North Korean Ambassador to the UN Kim Song defended the country’s weapons tests, citing the UN Charter that stipulates “every state has inherent rights of individual or collective self-defense.” “The measures that the DPRK is taking for bolstering national defense capabilities are an inevitable choice to cope with the hostile threats of the US within the scope of self-defense rights,” Kim said, ...

South Korean telecommunications carrier LG Uplus is poised to discover more commercial use cases of artificial intelligence, as it looks to launch a voicebot for mom-and-pop stores and a personalized recommendation system for its TV viewers and online shoppers, its data head told a news conference on Thursday. LG Uplus aims to launch a new conversational voicebot service that understands the nat...

A feud is deepening within the ruling People Power Party over plans to overhaul the candidate nomination process ahead of the legislative elections in 2024. Rep. Chung Jin-suk has been publicly resisting party chairman Lee Jun-seok’s move to install a special committee to reform the party’s nomination guidelines, and include figures close to him. Chung argues that Lee is trying to tilt nominatio...

High school students are invited to compete in the 2022 Korea Economics Olympiad, which is held to select entrants for the International Economics Olympiad (IEO). The IEO is an annual competition for high school students in economics. Held since 2018, the IEO’s activities are designed to stimulate creative problem-solving skills among students interested in economics, business and finance. It is...

South Korean telecommunications giant KT said Thursday it plans to spend a combined 27 trillion won ($21.5 billion) in the field of network infrastructure, artificial intelligence and cloud computing over the next five years until 2026. KT, Korea‘s largest telecommunications firm by revenue as of 2021, also pledged to hire 28,000 employees during the same period. The 12 trillion won package wil...

The Korean actor added that the Japanese director seems to have a special insight into people which makes him a great communicator. When Song was asked to compare Kore-eda to “Parasite” director Bong Joon-ho, the actor began by talking about their similarities “There is a lot in common. They are both geniuses. They both allow actors to feel a sense of freedom and they help actors to be more cre...

Wharf Malls and First Initiative Foundation jointly present "Flash Pop-up: Robotic Dinos" HONG KONG , June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Unleash the inner dinosaur fanatic in Hong Kong . First Initiative Foundation (FIF) joined hands with the Leisure and Cultural Services Department in presenting a large-scale exhibition "The Hong Kong Jockey Club Series: The Big Eight – Dinosaur Revelation" fr...

National Assembly proceedings are in a gridlock, with the ruling and main opposition parties locking horns over control of key legislative posts. The ruling People Power Party wants to take the Legislation and Judiciary Committee chair post, as part of the compromise it reached with the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea last year. In the compromise, the two parties agreed on which party ...

Merck Korea, the local subsidiary of the German science and technology giant, said Thursday that it has completed expansion work of its local production plant in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province. In October 2020, the company announced plans to invest 20 million euros ($21 million) into expanding facilities at the plant to produce key materials for organic light-emitting diode displays that had been...

Business leaders and experts from South Korea and the US discussed solutions to tackle sustainability risks facing businesses during a seminar hosted by the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Korea on Thursday in Seoul. AmCham Korea Chairman and CEO James Kim stressed that doing business in responsible and socially conscious ways is more critical than ever, as both nations have renewed the...

Study shows that OutSystems delivered up to 66% in efficiency gains and paid back its investment in less than six months SINGAPORE , June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- OutSystems , a global leader in high-performance low-code development, today announced the results of the new Total Economic Impact™ of OutSystems , a commissioned study from Forrester Consulting on behalf of OutSystems. The stud...

Officials from South Korea and ASEAN toast in front of the Indonesian booth at ASEAN Trade Fair 2022, held at Kintex in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, on Tuesday.

A fire broke out at an office building in the southeastern city of Daegu on Thursday, leaving seven dead and injuring 46 others, officials said. The fire broke out at the seven-story building in the city, 302 kilometers south of Seoul, at around 10:55 a.m., according to firefighters. It was fully extinguished some 20 minutes later. Dozens of other citizens evacuated the building. Authorities m...

SINGAPORE , June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific International Holdings (AG&P), a leading downstream LNG platform and industrial company, has been adjudged as the APAC Company of the Year for 2022 in the LNG category by Energy Council. The Energy Council's Annual Awards of Excellence represents a global benchmark of excellence for the oil & gas and natural gas / LNG sectors. A...

In a Cabinet meeting on June 7, President Yoon Suk-yeol redefined the purpose of education in his attempt to call for drastic educational reforms. Stressing that the keyword is “human capital,” he said the Education Ministry should consider itself “as one of the economy-related ministries.” “The first mission of the Education Ministry is to provide human capital needed for development of indust...