Why it mattersIt’s a vivid example of how South Korea’s smaller cities are using food tourism to compete with Seoul and revive local economies, a trend r…
South Korea’s Cheonan hosts a two-day ‘Bread Pilgrimage’ festival June 13–14, with 70 bakeries and over 5,000 sign-ups.
Read MoreWhy it mattersSK is a top-tier global memory-chip supplier, so where it places gigawatt-scale AI infrastructure and possible new fabs shapes the worldwid…
SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won says the conglomerate will open an Nvidia-linked AI data center in Japan by 2028-2029.
Read MoreWhy it mattersSouth Korea is a major economy and a bellwether for retail-investor behavior in Asia; how its regulators handle leverage-fueled stock buyin…
South Korea's banks will cut credit-loan limits for high earners after May household borrowing surged on stock-market speculation.
Read MoreWhy it mattersThis is a frontier of human gene editing that could one day prevent inherited disease before birth — but the same tool raises the prospect …
A US-Korea team used base editing to correct disease genes in human embryos without chromosomal damage, the first to show real safety.
Read MoreWhy it mattersAltman's visit shows that the physical backbone of the global AI boom runs through South Korea, whose firms make the memory chips and run t…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will visit South Korea from June 14 for back-to-back meetings with Samsung, Kakao and Naver leaders.
Read MoreWhy it mattersThe statement ties the Korean Peninsula's security directly to Russia's war in Ukraine, showing how a European conflict and an Asian nuclea…
President Lee and EU leaders pledged full Korean denuclearization in Brussels and condemned North Korea's support for Russia's war.
Read MoreWhy it mattersIt shows how global inflation shocks reach ordinary consumers in one of Asia's biggest economies, and how retailers respond with deflation-…
Korean supermarkets are launching house-brand staples priced under 1,000 won to ease grocery costs amid rising inflation.
Read MoreWhy it mattersAI's physical footprint is becoming a global resource issue: the water and power behind chatbots and cloud services are now colliding with …
A Guardian analysis finds two-thirds of planned US data centers are slated for drought-stricken regions, straining scarce water.
Read MoreWhy it mattersCheomseongdae is one of the oldest surviving astronomical observatories on Earth, making it a globally significant heritage site that inter…
Gyeongju's ancient Cheomseongdae observatory is ringed by a colorful flower garden blooming in the lull between spring and summer.
Read MoreWhy it mattersAging populations are straining healthcare systems worldwide, and how a leading hospital in one of the fastest-aging nations adapts cancer …
Samsung Medical Center launched CCCS, a tailored care model for cancer patients aged 70 and older, as Korea's population ages.
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