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Is Lee Jae-myung’s social media push policy or politics?
Editorial on President Lee Jae-myung's communication strategy.
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Korea’s Chunmoo Rockets Land in Croatia — What’s the Deal Worth?
Speaker Cho held bilateral talks with Croatian President Milanović on October 10. Topics included energy cooperation and defense partnerships. This is routine parliamentary-level diplomacy, common for Korean legislative leaders to conduct regional trade and security discussions.
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Lee Jae-myung Turns on His Own Party’s Hard Left
Image: Kyunghyang (English) (original article) South Korean President Lee Jae-myung publicly rebuked hardliners inside his own ruling Democratic Party on October 9, accusing them of …
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Samsung Beats Nvidia on Profit—Then Its Stock Falls 2%
Samsung reported Q3 operating profit of 107.4 trillion won—surpassing rivals like Nvidia and breaking Korean corporate records—driven by global AI chip demand lifting memory prices. The results touch all Samsung shareholders and Korea's export-dependent economy, with earnings announced October 8. Ho
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Seoul Apartment Prices Rise for 87th Straight Week
Seoul's residential property market extended its streak to 87 consecutive weeks of price gains. The first week of October saw a 0.12% week-on-week increase, continuing a pattern that reflects persistent demand from owner-occupants and investors despite higher borrowing costs. This affects renters (r
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South Korea’s August surplus hits $46B — second-biggest ever
South Korea recorded a current account surplus of $46.11 billion in August—the second-largest on record—as semiconductor exports surged. The surplus is the broadest measure of South Korea's trade and financial flows; large surpluses mean more won flowing in than out, strengthening currency and reser
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Korea’s Top Oil Firms Face Price-Fixing Probe After Iran War
South Korea's antitrust regulator is investigating whether SK Energy and Hyundai Oilbank—which together control half the nation's oil refining capacity—colluded to fix prices after tensions with Iran. The probe affects fuel costs for all drivers and heating customers. Korea tightly monitors downstre
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Aion 2 Hits 400,000 Players at Launch — What It Means for NCSOFT
NCsoft's fantasy MMORPG Aion 2 reached 398,000 simultaneous players on Steam alone during its Oct. 7 global launch, more than double the early-access peak. The game crossed 400,000 total concurrent players. The surge reflects strong international demand for Korean MMORPGs, though community discussio
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Can AI watermarks tell if a machine wrote your text?
Image: Kyunghyang (English) (original article) OpenAI has unveiled an invisible text-watermarking system called textGrain, joining Anthropic and Google in a race to label AI-generated content …
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Korean cybersecurity stocks surge on AI hacking fears
Image: Kyunghyang (English) (original article) A wave of AI-driven hacking attacks on South Korea’s financial sector sent cybersecurity stocks sharply higher on the KOSDAQ (Korea’s …