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Chuseok scenes change, but fight for Eumma jeon remains hot
SEOUL, September 25 (AJP) - In a city where groceries can arrive at the door within hours, holiday food can be ordered on a smartphone and warehouse stores promise nearly everything under one roof, there is still a corner of Seoul where preparing for Chuseok begins with a queue.
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Washington must not be pushed to Beijing's 'correct' stance on Taiwan: congressman
SEOUL, September 25 (AJP) -President Donald Trump should resist pressure from Beijing to alter longstanding U.S. policy toward Taiwan, a senior Democratic lawmaker said, after Chinese President Xi Jinping used his state visit to Washington to call on the United States to adopt what Beijing described as the “correct” position against Taiwan.
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Xi brings pandas, not business deals as Trump rolls out red carpet
SEOUL, September 25 (AJP) - Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived at the White House to one of the most elaborate welcomes Washington has staged for a foreign leader, but the pageantry produced few immediately visible breakthroughs on the economic and geopolitical disputes dividing the world's two largest economies.
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Lee regrets Kyiv breaking confidentiality over N. Korean POW transfer
SEOUL, September 25 (AJP) -South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, still on a state visit to Mexico, expressed regret over Ukraine’s public disclosure of the transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea and pushed back against opposition claims that his government had improperly concealed the sensitive operation.
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Foreign visitors drive record crowds at Seoul palaces
SEOUL, September 25 (AJP) -Royal palaces in Seoul drew record crowds last year, led by a surge in foreign visitors to Gyeongbok Palace as interest in Korean pop culture increasingly spilled over into traditional heritage sites.
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Kim Jong-un invited to Russia: Russian deputy foreign min
SEOUL, September 25 (AJP) - Russia has invited North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to visit the country, with the timing to be arranged through diplomatic channels, as Moscow and Pyongyang deepen a relationship that has evolved from political alignment into a military alliance.
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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.
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
by Kim Hee-su
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
Korea secures more Mexican crude, opens door to defense deals
Korea, Mexico seal investment pact overhaul, open oil supply-chain channel
