Author: Seoul Reporter

KYIV — Devastating assaults on Kyiv’s vitality system over the previous week have left a whole lot of 1000’s within the chilly and darkish, as temperatures plunged nicely beneath freezing, sparking a disagreement between President Volodymyr Zelensky and the mayor over the plight of the capital’s residents.

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan (left) shakes palms with President Lee Jae Myung of South Korea throughout a go to to the Horyu Temple in Japan’s Nara Prefecture on Jan. 14, 2026. (Yonhap) South Korean President Lee Jae Myung’s emphasis not solely on bilateral cooperation with Japan and trilateral cooperation with the US but additionally on trilateral cooperation with Japan and China throughout a current summit with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is being learn as a strategic option to strike a geopolitical stability and safe a secure place for South Korea with out permitting it to get caught…

The feedback come at a time when the won-to-dollar change charge threatens to interrupt 1,480 gained to the greenback US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and South Korean Minister of Economic system and Finance Koo Yun-cheol. (from X) US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent shared a message stressing that the current depreciation of the gained was “not in keeping with Korea’s sturdy financial fundamentals.”With Bessent himself talking out because the US’ chief financial official at a time when the won-to-dollar change charge has not too long ago been threatening to cross the 1,480 line, many are watching to see the potential influence…

Supply: Reuters Huawei recorded the best cargo quantity in China’s smartphone market on an annual foundation final yr, returning to the highest place for the primary time in 5 years. This marks the primary time since 2020 that the corporate has overtaken Apple to reclaim the annual management place. Based on market analysis agency IDC on January. 15, Huawei shipped a complete of 46.7 million smartphones within the Chinese language market in 2025, recording a 16.4% market share. Whereas this represents a 1.9% lower in comparison with the earlier yr’s 47.6 million items (16.6% market share),…

LONDON — After outrage from governments and regulators world wide, Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, introduced that to adjust to native legal guidelines it is going to disable, in some areas, a Grok AI software that permits customers to generate sexualized pictures of individuals with out their consent.

Worldwide college students and members of a volunteer group at Yeungnam College put together tteokguk (Korean rice cake soup) meal kits on the college’s scholar heart cafeteria in Gyeongsan, North Gyeongsang Province, Jan. 5. They produced 660 meal kits for underprivileged residents within the space. YonhapGreater than 1 in 9 worldwide college students right here grew to become unauthorized residents by overstaying their visas or working past permitted ranges, a current research discovered, suggesting a shortcoming within the authorities’s give attention to quantitative progress somewhat than sustainable integration.In keeping with a report by Gangneung-Wonju Nationwide College affiliate professor Kim Gyu-chan,…

Financial institution of Korea (BOK) Gov. Rhee Chang-yong speaks throughout a press convention on the financial institution’s headquarters in Seoul, Thursday. Yonhap The renewed weak point of the Korean forex towards the U.S. greenback was a significant component within the central financial institution’s newest determination to freeze the important thing coverage price, the nation’s prime financial policymaker mentioned Thursday.5 of the six rate-setting members of the financial coverage board thought that the speed freeze is more likely to stay in place, whereas the remaining member mentioned the potential for a lower ought to be left open, in accordance with the…

(Captured from NIPA YouTube channel) The Ministry of Science and ICT introduced on Jan. 15 the outcomes of the first-stage analysis overview for the “Impartial Synthetic Intelligence (AI) Basis Mannequin” venture, revealing that two groups—Naver Cloud and NC AI—out of 5 elite groups (consortiums) had been eradicated. LG AI Analysis, SK Telecom (SKT), and Upstage—three groups—will proceed to carry out the Impartial Basis Mannequin venture till the subsequent stage analysis. Moreover, the federal government plans to swiftly choose one further elite workforce in consideration of the venture’s function and aims. Participation alternatives will likely be offered…

Meals supply robots launched on the Raemian Leaders One complicated in Seocho-gu, Seoul (Picture courtesy of Samsung C&T) Samsung C&T’s building division introduced on Jan. 15 that it’ll broaden operations of an modern autonomous meals supply robotic service that delivers meals on to house unit entrances in partnership with supply platform Yogiyo. Samsung C&T accomplished pilot testing of the meals supply robotic service final 12 months at the Raemian Leaders One complicated in Seocho-gu, Seoul, in collaboration with autonomous robotic firm Neubility. The corporate resolved technical challenges that had been key conditions for house complicated…

Empty airspace over Iran, throughout a brief closure of the nation’s airspace amid issues about potential navy motion between the US and Iran, on this screengrab obtained from the web on January 15, 2026. Reuters-YonhapLONDON－ European airways like Wizz Air, Lufthansa and British Airways dodged Iraqi and Iranian airspace on Thursday, based on flight monitoring web sites, opting as a substitute for routes over Afghanistan and central Asia in an effort to mitigate dangers related ‍with the continuing geopolitical turmoil in Iran and the Center East.Iran closed, then reopened its airspace after almost 5 hours on Wednesday amid issues about…