Kumho Tire wins 2026 German Design Award for Ecsta Sport tire Kumho Tire said April 22 that it won a main prize at the 2026 German Design Award, citing the honor as recognition of its global design competitiveness. The GDA is an international design competition hosted by the German Design Council, founded in 1953. Kumho Tire received the main prize in the Excellent Product Design category, automotive parts segment, for its ultra-high-performance Ecsta Sport tire. Ecsta Sport is designed to maximize driving performance for high-performance, high-outp April 22, 2026

Dalba Global shares rise more than 6% on expectations of strong Q1 earnings Dalba Global shares climbed more than 6% in early trading on expectations of strong first-quarter earnings. According to the Korea Exchange, Dalba Global was trading at 211,000 won as of 9:17 a.m. on Tuesday, up 12,300 won, or 6.19%, from the previous session. The gain came as brokerages issued upbeat forecasts for the company’s first-quarter performance. In a report released Tuesday, Shinyoung Securities projected first-quarter revenue of 166.4 billion won and operating profit of 38.8 b April 22, 2026

OpenAI Unveils ChatGPT Image 2.0 With Sharper Text and More Precise Layouts OpenAI on 22 announced a next-generation image model it said significantly improves output quality, widening the practical use of AI-generated images for workplace tasks. The company introduced the new image-generation model, called ‘ChatGPT Image 2.0.’ OpenAI said the model more precisely follows detailed user instructions, arranging objects and their relationships more naturally while improving accuracy in areas that have challenged earlier systems, including small text, ico April 22, 2026

Korea Runs Unified Pavilion at Malaysia’s DSA 2026 Defense Show to Target Southeast Asia Korean defense companies are taking part in the DSA 2026 defense exhibition in Malaysia as they seek to expand in Southeast Asia. South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration, the Korea Institute for Defense Technology Planning and Advancement and the Korea Defense Industry Association are jointly operating a unified Korea pavilion at DSA 2026, being held from April 20 (local time) to April 23 at MITEC in Kuala Lumpur. Hosted by Malaysia’s Ministry of Defence, DSA 2026 is an April 22, 2026

Missing Woman Found Dead in Car at Public Parking Lot in Incheon’s Songdo A woman in her 60s was found dead in skeletal condition inside a vehicle at a public parking lot in Incheon’s Songdo International City, police said. According to the Incheon Yeonsu Police Station on the 21st, the body of the woman, identified only as A, was discovered at about 3:47 p.m. in a car parked at a public lot under the Convensia Bridge in Songdo-dong, Incheon. Police said the discovery followed a report from her younger sibling to the 112 emergency line, saying, in ef April 22, 2026

DPK’s Cho Seung-rae says party leans against nominating Kim Yong for by-election Cho Seung-rae, secretary-general of the Democratic Party of Korea, said the party is still weighing whether to nominate Kim Yong, a former deputy head of the party-affiliated Democratic Research Institute, for an upcoming by-election, but noted that internal sentiment is leaning negative. Speaking on CBS Radio’s “Park Seong-tae’s News Show” on Tuesday, Cho said the party is preparing strategic nominations for the by-elections based on three principles: recruiting strong outside ca April 22, 2026

Kakao Showcases Kanana Agentic AI Services at World IT Show 2026 A Kanana agentic AI service experience zone on display at the 2026 World IT Show. Kakao is taking part in the 2026 World IT Show, highlighting agentic AI services built around its integrated AI brand, Kanana. Kakao said Tuesday it will join World IT Show 2026 under the theme, “A Day with Kanana, Agentic AI woven into the daily lives of 50 million.” Hosted by the Ministry of Science and ICT, the event runs from Tuesday through Thursday at COEX in Seoul under the slogan, “Beyond April 22, 2026

BTS’ ‘SWIM’ Tops Billboard Global Charts for Fourth Straight Week 방탄소년단(BTS)이 미국 빌보드 글로벌 차트에서 4주 연속 정상을 지켰다. 정규 5집 '아리랑(ARIRANG)' 타이틀곡 '스윔(SWIM)'이 장기 흥행 흐름을 이어가고 있다. 지난 21일 발표된 빌보드 최신 차트(4월 25일 자)에 따르면 '스윔'은 '글로벌 200'과 '글로벌(미국 제외)'에서 각각 4주 연속 1위를 기록했다. 발매 4주차에도 두 차트 정상을 동시에 지켰다. 메인 차트에서도 성과가 이어졌다. '아리랑'은 메인 앨범 차트 '빌보드 200' 3위로 4주 연속 톱3에 올랐고,  April 22, 2026

SK Eternix Starts Commercial Operations at 40MW SOFC Plant in Chungju SK Eternix said Tuesday it has begun commercial operations at its Daesowon Eco Park fuel cell power plant in the Chungju Megapolis general industrial complex in North Chungcheong Province. Daesowon Eco Park is a 40-megawatt, high-efficiency solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) plant built on a 16,423-square-meter site. It uses 120 Bloom Energy fuel cells rated at 330 kilowatts each and can generate about 330 gigawatt-hours of electricity a year — enough to power about 94,000 households for one ye April 22, 2026

Trump Says He’ll ‘Remember’ Companies That Don’t Seek Tariff Refunds U.S. President Donald Trump said he would “remember” companies that do not apply for refunds of tariffs he imposed, comments that appeared to reward firms that forgo repayment while pressuring those that pursue it. Trump made the remarks in an interview with CNBC, Reuters reported Monday. He said of companies that do not seek refunds, “I’ll remember them.” He cited Apple, Amazon, Target and Walmart, saying he viewed it positively that they had not yet applied. He also used hostile langua April 22, 2026