Author: Seoul Reporter

BERLIN — Dozens of automobiles, mailboxes and home partitions have been painted with purple swastikas, believed to be utilizing human blood, on Wednesday within the western German metropolis of Hanau.The general public show of Nazi symbols is illegitimate in Germany and a police investigation was underway on Thursday.

Joint Chiefs of Workers (JCS) Chairman Gen. Jin Yong-sung has ordered a full substitute of generals on the prime army management as a part of personnel reform following final yr’s martial legislation turmoil, sources stated Thursday.In response to the sources, Jin has ordered the substitute of all generals on the JCS, in addition to lieutenant colonels and colonels who’ve served on the group for 2 years or longer.”The measure is a part of personnel reform within the aftermath of the martial legislation (try),” a army official stated.Below the order, round 40 generals presently affiliated with the JCS are anticipated to…

CCTV footage from the presidential workplace on the night time of Dec. 3, 2024, when Yoon Suk-yeol declared martial regulation, is proven on a monitor in a courtroom in the course of the trial of Han Duck-soo, Yoon’s former prime minister, on expenses of aiding and abetting an rebellion on Oct. 13, 2025. (courtesy of the Seoul Central District Court docket) By Hannes Mosler, professor of Korean politics and society on the College of Duisburg-EssenFormer President Yoon Suk-yeol’s unlawful declaration of martial regulation final Dec. 3 was the apotheosis of the authoritarian type of rule he had constructed beneath the…

Mobility startups valued at a whole bunch of billions of gained may face challenges in going public, as a proposed invoice seeks to fully ban electrical scooters — the core of their shared transportation enterprise, business officers stated Thursday.The invoice, proposed by Rep. Kim So-hee of the principle opposition Individuals Energy Get together (PPP), goals to take away electrical scooters from the legally acknowledged listing of private mobility units and prohibit their operation completely.The proposal, submitted on Oct. 31, comes amid a surge in accidents involving electrical scooters. In keeping with knowledge from the Korea Street Site visitors Authority, the…

Comedy is dominating Korean theaters this 12 months, signaling a shift in viewers style. From “My Daughter Is a Zombie,” the 12 months’s largest box-office hit, to “The First Trip,” which lately broke the profitable streak of Japanese anime movies, moviegoers are turning to laughter because the style main the post-summer field workplace. “The First Trip” has topped the home field workplace for six consecutive days, overtaking “Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc,” the Japanese anime that had been main international charts.Launched on Oct. 29, the movie follows 5 longtime buddies — Tae-jung (Kang Ha-neul), Do-jin (Kim Younger-kwang), Yeon-min (Cha Eun-woo), Geum-bok…

Samsung Bioepis headquarters in Songdo, Incheon (Picture courtesy of Samsung Bioepis) Samsung Bioepis Co. has signed a settlement and license settlement with Johnson & Johnson regarding the commercialization of PYZCHIVA, a biosimilar to Stelarai (ustekinumab), in Europe. The phrases of the settlement stay confidential. Ustekinumab is a human immunoglobulin G1 kappa (IgG1κ) monoclonal antibody that stops irregular regulation of IL-12 and IL-23 related to immune-mediated ailments. PYZCHIVA, developed by Samsung Bioepis, was accepted as a biosimilar to Stelara (ustekinumab) by the European Fee (EC) in April 2024. PYZCHIVA is presently accepted for the remedy of adults and paediatric sufferers from…

LONDON — “Vibe coding,” a phrase that basically means utilizing synthetic intelligence (AI) to inform a machine what you need as a substitute of coding it your self, was on Thursday named the Collins Phrase of the Yr 2025.Coined by OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy, the phrase refers to “an rising software program growth that turns pure language into pc code utilizing AI”, in line with Collins Dictionary.”It is programming by vibes, not variables,” mentioned Collins.”Whereas tech specialists debate whether or not it is revolutionary or reckless, the time period has resonated far past Silicon Valley, talking to a broader cultural…

U.S. Patriot missile protection batteries have returned to South Korea after being quickly deployed to the Center East earlier this yr, based on the U.S. army stationed in South Korea on Thursday.In an announcement, the U.S. Eighth Military mentioned it welcomed troopers of the 2nd Battalion, 1st Air Protection Artillery Regiment, following their deployment to the U.S. Central Command space of duty in March.Lt. Col. Ashley Hahn, commander of 2-1 Air Protection Artillery Battalion to South Korea, mentioned the unit’s expertise abroad will straight profit its mission on the peninsula.”The Guardian Troopers confronted an array of menace units whereas deployed,…

Nvidia Corp. will maintain a particular occasion in Seoul this month to showcase and introduce its newest synthetic intelligence (AI) applied sciences to native builders, researchers and trade leaders, the U.S. tech large mentioned Thursday.The “Nvidia AI Day Seoul” shall be held for 2 days from Nov. 17 on the COEX exhibition corridor in southern Seoul.On Nov. 17, Nvidia’s Deep Studying Institute (DLI) will host a one-day, hands-on workshop providing contributors a chance to expertise the corporate’s newest AI applied sciences in a graphics processing unit (GPU)-accelerated cloud setting and earn an official Nvidia DLI certificates, the corporate mentioned in…

Samsung SDI’s CES Better of Innovation and Innovation Award-winning merchandise Samsung SDI introduced on Nov. 5, (native time) that it has gained the Better of Innovation award forward of CES 2026, the world’s largest tech occasion to be held in Las Vegas subsequent January, for its cutting-edge high-power cylindrical battery know-how. After making its debut at CES 2025 and successful 4 Innovation Awards, Samsung SDI has reached one other milestone by incomes the highest honor simply two years later. The SDI 25U-Energy, Samsung SDI’s high-performance cylindrical battery, has been named the Better of Innovation winner within the…