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Democratic Party of Korea leader Jeong Cheong-rae spoke at an on-site leadership meeting Thursday morning at the Peace Observatory in Ganghwa County, Incheon, a coastal site that overlooks the region near Seoul. The remarks come as a separate comment on the so-called “deal to drop charges” in the Lee Jae-myung

Oil prices climbed above $100 a barrel again, as the market grappled with the impact of the IEA’s decision to release emergency oil stocks and with signs that the US–Iran confrontation could endure. Brent crude for May delivery surged intraday past $101.50, before settling in the mid-$

A regional weather bulletin from KBS in Daejeon says a clean northeast breeze is dispersing air pollutants, with the eastern part of Korea expected to see improving air quality. Officials say tomorrow the whole region should inch toward “normal” air quality, with dust not expected to be a concern. The

Snowflake, the U.S.-based data cloud company focused on AI-enabled analytics, held a media session in Seoul to mark the relocation and expansion of its Seoul office in Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam District. The event signals an intensified push by the company into the Korean market. At the session, Snowflake Korea’

Seoul officials announced that K-Science will be the central theme for South Korea’s upcoming national R&D investments, aiming to broaden the field beyond the country’s traditional strengths in semiconductors and secondary batteries to include Korea’s history, culture, and geological characteristics as drivers of science. The

A preliminary U.S. military investigation into last month’s airstrike on an elementary school in Minab, southern Iran, indicates the operation may have relied on outdated targeting data, suggesting human error rather than a technical AI fault. The strike killed around 170 people, according to local reports. The New

South Korea’s National Assembly on March 12 approved the full revision of the Special Act on Relief for Victims of Humidifier Disinfectants, transitioning the relief program to a national compensation system. The move was accompanied by a joint statement from six major health and environmental academic societies urging proactive

Wonju, a city in Korea’s Gangwon Province, has been selected by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) for the 2026 Drone Demonstration City project. It remains the only Gangwon local government chosen in the drone delivery field for two consecutive years. Wonju will join a consortium that

A weather system will bring cloudiness to much of central Korea and the Jeolla region on Thursday, with rain or snow forecast for parts of the East Sea coast and for inland areas in Gangwon, Gyeongsang, and Jeolla provinces. The forecast comes from the Korea Meteorological Administration. In the morning,

Tomorrow across the Korean Peninsula is expected to be mostly sunny and mild, with dust dispersing and spring-like conditions returning. However, the mountainous areas of Gangwon Province in the northeast are forecast to see continued heavy snowfall, with accumulations of more than 20 centimeters. The snow is described as heavy