Leaders affirm commitment to AI safety, innovation, inclusivity at Seoul summit

SEOUL, May 22 (AJU PRESS) - Global leaders have affirmed their commitment to the safety, innovation and inclusivity of artificial intelligence utilization at the AI Seoul Summit. The two-day virtual meeting, which commenced on Tuesday, builds upon the inaugural AI Safety Summit held in November 2023 at Bletchley Park, Britain. The leaders adopted a joint statement outlining their agreements to collaborate on establishing AI safety research institutes and enhancing cooperation am

May 22, 2024

Opinion: Why Chile has a Palestinian football team – the bigger history

SEOUL, May 22 (AJU PRESS) - Club Deportivo Palestino, a football team, play in a uniform of white, green and red. Their stadium flies Palestinian flags and their social sports club boasts an open-air pool in the shape of pre-1948 Palestine. But this football team does not play in Palestine, or even the Middle East. Better known as Palestino, they actually play in Chile's top football league, the Primera División de Chile. Chile is home to the largest population of Pales

May 22, 2024

Opinion: Europe's climate laws could spell the end to low-cost flights - but what about private jets?

SEOUL, May 22 (AJU PRESS) - The era of low-cost air travel in Europe may be over for good, thanks in part to recent EU environmental policies. All in all, this is good news for the climate. But many low- and middle-income people who used to travel around the EU will no longer be able to do so, or at least will be able to do so much less often. Yet the same policies will have little or no impact on the use of much more polluting private jets, which typically cover distances served by

May 22, 2024

South Korea, Britain host global summit on AI safety

SEOUL, May 21 (AJU PRESS) - The AI Seoul Summit, aimed at seeking cooperation among governments, businesses and institutions for the safe utilization of artificial intelligence, began in Seoul on Tuesday. The two-day virtual summit, co-hosted by South Korea and Britain, is a follow-up to the inaugural AI Safety Summit held in November 2023 at Bletchley Park in Britain. The AI Seoul Summit consists of leaders' and ministerial sessions. The leaders' session, attended by nat

May 21, 2024

Annual 'space-out' competition to be held in Seoul this weekend

SEOUL, May 21 (AJU PRESS) - Eighty teams from Korea and around the world will gather to do absolutely nothing at an event set to take place in central Seoul this weekend, the Seoul Metropolitan Government said Monday. According to city officials, the annual International Space-out Competition, now in its 8th year, will be part of the "Seoul Friendship Festival," a three-day event scheduled to start on May 24, that offers diverse programs to indulge in the cultures of doz

May 21, 2024

Veteran diplomat Kim Jae-shin heads ASEAN-Korea Centre

SEOUL, May 21 (AJU PRESS) - Kim Jae-shin, a veteran diplomat who served as Korea's top envoy to the Philippines and Germany, has assumed the position of the sixth secretary-general of the ASEAN-Korea Centre. He took office on April 16 to head the Seoul-based intergovernmental organization dedicated to promoting exchanges between Korea and the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Kim, who majored in political science at Korea University, joined the

May 21, 2024

Aidin Robotics wins second prize in international contest

SEOUL, May 21 (AJU PRESS) - Aidin Robotics from Korea ranked second in an international robotics contest held in Japan last week. A joint team from the company and the Robotics Innovatory of Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul participated in the Grasping and Manipulation Competition, part of the annual International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) held in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, from May 13 to 16. The team's Robotic Piece Picking Solution for Logistics won seco

May 21, 2024

Web-based fiction soars in popularity, boosted by adaptations

SEOUL, May 20 (AJU PRESS) - The popularity of web-based fiction and novels has surged, with the market growing by 62 percent this year, compared to two years ago, according to a recent study by the Publication Industry Promotion Agency of Korea. Experts attribute the growth to the booming demand driven by popular web series being adapted into Netflix shows. The so-called web-novels, name-wise, are literary works available primarily or solely on online platforms such as Kakao Page,

May 21, 2024

Sao Paulo to adopt Korean as second foreign language subject

SEOUL, May 21 (AJU PRESS) - Sao Paulo, the most populous city in Brazil, will adopt Korean as a second foreign language for elementary, middle and high school students, the Korean Education Institute in Sao Paulo (KEISP) said Tuesday. The language institute signed a memorandum of understanding on Monday (local time) with Sao Paulo's education department and the Korean Consulate General to incorporate Korean language education into the regular school curriculum in the city. Kor

May 21, 2024

SNU student arrested for distributing explicit images using faces of female classmates

SEOUL, May 21 (AJU PRESS) - A 40-year-old student from Seoul National University (SNU) has been arrested for creating and distributing explicit images and videos using the faces of his female classmates, police said Tuesday. The suspect, identified only by his surname Park, was detained on charges of doctoring explicit images and sharing them through a group chat room on Telegram. Two other SNU students were also arrested on the same allegation. Authorities said that Park colle

May 21, 2024