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1. Erin Bee (erinbee@gorgon.city)'s status on Monday, 20-Jun-2022 09:59:55 UTC Erin Bee

   Someone had a granite headstone made for Internet Explorer and placed it beside a tiny church on the rooftop of a cafe in Gyeongju, South Korea: https://m.clien.net/service/board/park/17331335

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   • Kaito (kai@ajin.la)'s status on Monday, 20-Jun-2022 10:00:24 UTC Kaito

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     @erinbee my understanding is that doing anything online in Korea required (and possibly still does?) some sort of citizen ID, and that any serious online transaction (banking etc) required ActiveX. Hence, IE played an outsized role in the online life of Koreans.

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