Hanwha Aerospace opens new space hub in Suncheon SEOUL, November 4 (AJP) - Hanwha Aerospace has completed construction of a rocket production facility, the company said on Wednesday. Located in the Yulchon Industrial Complex in Suncheon, South Jeolla Province, the new facility covers approximately 60,000 square meters and marks a major step in the company's push to expand its space business. It will handle the assembly and testing of rocket engines and other key components including those for South Korea's homegrown Nur November 4, 2026

Yang Bang-ean looks back on 30 years as a musical nomad SEOUL, November 04 (AJP) - Thirty years after his solo debut, pianist and composer Yang Bang-ean finally sees himself as a musical nomad, shaped by years of moving across countries, genres and projects. That realization has taken form in “Nomadesque,” one of the new works on “NEW HORIZON,” his first full solo album in 11 years. “My roots are in Korea, but I was born in Japan, and I’ve traveled to many places, absorbing many things and turning November 4, 2026

New avian influenza case detected in Gyeonggi Province SEOUL, November 4 (AJP) - A case of avian influenza has been detected at a chicken farm in Gyeonggi Province, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said on Wednesday. The H5-type virus was found at an egg-laying hen farm in Yeoncheon, which raises about 91,000 chickens, prompting authorities to order poultry farms and related facilities nationwide to suspend operations for 24 hours to prevent the virus from spreading. The detection marks the first suspected case of bir November 4, 2026

Kookmin graduate school turns alumni into angel investors SEOUL, November 04 (AJP) - Alumni and professors at Kookmin University's entrepreneurship graduate school have pooled money into a startup fund to teach venture investing by having students do it. Kookmin University's Graduate School of Global Entrepreneurship and Venture said Wednesday that 45 people had committed 1.001 billion won ($746,000) to Bugak Startup Innovation Fund No. 1. The backers include the school's alumni association president, graduates, doctoral stud November 4, 2026

Seoul's forward USD book thins as KRW strengthens SEOUL, November 4 (AJP) —A surging won, lifted by exporters selling their dollars, gave Seoul authorities less reason to prop up its currency in September, and its forward dollar book shrank for the first time in eight months. South Korea's net forward dollar-buying position fell $2.38 billion to $13.46 billion at the end of September from $15.84 billion in August, according to data reported to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The decline was concentrated in co November 4, 2026

SK hynix says US chip equipment license remains valid SEOUL, November 04 (AJP) - SK hynix said Wednesday it continues to bring U.S.-made semiconductor manufacturing equipment into its plant in Dalian, China, under an existing export license, while negotiations for next year's authorization remain underway. The South Korean chipmaker added no specific plans had been finalized for new semiconductor manufacturing facilities in the United States, despite a Reuters report linking the export restrictions to a potential multibillion-dol November 4, 2026

KOSPI slides as US midterms cloud outlook for chipmakers SEOUL, November 4 (AJP) - South Korean stocks reversed sharp opening gains on Wednesday morning as uncertainty over the U.S. midterm elections weighed on investor sentiment. The benchmark KOSPI fell 1.5 percent to 5,564.34 as of around 10:45 a.m., after trading between 5,546.89 and 5,828.13. Foreign investors sold a net 695 billion won worth of shares, while retail investors bought 372.2 billion won ($277 Million) and institutions followed with purchase of 196.9 billion won. T November 4, 2026

NCT WISH sells out presales for first Gocheok Dome shows SEOUL, November 04 (AJP) - K-pop boy group NCT WISH sold out fan-club presales for both dates of its first concerts at Seoul's Gocheok Sky Dome, SM Entertainment said Wednesday. The six-member group will perform at the stadium on Jan. 15 and 16 as the opening stop of its second concert tour, "INTO THE WISH : Face Our WISH." Domestic fan-club presales opened Nov. 2, followed by global presales a day later. Tickets allocated for both rounds sold out across the two sho November 4, 2026

China's BYD makes rapid strides in Korean ride-hailing market SEOUL, November 4 (AJP) - Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD has rapidly expanded its presence in South Korea's commercial taxi market. According to an analysis of data from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport obtained through lawmaker Kang Deuk-gu of the ruling Democratic Party (DP), about 305 new BYD electric taxis were registered in the first eight months of this year, up from just 20 during the same period last year. The figure was a more than 15-fold i November 4, 2026

KAIST tool exposes blind spots in fake base station detectors SEOUL, November 04 (AJP) - Detectors designed to catch fake base stations, rogue devices that pose as cell towers to hijack nearby smartphones, missed attacks when tested on a new platform built by a KAIST-led research team, the institute said Wednesday. The platform, called Devilray, reproduces 2,592 distinct ways a fake base station can operate. When the team ran it against seven existing detection systems, each one failed to catch at least 192 of those configurations. Closin November 4, 2026