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Rep. Jang Dong-hyeok, left, chief of the principle opposition Individuals Energy Get together, speaks throughout his go to to the development web site for the semiconductor cluster advanced in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, Friday. Joint Press CorpsPolitical events are clashing over whether or not on-line platforms must be required to reveal the nationality of commenters, as the problem is rising as a flashpoint forward of the June 3 native elections.Rep. Jang Dong-hyeok, chief of the principle opposition Individuals Energy Get together (PPP), has referred to as for the obligatory disclosure of commenters’ nationalities on on-line platforms, together with restrictions on international…

Attendees stroll previous a CES signal throughout CES 2026 in Las Vegas, Tuesday. Reuters-YonhapLAS VEGAS — The CES 2026 tech truthful has raised crucial alarm bells for Korea’s tech corporations, signaling that long-term progress can not rely merely on superficial hype over synthetic intelligence (AI) and software program on this quickly evolving period of bodily AI.As anticipated, AI took heart stage at this 12 months’s tech exhibition and all of the Korean manufacturing giants — from IT to carmakers — went all out to showcase their up to date AI visions converged with {hardware}.This was inevitable, because the tech paradigm…

On this body seize from footage circulating on social media from Iran confirmed protesters as soon as once more taking to the streets of Tehran regardless of an intensifying crackdown because the Islamic Republic stays minimize off from the remainder of the world in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Jan. 10. AP-YonhapDUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Nationwide protests in Iran sparked by the Islamic Republic’s ailing economic system are placing new stress on its theocracy because it has shut down the web and phone networks.Tehran continues to be reeling from a 12-day battle launched by Israel in June that noticed the USA…

Commuters at Seoul Station watch information protection Friday about former President Yoon Suk Yeol going through a potential most sentence in his sedition trial over the Dec. 3 martial regulation disaster. NewsisAs Korea awaits a landmark sentencing in opposition to former President Yoon Suk Yeol, anticipated this Tuesday, prosecutors discover themselves legally constrained by the nation’s slender vary of potential punishments.Yoon faces expenses of riot over his Dec. 3, 2024, martial regulation declaration, making him the primary president in Korea’s democratic historical past to be indicted on such counts for actions taken whereas in workplace.Below the Legal Act’s strict provisions…

A graph evaluating 5 nationwide AI basis challenge fashions / Courtesy of LG AI AnalysisLG AI Analysis’s newly developed synthetic intelligence (AI) mannequin, Okay-EXAONE, created for the nationwide AI basis mannequin challenge, has demonstrated robust competitiveness in each home and worldwide AI arenas.The corporate shared that Okay-EXAONE topped 10 out of 13 benchmark checks within the first-round analysis of the government-backed AI basis mannequin initiative, scheduled to conclude this month.The mannequin earned a mean rating of 72 factors, delivering the strongest total efficiency amongst fashions developed by 5 consortia taking part within the challenge.Okay-EXAONE scored 32 factors on the Synthetic…

Bob Weir of Lifeless & Firm performs at Bonnaroo Music and Arts Competition on Sunday, June 12, 2016, in Manchester, Tenn. AP-YonhapLOS ANGELES — Bob Weir, the guitarist and singer who as an important member of the Grateful Lifeless helped discovered the sound of the San Francisco counterculture of the Nineteen Sixties and saved it alive by a long time of infinite excursions and marathon jams, has died. He was 78.Weir’s loss of life was introduced Saturday in an announcement on his Instagram web page.“It’s with profound unhappiness that we share the passing of Bobby Weir,” an announcement on his…

The brand of UNESCO is seen throughout the thirty ninth session of the Common Convention at its headquarters in Paris, on this Nov. 4, 2017, file picture. AP-YonhapUNESCO has expressed considerations over Korea’s “anti-fake information” regulation, warning that efforts to combat disinformation should not come on the expense of freedom of the press or encourage censorship.In an announcement lately despatched in response to a Korea Occasions inquiry concerning the controversial regulation, UNESCO confused that journalism must be “free, unbiased and pluralistic” and that “journalists should be capable of work with out concern of reprisals.”UNESCO is the first U.N. company with…

KB Monetary Group Chairman Yang Jong-hee delivers a lecture to group executives throughout a administration workshop at Grand Walkerhill Seoul, Friday. Courtesy of KB Monetary Group The rivalry between KB Monetary Group, which is searching for to carry onto its No. 1 place, and Shinhan Monetary Group, wanting to regain the highest spot, is about to accentuate this yr as each teams reshuffle their lineups, trade officers stated Sunday. This comes at a crucial turning level for the monetary sector, marked by the rise of synthetic intelligence (AI) and a chronic low-growth surroundings.KB Monetary has lately reshaped its organizational construction,…

Folks in winter garments commerce at a conventional market in a neighbourhood affected by the heating subsidy coverage, in Baoding Metropolis, northern China’s Hebei province Jan. 7. AFP-YonhapXUSHUI, China — Nearly a decade after China started curbing coal burning to cease thick winter smog, villagers in northern Hebei province are struggling to afford their heating payments with most gasoline subsidies now phased out.In 2017, Beijing mandated that dozens of northern areas wind down using coal-fired stoves in favor of electrical and pure gas-powered programs.China’s central authorities allotted funds to refit stoves, however subsidies light after three years and extra assist…

Cheong Wa Dae in central Seoul, Dec. 8, 2025 / YonhapCheong Wa Dae on Sunday reaffirmed that South Korea has no intention of scary or irritating North Korea, after Pyongyang once more blamed the South for drone incursions into the North and demanded an evidence.In an announcement, the Workplace of Nationwide Safety at Cheong Wa Dae stated, “The federal government as soon as once more confirms that it has no intention of scary or irritating the North aspect.””The federal government will look into the newest drone incident by way of a joint military-police probe and promptly disclose its outcomes,” the…