Author: Seoul Reporter

One other busy yr attracts to a detailed for South Korea’s nationwide crew, and as soon as once more, there are as many questions as solutions. Few followers would have been stunned again in January to listen to that the Taeguk Warriors would qualify for the 2026 World Cup. Equally few eyebrows would have been raised if advised that critical doubts would linger in regards to the crew’s true stage.It sounds odd to say after two wins in 5 days in mid-November, together with a 2-0 victory over Bolivia in Daejeon on Friday, adopted by a 1-0 win over Ghana…

TOKYO — A pair of swivelling, human-like robotic arms, constructed for bodily synthetic intelligence analysis, mirror the motions of an operator in a VR headset twirling his arms like a magician.With sufficient observe, arms like these can full on a regular basis duties alone, claims Tokyo firm Enactic, which is creating humanoid robots to scrub dishes and do laundry in short-staffed Japanese care properties.Welcome to the way forward for AI because it begins to infiltrate the fabric world within the type of good robots, self-driving automobiles and different autonomous machines.”The following wave of AI is bodily AI,” Jensen Huang, head…

A migrant employee who was acknowledged by the Nationwide Human Rights Fee of Korea (NHRCK) as a sufferer of human rights violations has misplaced his lawsuit searching for damages from the state over his compelled involvement in an undercover police investigation.In keeping with authorized sources, Tuesday, Choose Kwon Ju-yeon of the Seoul Central District Courtroom dominated towards a Bangladeshi nationwide, recognized as A, who had filed a compensation declare towards the state. The courtroom had tried mediation final December, however after each events rejected the proposal, the case proceeded to a single listening to earlier than a ruling was issued.A…

SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won, who serves as head of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Trade (KCCI), on Wednesday requested the principle opposition social gathering to make efforts to revamp company rules amid international enterprise challenges.”International locations are dominantly implementing nation-first insurance policies, with many introducing unprecedented measures to help their very own companies,” Chey was quoted as saying by the KCCI throughout his assembly with Rep. Jang Dong-hyeok, head of the Individuals Energy Get together (PPP).Chey stated throughout the Asia-Pacific Financial Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit, the official sideline occasion of the APEC leaders’ summit held in Korea final…

A view of Yuyu Pharma’s plant in Jecheon, North Chungcheong Province (Picture courtesy of Yuyu Pharma) Yuyu Pharma introduced on Nov. 19 that it has established a neighborhood subsidiary to focus on the U.S. companion animal pharmaceutical and well being practical meals market. Following its funding in a U.S. startup this April, the corporate is actively shifting to develop its companion animal enterprise in america. The corporate said that it has invested $4.5 million to determine a holding firm, Yuyu Enterprise, in america. Yuyu Enterprise will handle two subsidiaries: Yuyu Bio and Mervin’s Pet Care. …

Mukesh Ambani, chairman of India’s Reliance Group (Captured from Reliance Group web site) Mukesh Ambani, chairman of India’s Reliance Group who is taken into account Asia’s wealthiest particular person, is anticipated to go to Korea. He plans to fulfill with Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong to debate cooperation in next-generation communication know-how and synthetic intelligence (AI). In keeping with enterprise circles on Nov. 19, Ambani is scheduled to go to Korea for a two-day journey on Nov. 25, accompanied by his eldest son Akash Ambani, chairman of the board of administrators of Reliance Jio Infocomm. Chairman Ambani is anticipated…

Memento Truthful 2025, Korea’s largest competition for conventional and up to date keepsakes, is ready to return to Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) in Seoul Friday via Sunday. The expanded occasion displays each the rising world profile of “Okay-goods” and rising curiosity amongst worldwide guests in regionally made souvenirs.Hosted by the Ministry of Tradition, Sports activities and Tourism and the Korea Tourism Group (KTO), the three-day occasion is anticipating a document 134 exhibitors, representing regional governments together with Incheon and Busan, in addition to main trade gamers akin to BC Card.Themed zones will line the DDP Artwork Corridor, inviting guests to…

Even within the absence of normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia, a brand new regular is taking maintain of the Center East. On Tuesday, President Donald Trump hosted Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on the White Home in a go to that illustrated the geopolitical priorities of each nations and bolstered the extent to which america and different main powers have forgiven the influential royal’s position within the 2018 abduction and homicide of Washington Publish columnist Jamal Khashoggi.

Police on Wednesday raided two workplaces of KT, the nation’s second-largest cell service, over the corporate’s alleged concealment of proof associated to a hacking incident earlier this 12 months.Investigators from Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police executed search and seizure warrants on the workplaces in Pangyo, Seongnam, and Bangbae in southern Seoul.The raids come after the science ministry referred the corporate to the police over suspicions it shut down servers within the wake of a reported cyberattack on its website for distant buyer inspections.Police have reportedly booked the corporate’s head of information safety on suspicions of obstruction of justice.

SEJONG — The variety of members of the family serving as unregistered executives at family-run conglomerates, or chaebol, has elevated, elevating considerations a couple of rising hole between authority and accountability, the antitrust regulator stated Wednesday.Since 2010, the Truthful Commerce Fee (FTC) has reviewed and launched annual reviews on the possession and governance constructions of designated company teams as a part of its market-monitoring efforts to encourage enhancements in administration practices.In keeping with the newest report, among the many 77 conglomerate teams, 18.2 p.c of their 518 associates had a member of the proprietor household formally appointed to the corporate’s…