación.
La fórmula radica en una receta sencilla:
Más que una referencia a una estación particular del año, las canciones del verano hacen alusión a playas, fiestas, celebración, alegría, moda y diversión, siendo el verano la época perfecta para este tipo de canciones en Europa y Norteamérica, o el fin de año en el caso de Latinoamérica por ser período de vacaciones y celebración.
Cabe destacar también una tendencia creciente en la capacidad de influencia por parte de campañas publicitarias (tradicionales o virales) a la hora de popularizar alguna canción como canción del verano. Podemos destacar como claros ejemplos a la canción Del pita del, compuesta por Antonio Escobar Núñez y que era el tema principal de un anuncio de Coca-Cola en 2004, la canción Amo a Laura, que formaba parte de una campaña de publicidad viral del canal MTV a través de Internet en 2006, o la canción Waka Waka, que fue el himno de la Copa Mundial de Fútbol de 2010.
Universidad de verano

Una Universidad de verano es un tipo de curso de verano. Es una forma de educación superior que se da en el periodo de vacaciones de verano, y que al no destinar sus cursos a la obtención de licenciaturas, grados, doctorados u otras titulaciones, permite una mayor flexibilidad.
El concepto aparece en España en 1932, como una de las derivaciones de la Institución Libre de Enseñanza, con la creación de la Universidad Internacional de Verano de Santander (posteriormente denominada Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo -UIMP-)
Los Cursos de Verano de Darmstadt, musicales, aparecieron en 1946.
Muchas universidades celebran sus propios cursos de verano.
Chile at the Cannes Film Festival

Chile has maintained a regular presence at the Cannes Film Festival since the 1950s, with films appearing in both competitive and non-competitive sections. The country's participation was particularly active in the early 1970s. The military dictatorship from 1973 to 1990 stifled artistic expression, leading to a more sporadic presence in the 1980s and 1990s. Since the early 2000s, Chilean involvement in the festival has become increasingly consistent, reflecting a resurgence in the country's filmmaking scene and its growing participation in international cinema.
Chilean productions have received recognition at the festival, including No (2012), directed by Pablo Larraín, which won in the Directors' Fortnight (as a Chile–United States co-production), and Simon of the Mountain (2024), directed by Federico Luis, which won in the Critics' Week (as an Argentina–Chile–Uruguay co-production).
Chilean cinema featured at Cannes is often characterized by political themes, a strong documentary tradition, and frequent international co-productions. Established filmmakers such as Patricio Guzmán, Pablo Larraín, Raúl Ruiz, and Miguel Littín have represented Chile on multiple occasions. In recent years, directors including Marcela Said and Felipe Gálvez have continued this presence, contributing to the country's ongoing visibility at the festival.
Chilean productions in the prestigious main competition:
Un Certain Regard highlights innovative storytelling:
The Cinéfondation section, dedicated to student films, has featured Chilean entries from universities:
Chilean films and co-productions have frequently appeared in Critics' Week (Semaine de la critique), a parallel section highlighting emerging talent:
The Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des cinéastes) showcases innovative films often reflecting political and social issues, with Chilean cinema featured since the 1970s.
Hot tamale (food)

A hot tamale is a traditional dish native to the Mississippi Delta made of meat stuffed in cornmeal, wrapped in a corn husk, and simmered or boiled in a spiced brine. Hot tamales are smaller than the tamales found in Hispanic America and their recipes vary significantly from chef to chef. The most common meat is ground beef or pork, but some chefs use turkey or even venison if brought in by customers.
While the exact history of the hot tamale is unknown, there are several competing theories to explain its origin. One theory suggests that the meal dates back to the food prepared by Native Americans of the Mississippi delta. Another posits that it was brought back by soldiers returning from the Mexican-American War in the late 1840s. The final theory holds that the meal was created in the early 20th century when African Americans adapted the tamales prepared by Mexican migrant workers, which is believed by local historians to be the most likely origin.
The "Hot Tamale Trail", a collection of restaurants and eateries that serve hot tamales, was created as a result of the documentation of the hot tamale by the Southern Foodways Alliance in the early 2000s. Local restaurants in Rosedale, Cleveland, Greenville, and Vicksburg can be found along the trail. Greenville has so many restaurants serving hot tamales that they're the self-proclaimed "Hot Tamale Capital of the world" and hold the Hot Tamale Festival annually every October.
Corn construction

Corn construction refers to the use of corn (maize) in construction. The tassel, leaf, silk, cob in husks, and the stalk are the parts of corn. According to the Michigan Department of Agriculture, "corn can be made into fuel, abrasives, solvents, charcoal, animal feed, bedding for animals, insulation, adhesives, and more. The kernel is used as oil, bran, starch, glutamates, animal feed, and solvents. The silk is combined with other parts of the corn plant to be used as part of animal feed, silage, and fuels. Husks are made into dolls and used as filling materials. The stalk is used to make paper, wallboard, silage, syrup, and rayon (artificial silk)."
Corn has long been used in manufacturing. There were a number innovations in the United States in the early 1900s. For example, Henry Ford's conceptual Model U car featured tires with corn-based filler and a corn-based fabric roof.
The Corn Palace, a building in Mitchell, South Dakota, is decorated with murals and designs made from corn and other grains.
The outer husk of corn can be used to make corn husk dolls, txalaparta musical instruments, and other crafts. Husks are used as the wrapper for tamales. The husk is also used in South American countries as a cigarette rolling paper.
Corncobs, the core of corn ears, are very absorbent. They have been used to make inexpensive smoking pipes, and to transport various materials. Ground corn cobs make an effective blasting media, are friendly to the environment, and delicate while maintaining abrasive capacity.
Corncobs are increasingly being used as a low-cost, environmentally friendly insulation material for houses.
Goodyear BioTRED tires are made using a biologic polymer derived from cornstarch as the filler.
Corn kernel burning stoves have found increasing popularity following the rise in natural gas and fuel oil prices. Large corn furnaces are capable of heating any size building, and fueling generators to produce electricity. Corn kernels are a natural pellet, which makes corn less expensive and more readily available than wood byproduct pellets. Manufactured pellets sold out in 2005, while corn is readily available for a much better price. Heat savings go up to 75% over natural gas or fuel oil.
Recently, corn has been used to make biodegradable containers. Corn can be used to create non-petroleum plastic, which is often compostable.