President Lee Calls Daejang-dong Coverage ‘Fabricated,’ Urges Korea Newspaper Award Revocation President Lee Jae-myung on April 24 called for revoking a Korea Newspaper Award given for reporting three years ago on the Daejang-dong development allegations, saying the work was not fact-finding but “massive fabrication.” Lee, on a state visit to Vietnam, wrote on X that the award jury said it honored the coverage because it “consistently uncovered powerful facts” in reporting on the Daejang-dong issue. He argued that the reporting “created” a reference to “that person, Lee Jae-myun April 24, 2026

Hong Kong’s March CPI Rises 1.7% Year Over Year, Unchanged From February Hong Kong’s Census and Statistics Department said on April 23 that the Composite Consumer Price Index rose 1.7% in March 2026 from a year earlier, unchanged from the previous month. By category, other services posted the largest increase, up 4.6%. Electricity, gas and water and transport rose 3.9%, other goods 2.8%, alcoholic drinks and tobacco 2.1%, and rents — including private and public housing — 1.0%. Food, including dining out, increased 0.9%. Durable goods fell 2.2%, while clothin April 24, 2026

Review: Fighting Worthlessness Through Relentless Attention to Life’s Senses “The candidates who received the autobiographies he wrote for them said they were pleased with the past he had added and imagined, and some even copied lines directly into campaign materials.” In Lee Ki-ho’s novel “Suin,” Park Su-yeong lives with relentless drive. A skilled ghostwriter, he produces autobiographies for numerous politicians. After debuting four years earlier by winning a novel contest, Park cannot write a second book. Instead, he survives by becoming what the novel portrays as a April 24, 2026

Korea Climate Ministry Renews UNFCCC Deal for Greenhouse Gas Expert Training The Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment said it will renew a memorandum of understanding with the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change secretariat to cooperate on an international greenhouse gas expert training program. UNFCCC Deputy Executive Secretary Noura Hamladji and Vice Minister Lee Ho-hyeon will sign the renewal. The agreement was first signed in 2017, renewed once in 2021 and will be renewed again this year. The extension will continue the education partnership thr April 24, 2026

Three buzzed-about films move from theaters to IPTV and VOD this week Three films that drew audiences in theaters are moving to home viewing this week via IPTV and VOD services. They range from the 16.63 million-ticket hit “The Man Who Lives With the King” to Yoon Ga-eun’s festival favorite “Master of the World,” and “We Still Have Tomorrow,” which built word-of-mouth for its lingering ending. “The Man Who Lives With the King,” set in 1457 at Cheongnyeongpo, follows a village chief who volunteers to live at an exile site to revive his town and a young depo April 24, 2026

The Moon Entertainment to Run ‘The Magnificent Hermitage’ Digital Exhibit in Seoul A special exhibition digitally recreating works from the Hermitage Museum, widely regarded as one of the world’s three leading art museums, will be held at Seoul’s Culture Depot Park in Mapo-gu. The Moon Entertainment said it will run “The Magnificent Hermitage” from April 30 to July 30 in the T4·T5 spaces at Culture Depot Park. The venue is a former oil storage facility from the 1970s that has been repurposed into a cultural site now used for exhibitions and performances. The exhibition April 24, 2026

Pony Chung Foundation Holds 2026 Academic Workshop, Awards Scholarships to 30 The Pony Chung Foundation said on the 24th that it held the “2026 Pony Chung Academic Workshop” at the Pony Chung Foundation Building in Jongno-gu, Seoul, to share research results from foundation-backed scholars and encourage its scholarship recipients. About 50 people attended, including Chairman Chung Mong-kyu and other foundation officials, newly selected early-career researchers Kim Jin-young of Seoul National University (philosophy of science), Park Cho-rong of Ewha Womans Univer April 24, 2026

OpenAI Unveils GPT-5.5, Pushing Agent-Style AI and ‘Super App’ Strategy OpenAI has unveiled its latest artificial intelligence model, GPT-5.5, sharpening competition in generative AI and signaling a shift beyond incremental performance gains toward agent-style AI and a broader “super app” strategy. According to OpenAI on April 23 (local time), GPT-5.5 features markedly improved reasoning and autonomy. The company said capabilities for complex work such as coding, research and data analysis have advanced, with a key focus on “agent-style” task execution that c April 24, 2026

Lotte, Shinsegae expand Vietnam export channels for South Korean small businesses With President Lee Jae-myung on a state visit to Vietnam, Lotte and Shinsegae moved to help South Korean small and midsize companies enter the Vietnamese market, widening overseas sales channels for K-brands. According to the industry on April 24, the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency, known as KOTRA, held a Korea-Vietnam Business Partnership event the previous day at the National Convention Center in Hanoi. The event, arranged to coincide with Lee’s visit, featured consultati April 24, 2026

Jeong Cheong-rae says Song Young-gil nominated in Yeonsu Gap as Democrats’ “only winning card” Jeong Cheong-rae, leader of the Democratic Party, said the party nominated Song Young-gil in Incheon’s Yeonsu Gap district rather than Gyeyang Eul because it judged him to be its “only winning card.” Kim Nam-jun, a former Blue House spokesperson, will run in Gyeyang Eul, where Song has served five terms. Speaking at an on-site Supreme Council meeting in Yeonsu District on April 24, Jeong said the party announced its nominees a day earlier for the Yeonsu Gap and Gyeyang Eul by-elec April 24, 2026