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K-beauty, BTS loom large over first Korean presidential visit to Mexico in 16 years
SEOUL, September 24 (AJP) -K-beauty and BTS are set to loom large over President Lee Jae Myung's state visit to Mexico, as South Korea seeks to turn the enormous popularity of Korean culture into deeper business ties with Latin America's second-largest economy. Lee arrived in Mexico City Wednesday for the first state visit by a South Korean president in 16 years.
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Chip boom, job squeeze redraw Korea's Chuseok migration
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (AJP) — South Korea is booming, with nominal gross domestic product growing at a pace unseen in decades, the stock market up nearly 70 percent and the Korean won about 6 percent stronger than at the end of 2025.
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Lee, Trump push investment, shipbuilding ties in New York summit
SEOUL, September 24 (AJP) -South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to deepen cooperation on strategic investment, shipbuilding and key security issues including nuclear-powered submarine fuel and wartime operational control during an impromptu meeting in New York.
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Family holiday Chuseok takes on a different meaning as Korea ages
SEOUL, September 23 (AJP) — Growing old is becoming increasingly synonymous with growing solo in South Korea. People in their 60s now make up the largest share of the country's one-person households, as rapid aging and changes in marriage and family life reshape the profile of those living alone.
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Chuseok cash circulates as more flows back to banks
SEOUL, September 23 (AJP) — Cash remains abundant in South Korea, where the economy is running at its strongest pace since the pandemic. But more of that money appears to be making its way back into the banking system before it can circulate for long in everyday spending.
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What's in a face? In Korea, seemingly a lot
SEOUL, September 23 (AJP) -A gifted physiognomist played by Song Kang-ho sits at the center of the 2013 Korean film The Face Reader, able to divine a person's character and destiny simply by looking at a face. His gift eventually draws him into a struggle over the Joseon throne. After studying the face of Prince Suyang, he sees the makings of a ruthless usurper. His judgment proves accurate. But knowing what is coming does not mean he can stop it. Despite his efforts to protect the young K
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When AI becomes a confidant, how much should we tell it?
SEOUL, September 22 (AJP) - Plug in your personal details, desires, weaknesses and troubles. Artificial intelligence suddenly becomes a confession box, healer, consultant, judge, friend and even accomplice. For Jang, an office worker in his 30s from Bundang, south of Seoul, the familiarity is unsettling. "When I talk to AI about my problems, sometimes it scares me to think that it will eventually know me better than I know myself," he said. The sense of privacy and closeness can be
AI giants go straight to memory makers
SEOUL, September 23 (AJP) - The artificial intelligence boom is beginning to reshape not only how memory chips are used, but who buys them. OpenAI and Anthropic are expected to begin purchasing memory directly from manufacturers in 2027 as leading AI developers take greater control over the chips and data centers that power their models, according to an industry report. The shift could create a new class of direct customers for Samsung Electronics and SK hynix, which have traditionally supplie
Korea looks beyond HBM. Can HBF prove as big?
SEOUL, September 22 (AJP) - South Korean memory makers racing to sustain a comfortable lead on the next-generation chip front have their eyes on the next big thing; high-bandwidth flash, or HBF. Six months ago, one prominent chip researcher predicted it would define the AI path. "HBM defined the last decade, but HBF will likely determine the next," Joung-ho Kim, a professor at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), told AJP in March. The proposition is now a
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