Author: Seoul Reporter

Park Jung-hwan, head of analysis institute at Faraday Dynamics, introduces its FD-Sequence excessive torque servo motors at its sales space throughout CES 2026 in Las Vegas, Thursday. Courtesy of Faraday DynamicsLAS VEGAS — The burgeoning progress of bodily synthetic intelligence (AI) will redefine the marketplace for servo motors, notably for robotics, as demand for extra superior, high-performance motors is forecast to surge amid the rise of AI-powered industrial robots, in keeping with a analysis chief at Faraday Dynamics.Faraday Dynamics is a startup centered on growing specialised motors used for exact and correct motion in electromechanical gadgets, similar to robots.Demand for…

EJAE (second from proper), composer and vocalist of “Golden,” shares her ideas on profitable the Greatest Unique Track award on the U.S. Golden Globe Awards held on the Bevery Hilton Resort in California, the USA, on Jan. 12. (Captured from Golden Globes YouTube channel) The unique soundtrack (OST) “Golden” from Netflix unique animation “KPop Demon Hunters” gained the Greatest Unique Track award on the U.S. Golden Globe Awards. The mega-hit animation additionally gained the Greatest Animated Function Movie award. On the 83rd Golden Globe Awards ceremony held on the Beverly Hilton Resort in California on the…

DS Dansuk’s CI (Picture courtesy of DS Dansuk) DS Dansuk, a South Korean power firm specializing in useful resource recycling, mentioned on Jan. 12 that it has signed a strategic memorandum of understanding with U.S.-based next-generation reactor developer Nano Nuclear Power (NNE) to pursue the home introduction of micro modular reactors (MMRs). Beneath the settlement, DS Dansuk and NNE will set up a cooperative framework for the event and commercialization of MMR know-how and discover enterprise alternatives within the South Korean market. In contrast with typical large-scale reactors, MMRs are simpler to put in, provide increased…

Former Democratic Social gathering of Korea ground chief Rep. Kim Byung-kee leaves the social gathering constructing after attending a gathering of the social gathering’s ethics committee, Monday. Yonhap The ruling Democratic Social gathering of Korea (DPK) on Monday voted to expel former ground chief Rep. Kim Byung-kee amid mounting corruption allegations surrounding the lawmaker, together with receiving preferential remedy and abusing his energy.The choice got here after Kim had refused to voluntarily go away the social gathering regardless of calls from the DPK’s management demanding the previous ground chief surrender his social gathering membership over his snowballing allegations.Han Dong-soo, the…

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung shake palms forward of their summit held on Oct. 30, 2025, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Financial Cooperation discussion board in Gyeongju, South Korea. (pool picture) President Lee Jae Myung will go to Japan’s Nara Prefecture on Tuesday and Wednesday to carry a bilateral summit with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. This go to was prompted by a promise by the 2 leaders to conduct reciprocal visits to one another’s international locations throughout their earlier assembly finally 12 months’s Asia-Pacific Financial Cooperation summit, held in Korea. Lee intends…

SK Biopharmaceuticals CI (Photograph courtesy of SK Biopharmaceuticals) SK Biopharmaceuticals mentioned on Jan. 12 that the U.S. Meals and Drug Administration has authorised an investigational new drug (IND) utility for its radiopharmaceutical remedy candidate SKL35501 and its companion diagnostic imaging agent SKL35502, clearing the way in which for a Part 1 medical trial. The approval marks the primary time a South Korean firm has acquired FDA clearance for a Part 1 IND within the alpha-emitter radiopharmaceutical remedy (RPT) discipline. SK Biopharmaceuticals mentioned it plans to focus on the worldwide oncology market via a customized remedy technique primarily…

U.S. Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell speaks throughout a information convention following a Federal Open Market Committee assembly in Washington, D.C., Dec. 10, 2025. AFP-YonhapWASHINGTON — United States prosecutors have opened an inquiry threatening a “felony indictment” towards the Federal Reserve, its chairman Jerome Powell revealed, denouncing new “threats and ongoing strain” from the administration of President Donald Trump.Powell mentioned in a uncommon video assertion Sunday that the U.S. central financial institution acquired grand jury subpoenas Friday associated to his Senate testimony in June, which involved partially a serious renovation mission of Federal Reserve workplace buildings.He dismissed the subpoenas…

Kim Hyoung-suk, chief of the Independence Corridor of Korea, attends a Nationwide Meeting audit on Yeouido, Seoul, Oct. 28, 2025. Korea Occasions file The veterans ministry on Monday confirmed the findings of an inside audit into allegations surrounding the chief of the Independence Corridor of Korea, paving the best way for his dismissal.The choice got here after the ministry launched an audit into Kim Hyoung-suk, the director of the museum specializing in the nation’s independence motion throughout colonial rule, in September final yr to analyze Kim’s alleged use of the ability for personal functions, in addition to his funds execution…

Nexon Korea headquarters in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province / Korea Instances file The federal government is contemplating a plan to switch a large stake in recreation studio Nexon’s holding firm, NXC, to a Korean-style sovereign wealth fund being arrange by the Lee Jae Myung administration, in an obvious transfer to make use of the government-held stake for nationwide pursuits quite than promoting it to overseas capitals together with China’s Tencent.In line with authorities officers, Monday, the federal government is exploring numerous fundraising choices for the proposed wealth fund value 20 trillion received ($13.67 billion), together with transferring government-held tax-accepted company shares…

Chinese language startup Beijing Linyi Yunchuan Vitality Expertise Co. conducts a check flight of airborne wind energy technology S2000 in Sichuan Province, China on Jan. 11. (Captured from Elephant Information) A Chinese language power startup has efficiently performed a check flight of airborne wind energy technology at a peak of two,000 meters above floor, bringing the period of “flying energy vegetation” considerably nearer. With the potential to supply sufficient electrical energy to cost about 30 electrical automobiles with only one hour of operation, it’s attracting consideration as a future technique of energy technology. In line with China’s…