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South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace and game developer Krafton announced on the 13th a strategic collaboration centered on “physical AI,” with plans to establish a joint venture and Krafton joining Hanwha Asset Management’s roughly $1 billion AI, robotics and defense investment fund. Specifics on the JV’s timing and

South Korea’s Kim Yun-ji won four medals at the 2026 Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Paralympics, including a gold in the women’s biathlon 12.5-kilometer event. The 19-year-old athlete was competing in her Paralympic debut and became the first Korean woman to win a Winter Paralympics gold. In

South Korea is revamping its seasonal and time-of-use electricity pricing for industrial customers to steer daytime demand toward periods when solar generation is high and to curb consumption at times when the grid is tighter. The plan, announced by the Ministry overseeing climate, energy and environment alongside Korea Electric Power

Anthropic, a U.S.-based AI startup known for stressing ethical guidelines and human-rights protections in its tools, has found itself in a high-stakes clash with the U.S. government over national security and control of powerful AI. The Department of Defense designated Anthropic as a supply-chain security risk and

A South Korean activist investor group led by GreenOak Capital and Altimeter is reported to have boosted its stake in Coupang, Inc., the U.S.-listed subsidiary of the Seoul-based e-commerce platform. A U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing by Coupang director Neil Mehta shows he bought about 7.

Seoul’s housing market is easing in the Gangnam area as the government signals a shift to tax changes aimed at curbing real estate speculation. Officials say they are preparing a reform of holding taxes that would cover ultra-high-price homes and non-resident one-home owners, a move tied to the broader

New York Times reports that in Bahrain, near a northern residential area, two missiles were fired toward Iran, with a video of the incident circulating on social media. The Times, after reviewing the footage, said the two missiles were launched into the air, and that the second launcher appeared to

France says one of its soldiers died in an attack on a base in the Erbil region of northern Iraq, the first fatality among European forces deployed in the Middle East since the Iran-related crisis began late last month. President Emmanuel Macron announced in an early-morning post on X that

North Korea’s state media is publicizing the formal occupancy of a housing complex in Pyongyang built for the bereaved families of overseas military personnel who died in deployments, including those tied to the Ukraine conflict. The Korean Central News Agency said a “housewarming” ceremony for New Star Street began

South Korean actor Lee Jae-ryong is under police scrutiny on suspicion of drunk driving after a late-evening crash in Seoul. The incident occurred on the night of the 6th in the Gangnam district, when his car struck a central divider. He then parked at his home in Cheongdam-dong before moving