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APEC: South Korea AI Initiative Call For Regional Cooperation

November 1, 2025 2:36 am

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Saturday urged Asia-Pacific nations to strengthen cooperation on artificial intelligence and demographic issues, saying shared innovation and coordinated policies were essential for the region’s stability and growth.

Speaking at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Seoul, Lee said the “APEC AI Initiative,” proposed by South Korea, reflected his government’s goal of turning technological transformation into opportunity. “The APEC AI Initiative is the outcome of our strong will to transform a grand change into an opportunity,” he said at the opening of a session focused on AI and demographic change.

South Korea, the …

K-Pop Park Bom’s ‘$4.5 Quadrillion Lawsuit’ Sparks Confusion

October 24, 2025 4:41 am

Singer Park Bom’s viral claim of a $4.5 quadrillion lawsuit against YG Entertainment was swiftly denied by her agency as fans questioned the bizarre post.

A viral social media post on Wednesday October 22, 2025, by K-Pop singer Park Bom claiming she had filed a $4.5 quadrillion lawsuit against her former management company, YG Entertainment, has ignited a wave of confusion and speculation across South Korea’s entertainment industry.

The extraordinary claim surfaced earlier this week when Bom, a member of the hit girl group 2NE1, shared what appeared to be a legal document on Instagram listing herself as a plaintiff

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South Korea Secures Release Talks After US Hyundai Raid

September 7, 2025 10:42 am

South Korea’s government announced it has completed negotiations with the United States to secure the release of hundreds of its citizens detained during a sweeping immigration raid at a Hyundai battery plant in Georgia.

Presidential Chief of Staff Kang Hoon-sik said that once the necessary administrative procedures are finalized, a chartered plane will be dispatched to bring the workers home. He added that Seoul is also reviewing visa policies to prevent similar incidents, stressing the government’s responsibility to safeguard its nationals abroad.

The raid, conducted last Friday by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), resulted in the detention of 475 …

Candlelight Vigils To Mourn South Korea Halloween Victims

November 5, 2022 9:23 pm

In lieu of the recent crowd stampede disaster in South Korea, some candlelight vigils and rallies have been held in South Korea on Saturday to fully commemorate the 156 people who had been killed in a Halloween crowd crush, with public anger growing over one of the country’s deadliest peacetime disasters.

The victims who had been mostly young people, were among the estimated 100,000 who had flocked to the capital Seoul’s popular Itaewon nightlife district to celebrate the first post-pandemic Halloween.

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South Korean law enforcement officials have also …

World Bio Summit: President Buhari Jets Off To South Korea

October 23, 2022 12:52 am

The President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari will on Sunday (today) depart Abuja for Seoul, South Korea, to participate in the First World Bio Summit 2022.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the event which is jointly organised by the Government of the Republic of Korea and the World Health Organisation (WHO), the two-day Summit (October 25-26), has the theme: ‘The Future of Vaccine and Bio-Health.’

According to a statement by presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, late Saturday, Nigeria was one of the countries invited to the Summit. According to him, the invitation was based on her selection with five other …

US, South Korea Test Weapons After North Korea Missile Launch

October 5, 2022 7:03 am

The United States and South Korea have carried out a series of missile drills in response to North Korea’s first ballistic missile launch over Japan since 2017.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the suspected intermediate-range ballistic missile flew about 4,600km (2,850 miles) on Tuesday morning before falling into the Pacific, the longest flight for any North Korean test.

In Japan, where residents of northeastern areas heard sirens and were sent warnings to take shelter, the launch was condemned by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida as “barbaric”. South Korea and the US also condemned the test and …

North Korea Fires Warning As US, South Korea Commence Drills

September 27, 2022 5:45 am

The United States and South Korea on Monday commenced their first combined naval exercise near the peninsula in five years, which has led to a warning by North Korea that the allies risked triggering war.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that South Korea’s warlike President Yoon Suk-yeol, who took office in May, has vowed to beef up joint military drills with the United States, after years of failed diplomacy with North Korea under his predecessor.

‘This exercise was prepared to demonstrate the strong will of the South Korea-US alliance to respond to North Korean provocations,’ the South’s navy said …

South Korean Police Reveal Relative Of Kids Found Dead In Suitcase

August 22, 2022 3:05 pm

A woman who has been reported to be directly related to two children whose remains had been discovered in some suitcases in New Zealand is currently in South Korea.

Last week, it had also been reported that the New Zealand police had revealed that they had discovered the remains of two children, who are thought to have been between five and 10 years old when they died, in suitcases.

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The bodies had been discovered after an unsuspecting family had bought a trailer-load of items — including the suitcases — …

South Korea Reports Explosion In COVID-19 Cases

August 23, 2020 5:10 am

South Korea has reported its highest daily rise of COVID-19 since early March on Sunday, saying tougher social distancing rules may be needed as outbreaks continued to spread from a Seoul church and other gatherings.

The South Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) reported 397 new infections as of midnight Saturday, the highest since March, up from the previous day’s 332 and marking more than a week of daily three-digit rises.

That brings South Korea’s total infections of the new coronavirus to 17,399 with 309 COVID-19 deaths, it said.

Read Also: Global Coronavirus Death Toll Tops 800,000

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WTO: South Korea Challenges Okonjo-Iweala’s Bid For Director-General

June 25, 2020 4:28 am

The Republic of South Korea has provided a tough challenge for Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala in her bid to emerge as the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, WTO.

South Korea yesterday threw a challenge to the bid of Nigeria’s economist who is seeking to replace Roberto Azvedez, who will be stepping down on 31 August 2020.

The Asian country has nominated Ms Yoo Myung-Hee, who’s the country’s first female Trade Minister to run against Okonjo-Iweala.

Myung-Hee has been a negotiator, strategist and pioneer in her 25-year career in the trade sector.

She has played in the

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North Korea Preparing Anti-South Leaflet Campaign: KCNA

June 20, 2020 4:18 pm

North Korea is preparing to launch an anti-Seoul leaflet campaign, state media said Saturday, prompting sharp criticism from South Korea with tensions high on the peninsula.

Tensions are high on the Korean peninsula, with Pyongyang ramping up pressure on Seoul over anti-North leafletsPyongyang has recently issued a series of vitriolic condemnations of Seoul over anti-North leaflets, which defectors based in the South send across the border — usually attached to balloons or floated in bottles.

North Korea has upped the pressure over the campaigns with a dramatic demolition of a building on its side of the border that symbolised

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South Korea Court To Rule On Arrest Warrant For Samsung Heir

June 8, 2020 5:12 pm

The heir to South Korea’s Samsung empire appeared in court Monday as judges deliberate on whether to detain him over a controversial merger of two business units seen as a key step to his succession.

Lee Jae-yong, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics, is already being re-tried on charges of bribery, embezzlement and other offences in connection with a corruption scandal that brought down former South Korean president Park Geun-hye.

Dressed in a dark suit and wearing a face mask due to the coronavirus, Lee appeared grim-faced as he entered the Seoul courthouse on Monday without answering questions from reporters.…

South Korea

APEC: South Korea AI Initiative Call For Regional Cooperation

K-Pop Park Bom’s ‘$4.5 Quadrillion Lawsuit’ Sparks Confusion

South Korea Secures Release Talks After US Hyundai Raid

Candlelight Vigils To Mourn South Korea Halloween Victims

World Bio Summit: President Buhari Jets Off To South Korea

US, South Korea Test Weapons After North Korea Missile Launch

North Korea Fires Warning As US, South Korea Commence Drills

South Korean Police Reveal Relative Of Kids Found Dead In Suitcase

South Korea Reports Explosion In COVID-19 Cases

WTO: South Korea Challenges Okonjo-Iweala’s Bid For Director-General

North Korea Preparing Anti-South Leaflet Campaign: KCNA

South Korea Court To Rule On Arrest Warrant For Samsung Heir

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