Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama is in Seoul for talks that included an exclusive interview with Yonhap News Agency at the Seoul Shilla Hotel on March 13. He told Yonhap he wants to use Korean artificial intelligence tools to survey Ghana’s key mineral deposits, saying the idea arose

Seoul's Gangseo Police Station has forwarded a man identified as A to the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors’ Office on charges of violating the Sexual Violence Punishment Act for using a communications medium to post sexually explicit comments online. The comments were aimed at Lee Joon-seok, the leader of

South Korea began enforcing a major labor reform known as the Yellow Envelope Act on the 10th, expanding the rights of subcontracted workers to bargain with their main employers. Within the first day, nine parent companies announced they would enter negotiations with subcontracted unions, a sign of broader leverage for

A cross-border passenger train between North Korea and China has resumed service for the first time in about six years, following border closures tied to the COVID-19 pandemic. The first Pyongyang-origin train arrived at Beijing Railway Station at 8:40 a.m. local time after departing Pyongyang at 10:26

The National Theater Company of Korea (NTCK) is launching the 2025 edition of its citizen-script-reading academy, titled “Myeongdong: Reading Connects.” Applications are open through March 26 and will be drawn by lottery. The program carries a participation fee of 50,000 won. Described as a participatory arts project, the academy

The People Power Party (PPP) of South Korea will stage a pre-election debate among five non-incumbent candidates for the governor’s race in North Gyeongsang Province (Gyeongsangbuk-do). The party’s National Nomination Management Committee announced today that the Vision Debate for the Gyeongsangbuk-do governorship will be held on February 16

A U.S. KC-135 aerial refueling aircraft crashed in western Iraq on the 10th, during operations against Iran conducted by the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group. U.S. Central Command said the crash resulted from a mid-air collision with another tanker. CENTCOM confirmed on X on local time the

Iran has, after effectively blockading the Hormuz Strait, unusually allowed two Indian liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carriers to pass through the waterway. Tehran’s actions come amid broader restrictions on traffic through the strait, a key global energy route. Reuters cited the transit of one Indian LPG carrier recently, which

A Korean current-affairs program reports on a new wave in artificial intelligence: AI that can do more than answer questions. These so-called AI agents can be given goals, then plan steps, seek information, and even directly operate computers to carry out actions. The piece frames this as the opening of

Amid energy-security concerns sparked by tensions in the Middle East, South Korea and Japan are creating a formal channel for regular ministerial dialogue to stabilize LNG supplies. South Korea’s Industry and Trade Minister Kim Jung-kwan attended the first Indo-Pacific Energy Security Ministers’ Meeting in Tokyo on Monday and held