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North Korea releases first-ever photo of ballistic missile detonating on its own soilIn photographs released by North Korea on Thursday, short-range ballistic missiles launched the previous day can be seen impacting the ground in the i...
In dark of night, only light from these 2 areas of North Korea can be seen from spaceNature may have created one Korean Peninsula, but the man-made border dividing the northern half from the southern half has made the two regions as di...
Six years after Pyongyang Declaration, Moon urges inter-Korean dialogue“The Korean Peninsula is in a precarious state, just one step away from military conflict. The authorities of both North and South Korea must not exac...
Special counsel bills for first lady, Marine investigation pass National Assembly, againOn Thursday, South Korea’s National Assembly passed two bills to appoint special counsels to look into allegations against first lady Kim Keon-hee and...
Across world, authorities declare war on criminal complicity by platforms like X, Telegram“Brazil’s top court has taken a hard line and banned X (formerly Twitter). It is a decision of great resolve. Even if we do not follow in its footstep...
Is Morgan Stanley being overly pessimistic about semiconductors?Optimists and pessimists are debating the mid-term prospects of the memory semiconductor industry.Some observers expect Korean chipmakers Samsung Elec...
[Reporter’s notebook] Korea’s birth rate woes are about more than boosting the ‘baby supply’By Son Ji-min, population and welfare reporter“The goal is a total fertility rate of 1.0 by 2030.”I was stunned when I came upon this phrase while scr...
Why ‘manels’ are counterproductive for Korean unification and peace issuesThe most recent Global Korea Forum organized by the Ministry of Unification demonstrated the severe systemic limitations of discussions concerning the...
[Editorial] As tensions rise on Korean Peninsula, Seoul must curb risk of unintended clashNorth Korea launched another barrage of short-range ballistic missiles on Wednesday, the final day of the extended Chuseok holiday in Korea.On Sept. 1...
Microsoft, OpenAI to remove nude images from AI learning data — will Korean companies follow suit?American AI firms, including Microsoft and OpenAI, have agreed to eliminate nude images from their AI learning datasets to prevent the proliferation o...
Nominee to lead US Forces Korea calls Pyongyang’s nukes, missiles ‘single greatest challenge’ to tri-commandThe nominee to serve as the next commander of US Forces Korea has described North Korea’s nuclear and missile capabilities as the “single greatest cha...
Samsung stock prices fall like autumn leaves at signs of chip winter’s impending arrivalA pall has been hanging over the South Korean stock market for the past two months — and Samsung Electronics has been central to it.The top-ranked ite...
North Korea ratchets up shows of force as US presidential election nears In August, North Korea was focused on rebuilding from devastating floods near its border with China. But this month it has been moving quickly t...
Amid fight to keep Statue of Peace in Berlin, murky plans to replace it appear underwayA German broadcaster reported that the mayor of a Berlin district pushing for the removal of a statue memorializing victims of the “comfort women” sys...
[Guest essay] Watching the arrest of Telegram’s founderBy Kim Jun-il, social commentatorOur society was shaken to its core in 2019 as the horrific details of a case involving the spread of sexually exploit...

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