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Nepal: Families of Nine Missing South Koreans Urge Helicopter Assistance to Speed Up Search Efforts

More than 48 hours after the sudden flooding that struck a hydroelectric project in Nepal, nine South Korean workers remain missing. Their relatives are calling for urgent aerial intervention as access to the devastated areas complicates rescue operations. A Race Against Time Concern is growing in South......

South Korea: Artificial Intelligence Emerges as a Major Productivity Lever

South Korea confirms its status as a particularly advanced market in the adoption of artificial intelligence. According to a study reported on Thursday by the Yonhap agency, the use of AI tools in the country is 1.7 times higher than the global average, reflecting a rapid integration of these technologies......

The silver tsunami is reshaping the global real estate market

For decades, population growth has been one of the strongest foundations of the global housing market. More people generally meant more households, stronger demand for homes and, in many areas, rising property values. But demographic change is now challenging that long-standing assumption. Falling birth......

The United States Reduces Military Presence in South Korea Amid War with Iran

The war with Iran is beginning to have repercussions even on the Korean Peninsula. The United States has canceled its participation in a major amphibious exercise planned with South Korea, as Washington faces constraints on the availability of its forces engaged in the Middle East. A Major Military Exercise......

Samsung considers $79 billion payout to shareholders amid ai boom

Samsung Electronics is considering a major shareholder-return program worth up to 110 trillion won, or approximately $79 billion, as the South Korean technology giant seeks to capitalize on the strong growth of the semiconductor industry driven by the global artificial intelligence boom. The potential......

North Korea launches ballistic missiles amid U.S.-South Korea military drills

Tensions on the Korean Peninsula have risen again after North Korea launched several short-range ballistic missiles as the United States and South Korea conducted joint military exercises. The launches came only hours after U.S. President Donald Trump expressed his willingness to meet North Korean leader......

US Army selects South Korean K9 howitzer for mobile artillery program

The United States Army has selected South Korean defense company Hanwha Aerospace to supply prototype self-propelled K9 howitzers as part of a new effort to develop a highly mobile 155mm artillery system. Under the agreement, Hanwha Defense USA, the company's American subsidiary, will provide six......

Trump Revives Dialogue with Kim Jong-un and Scales Back Military Exercises with Seoul

The American president, Donald Trump, claims that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has responded to his recent diplomatic overtures, reigniting speculation about a possible resumption of dialogue between Washington and Pyongyang. According to the Wall Street Journal, Trump is now looking to organize a......

South Korea reports more than 2,500 damage cases as heavy rains trigger mass evacuations

South Korea is facing severe consequences from exceptionally heavy rainfall that has affected the southeastern part of the country since Saturday, with thousands of reports of damage and hundreds of residents forced to leave their homes. According to the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters,......