Author: Seoul Reporter

Simply over a yr after the ruling celebration in Georgia, a small former Soviet republic nestled within the Caucasus, gained parliamentary elections, the nation finds itself additional than ever from its long-sought purpose of E.U. membership — and far nearer to Russia.

President Lee Jae Myung, left, bangs the gavel to open a Cupboard assembly on the presidential workplace in Seoul, Tuesday. YonhapThe federal government on Tuesday permitted a objective to cut back South Korea’s greenhouse gasoline emissions by 53-61 % from 2018 ranges by 2035, with President Lee Jae Myung stressing the transition to a carbon-neutral society is an “inevitable path” for sustainable progress.The choice was made throughout a Cupboard assembly presided over by Lee, endorsing the nationally decided contribution (NDC) goal for 2035, which is barely increased than the federal government’s preliminary proposal to chop emissions by both 50-60 %…

A rising variety of insurers and different monetary service suppliers are adopting synthetic intelligence (AI) to satisfy buyer calls for, from funding suggestions and general consulting to insurance coverage design and criticism processing, market watchers mentioned Monday.The shift improves effectivity, accuracy and velocity, since AI brokers are taking on repetitive, time-consuming or information-heavy duties beforehand carried out by human workers.The insurance coverage sector specifically is experiencing enhanced, quicker companies, because the AI-reviewed complicated insurance coverage consultations scale back errors.KB Insurance coverage has launched an AI criticism decision assistant whereby recorded buyer calls are analyzed to categorise criticism sorts earlier than…

Watching on-line content material is probably the most frequent means Koreans spend their free time in 2025, with about 80 % streaming commonly, a survey confirmed Tuesday.The survey, launched by the Ministry of Knowledge and Statistics, additionally discovered that fewer individuals are studying books in comparison with 10 years in the past, with lower than half partaking within the exercise this 12 months.The 2025 survey, carried out from Could 14 to 29, examined welfare, social participation, leisure, revenue and spending and labor for about 34,000 people aged 13 and above in 19,000 households nationwide.The findings come as Koreans stay longer…

The 2025 MAMA Awards is about to return to Hong Kong later this month, staged on the metropolis’s new cultural landmark, Kai Tak Stadium. The occasion goals to highlight each the rising international affect of Ok-pop and the awards’ decades-long legacy. Launched in 1999 by Mnet, a music channel beneath CJ ENM, the MAMA Awards have advanced alongside Ok-pop because it rises in international recognition. Since its first abroad version in Macau in 2010, the ceremony has develop into a touring showcase, held in cities equivalent to Singapore, Tokyo and Los Angeles. This 12 months’s two-day occasion, set for Nov.…

A cement plant in Danyang, North Chungcheong Province (Captured from Yonhapnews TV) South Korea’s home cement demand has plummeted to its lowest stage in 34 years. As the development business downturn continues, cement shipments have sharply declined to ranges seen within the early Nineties. Trade officers anticipate related sluggish efficiency to proceed subsequent 12 months, regardless of the federal government’s efforts to revive the development sector. The Korea Cement Affiliation (together with Sampyo Cement, Ssangyong C&E, Hanil Cement, Asia Cement, Halla Cement, and Sungshin Cement) introduced on Nov. 11 that home cement demand (shipments) for…

Having earned a repute as a “card captor” for his penchant for selecting up yellow and crimson playing cards in Germany, the Korean nationwide soccer staff midfielder Jens Castrop mentioned Tuesday he’ll attempt to keep disciplined whereas on worldwide responsibility right here this month.Castrop, born in Germany to a Korean mom and a German father, earned his third consecutive call-up to the nationwide staff. The midfielder for Borussia Monchengladbach took the sphere in three of the previous 4 Korean matches and can seemingly obtain important taking part in time in opposition to Bolivia on Friday and Ghana subsequent Tuesday, with…

WASHINGTON — The longest-ever U.S. authorities shutdown moved ahead Monday towards an eventual decision, after a number of Democratic senators broke ranks to hitch Republicans in a 60-40 vote passing a compromise deal — sparking intra-party backlash.Since Oct. 1, the primary day of the shutdown, greater than 1,000,000 federal staff have been unpaid, whereas authorities advantages and providers have been more and more disrupted.Extreme impacts on air visitors have begun to mount in current days, with greater than 1,000 flights canceled every day, elevating the political stress to finish the stalemate.”We’ll be opening up our nation in a short time,”…

A person in his 40s who reduce his international spouse’s hair and injured her with a weapon after she refused to just accept his apology has been given a suspended sentence.Decide Kim Yong-shin of the Gwangju District Court docket’s Legal Division 8 sentenced the person Monday to eight months in jail with two years of probation on fees of aggravated assault. The courtroom additionally ordered him to endure probation supervision and full 40 hours of home violence remedy.He was indicted for slicing his spouse’s hair and injuring her finger with a weapon at their house in Gwangju round 7:40 p.m.…

NEW YORK — IBM is stepping up its efforts within the quickly evolving synthetic intelligence (AI) business, led by its watsonx platform and enterprise consulting providers. IBM’s newest technique in AI is encapsulated by watsonx, a group of merchandise for generative AI, from constructing to deploying and governing AI fashions, with complete enterprise consulting.“[For companies to adopt AI in business], there should be platforms that permit their builders to construct with AI and want to have the ability to use numerous fashions as properly … To ensure that AI adoption to align with these processes, it wants a platform that…