Wednesday, Aug 26, 2026
  • Freedom Edge to go ahead despite rollback in Korea drills SEOUL, August 26 (AJP) -The United States is preparing to move ahead with a major trilateral military exercise with South Korea and Japan, regardless of the scaled-back annual drills with Seoul ordered by President Donald Trump as he seeks to renew rapport with Pyongyang.
    Freedom Edge to go ahead despite rollback in Korea drills
  • Trump persists overture to N. Korea's Kim despite cool response SEOUL, August 26 (AJP) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday again expressed his desire to reengage with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, while criticizing a joint military exercise between Seoul and Washington.
    Trump persists overture to N. Koreas Kim despite cool response
  • Korea business sentiment hits four-year high on chip boom SEOUL, Aug. 26 (AJP) — South Korean business sentiment rose to its highest level in nearly four years in August, buoyed by strong semiconductor exports and tourism demand even as domestic consumption and factory activity remained weak.
    Korea business sentiment hits four-year high on chip boom
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Blame game grows as Korean 'ants' get burned in herd trading SEOUL, August 25 (AJP) - The blame first fell on the president, who encouraged households to put their money into stocks rather than leveraged housing bets. Then came the financial regulator, criticized for allowing high-risk exchange-traded funds built around South Korea's chip supremacy. The latest to take a seat in Korea’s blame-game musical chairs are so-called finfluencers, the self-styled investment experts whose stock tips, price targets and market predictions fill YouTube and
Blame game grows as Korean ants get burned in herd trading
How Seouls hillside neighborhood becomes hidden gem for foreigners How Seoul's hillside neighborhood becomes hidden gem for foreigners SEOUL, August 21 (AJP) - On a steep hillside beneath Mt. Namsan, a neighborhood once known for cheap housing is giving foreigners a reason to look beyond Seoul's better-known hotspots. It is not as crowded as Seoul's hip Hongik University neighborhood, a popular nightlife district known for its youthful energy or as busy as nearby Itaewon, Seoul's best-known international and entertainment district. Yet Haebangchon has plenty of bars, restaurants and cafés within walking dis

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Gartner estimate $1 trillion memory sales, aiding Korean chip stocks SEOUL, Aug. 25 (AJP) — South Korea's two chip bellwethers clawed back steep early losses Tuesday after Gartner forecast a memory boom lasting well into next year, giving investors a fresh reason to look past shareholder-return packages that have done little to restore their shares to June peaks. Samsung Electronics ended Tuesday flat at 257,000 won after losing more than 4 percent earlier in the session. The stock had plunged 8.7 percent Monday after its record shareholder-return pla
Gartner estimate $1 trillion memory sales, aiding Korean chip stocks
Sovereign AI race pulls world deeper into Nvidias orbit Sovereign AI race pulls world deeper into Nvidia's orbit SEOUL, August 24 (AJP) - When South Korea named the three teams last week that will carry its bid for a homegrown artificial intelligence model, the reward that mattered most was not cash or recognition. It was more Nvidia. The government said on Aug. 18 that SK Telecom, LG AI Research and startup Upstage had cleared the second round of its sovereign AI foundation model contest. For the next stage, each team will receive access to roughly 1,000 Nvidia B200 graphics processing units, up from ab

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