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South Korea minister meets US commerce secretary in effort to reach tariff deal
South Korea's Industry Minister Kim Jung-kwan met U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Thursday and reaffirmed a ...
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Seoul’s sovereign AI contest fuels open-source offensive
SK Telecom on July 24 released its proprietary large language model, A.dotX 3.1, on Hugging Face, the world’s largest ...
Americans may aspire to single-family homes, but in South Korea, apartments are king
South Korea’s middle-class dream of home ownership? It's not a house with a white picket fence — it's an apartment.
South Korea police raid offices of K-pop powerhouse HYBE over share probe
South Korean police raided offices at the headquarters of K-pop agency HYBE on Thursday over allegations of unfair share ...
South Korea's Samsung Biologics, Celltrion log stellar performances
Among high achievers are biopharmaceutical contract manufacturers in South Korea -- Samsung Biologics and Celltrion, both ...
Barcelona’s pre-season friendlies in South Korea to go ahead as per plans
Following the unexpected cancellation of their pre-season friendly in Japan, FC Barcelona’s tour of South Korea will go ahead ...
In South Korea's 'apple county', farmers beg not to be sacrificed for US trade deal
The apples grown in the South Korean county of Cheongsong in the country's southeast are so renowned for their flavour that ...
South Korea sees record growth in birth rate this year
South Korea recorded its largest-ever gain in birth rate over the first five months of the year, its statistics agency said ...
South Korea Q2 GDP +0.6% Q/q, Stronger Than Expected
Gross domestic product expanded 0.6% in the April-June period from a quarter earlier on a seasonally adjusted basis, after ...
Video showing migrant worker moved by forklift prompts action from South Korea’s president
South Korea’s president ordered officials to find ways to prevent abuses of migrant workers after a video showing a Sri ...
Would you wait hours to have watermelon sliced? In South Korea, many do
Wait times on weekends can stretch to a few hours, said Hyundai Department Store. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...