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Seoul orders probe as financial hacks widen
SEOUL, October 04 (AJP) - South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Sunday ordered a thorough investigation into a widening wave of cyberattacks on financial companies, as evidence emerged that the campaign had reached beyond major banks into savings banks, capital firms and mutual-finance networks.
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AI-linked cyberattacks spread across South Korean finance
SEOUL, October 04 (AJP) - South Korean financial authorities will convene an emergency meeting with industry leaders Sunday after a wave of suspected AI-assisted cyberattacks spread from major banks to savings banks and finance companies, exposing personal data and raising fears that more breaches may have yet to be detected.
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From Tom Kim to BTS, Korea debates military exemptions
SEOUL, October 04 (AJP) - South Korean golfer Tom Kim won an Asian Games gold medal in Japan on Saturday, earning not only a place atop the podium but also one of the most consequential benefits available to an elite South Korean athlete — relief from active-duty military service.
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N. Korea calls UN human rights report fabrication
SEOUL, October 03 (AJP) - North Korea rejected the United Nations' latest report on its human rights record on Saturday. It also warned that it would not tolerate the same treatment under the next secretary-general.
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Trump touts Kim ties, cites '112 nuclear missiles'
SEOUL, October 04 (AJP) - U.S. President Donald Trump again touted his relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Saturday, saying it was beneficial to get along with leaders who command large nuclear arsenals and making an unexplained reference to “112 nuclear missiles.”
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Prime Minister Han pledges inclusive 'AI Basic Society'
SEOUL, October 03 (AJP) - South Korea's prime minister pledged Saturday to build what the government calls an "AI Basic Society," presenting the country's rapid adoption of artificial intelligence as a modern way to honor the ideal on which the nation was founded. The government has put money behind that goal. The Ministry of Science and ICT has proposed spending 9.4 trillion won ($6.96 bi
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N. Korea fires missile after Seoul demands DMZ mine apology
SEOUL, October 03 (AJP) - North Korea fired a ballistic missile into the East Sea on Saturday. The launch came three days after South Korea demanded an apology for a land mine blast that injured three of its soldiers inside the demilitarized zone between the two Koreas. The Joint Chiefs of Staff said it detected the missile at around 6:30 a.m. after it was launched from the Wonsan area on the North's
South Korea seeks military sovereignty, but still needs Uncle Sam
SEOUL, October 02 (AJP) - South Korean President Lee Jae Myung was unequivocal on Armed Forces Day - Seoul should reclaim wartime operational control of its military, a goal he wants to achieve before his five-year term ends in 2030. “There is no country in the world that relies on another person or another country for its military command authority,” Lee said at a luncheon following the ceremony marking the 78th Armed Forces Day, in a country that maintains roughly 450,000 active-d
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Won slips out of comfort zone as Korea moves on U.S. investment deal
SEOUL, October 01 (AJP) - Just when the won appeared to be stabilizing around 1,350 against the U.S. dollar, its year-end outlook has grown less certain as South Korea prepares to pay up to $10 billion toward U.S. nuclear reactor projects before December ends. The dollar-won exchange rate rose to 1,362.6 on Thursday as Seoul and Washington unveiled energy projects under their strategic investment framework. The commitments fall under Korea’s $200 billion investment pledge outside shipbui
Korean investors turn to Japan on weak yen and AI boom
SEOUL, October 2 (AJP) — South Korean retail investors are increasingly looking across the Korea Strait as a stalling market at home and volatile U.S. bond prices turn their attention to Japan’s weak yen and expanding opportunities in the AI supply chain. South Korean investors bought $4.65 billion worth of Japanese stocks in the first nine months of 2026, up 94 percent from $2.40 billion a year earlier, according to the Korea Securities Depository (KSD). Purchases of U.S. shares r
Drone pratfalls expose gap in Korea's battlefield testing
SEOUL, October 02 (AJP) - South Korea builds machines that patrol the depths, fly faster than sound and power entire cities. Yet at its military showcases, drones have lately struggled with something more basic: staying in the air. In just over five weeks, two loitering munitions plunged into the sea after launch from a Navy warship, six of 17 demonstrations faltered at a Defense Ministry technology showcase, and a small target drone fell from the sky during a nationally televised Armed Forces
'The Assassin(s)' reopens an old fault line in Korea's history
Parliamentary audit season packed from DMZ minees to skin boosters
