Author: Seoul Reporter

President Donald Trump signaled he would help anti-government protesters in Iran because the White Home convened high officers on Tuesday to weigh navy choices.The president indicated that the time for negotiations with Tehran had handed, saying in a social media put up Tuesday morning that he had “cancelled all conferences” with Iranian officers. However some political allies are warning in opposition to the hazards of entanglement in one other abroad battle and the home prices of abandoning the “America First” overseas coverage Trump campaigned on.

The Korean authorities is transferring to overtake the compensation construction for its thousands and thousands of army reservists, following years of criticism that necessary service pay has didn’t preserve tempo with the nation’s rising value of dwelling. Kang Hoon-sik, the presidential chief of employees, directed the Ministry of Nationwide Protection earlier this week to modernize the reserve coaching system and discover elevating mobilization pay to at the least the minimal wage. The directive comes because the disparity between army stipends and civilian earnings reaches a breaking level for younger males pressured to stability careers with nationwide protection obligations. For Kim…

MBK Companions Chairman Michael ByungJu Kim walks towards the Seoul Central District Courtroom in Seocho District, Seoul, Tuesday, to attned detention hearings. Joint Press CorpsMBK Companions Chairman Michael ByungJu Kim averted detention Wednesday because the Seoul Central District Courtroom dismissed prosecutors’ request for a warrant to detain him on expenses of fraud underneath the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Particular Financial Crimes and violations of the Capital Markets Act, in reference to Homeplus’ controversial court-led rehabilitation submitting.The warrants have been additionally denied for MBK Vice Chairman and Homeplus CEO Kim Kwang-il, MBK Vice President Kim Jeong-hwan and Homeplus Chief…

The DeepSeek brand and phrases studying “Synthetic Intelligence AI” are seen on this illustration taken on Jan. 29, 2025. REUTERS As open supply synthetic intelligence (AI) fashions quickly unfold, considerations are rising in regards to the misuse of open supply for deepfake era, private info infringement, and unlawful weapon improvement. Voices calling for security measures to stop the misuse of open supply fashions are rising inside and out of doors the AI business and academia. In accordance with the “AI Security Index” report revealed on Jan. 13 by the U.S. non-profit group Way forward for Life Institute…

January 13, 2026 at 5:44 p.m. ESTSimply nowIranians have poured into the streets in current weeks to protest the dire state of the nation’s ailing economic system, with many calling for the tip of the Islamic republic, in what have grow to be a number of the largest demonstrations for the reason that nation’s 1979 revolution.Iranian authorities have imposed a nationwide communications blackout and ordered a crackdown on protesters. Safety forces have killed as many as 2,000 individuals for the reason that unrest started on Dec. 28, in keeping with the U.S.-based Human Rights Activists Information Company. (The Washington Put…

Yoon Hwan-su, left, an affiliate professor on the Division of Organic Sciences at Sungkyunkwan College and Shin Woo-cheol, Wando County mayor, pose after signing a memorandum of understanding to collectively advance marine analysis, in Jung District, Seoul, Jan. 6. Courtesy of Sungkyunkwan College.Sungkyunkwan College mentioned Monday it signed a memorandum of understanding with Wando County in South Jeolla Province to collectively advance marine analysis and develop an offshore seaweed farming testbed geared toward increasing Korea’s blue carbon capability.Beneath the settlement signed on Jan. 6, the 2 sides will set up and function an offshore experimental marine plant farm close to…

Emphasizing a deeper managerial pool — not bigger money reserves — as a possible buffer in opposition to financial uncertainties, Genesis BBQ Chairman Yoon Hong-geun not too long ago donated 1 billion gained ($750,000) to his alma mater, Chosun College, to assist applications geared toward educating the following era of entrepreneurs. Genesis BBQ Chairman Yoon Hong-geun / Courtesy of Genesis BBQ Genesis BBQ Group stated the funds will probably be utilized by the personal college in Gwangju to increase training and analysis infrastructure, enhance studying environments, and assist applications geared toward cultivating globally aggressive specialists.Genesis BBQ, based in 1995 as…

    The Gemini app icon on a smartphone on this illustration taken October 27, 2025. REUTERS  Apple’s synthetic intelligence (AI) assistant will function primarily based on Google’s AI mannequin “Gemini.” With Google taking cost of the iPhone following Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy, the corporate has positioned itself to dominate the smartphone AI ecosystem. As this contract is evaluated as one that would give Google an edge in AI competitors towards OpenAI and Meta, Google’s mum or dad firm, Alphabet, has joined the $4 trillion (5,800 trillion gained) market capitalization membership. Apple and…

The quilt of KOTRA’s report on China’s hydrogen business (Photograph courtesy of KOTRA) As China’s hydrogen business grows quickly with coverage assist, commerce quantity with Korea can also be increasing, resulting in evaluation that cooperation alternatives between the 2 nations will enhance sooner or later. KOTRA printed the “China’s Hydrogen Business Ecosystem and Cooperation Plans for Korean Corporations” report on Jan. 13, presenting China’s hydrogen business coverage traits and market outlook, promising cooperation fields, and concerns for market entry. As of the tip of 2024, China’s hydrogen manufacturing and consumption scale is roughly 36.5 million tons,…

Daewon Pharmaceutical (CEO:Baek In-hwan ) recorded a cumulative working deficit for the third quarter as a result of aftermath of poor efficiency by its subsidiary. Market consideration is targeted on whether or not the corporate can achieve turning to annual profitability by means of a fourth-quarter efficiency rebound. In response to the digital disclosure system on the twelfth, Daewon Pharmaceutical’s cumulative third-quarter gross sales final yr had been 445.6 billion received, with an working lack of 2.4 billion received. In comparison with gross sales of 453.1 billion received and working revenue of 25 billion…