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  Asian stocks rise across the board; KOSPI rebounds sharply SEOUL, November 10 (AJP) - Asian stocks rose across the board on Monday, relieved by the developments in the United States as Washington appeared to move closer to ending the longest-ever federal government shutdown. South Korea’s benchmark KOSPI led regional gains, climbing 3.02 percent to 4,073.24 as the market warmed up the government’s plan to lower the separate tax rate on dividend income from 35 percent to 25 percent. Institutional investors drove the rebound, November 10, 2025
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  AI-leveraged cheating in elite university test on AI calls for new class formula in Korea SEOUL, November 10 (AJP) - ChatGPT has invaded university classrooms and come to test the ethical integrity of students in Korea, as shown by a large-scale exam cheating scandal at elite Yonsei University in Seoul. The case may be only the tip of the iceberg, with 70 percent of Korean universities still lacking any rules or guidelines on AI use. The issue surfaced when a professor teaching the third-year course "Natural Language Processing (NLP) and ChatGPT" at Yonsei November 10, 2025
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  PHOTOS: Celebrating India – weaving tradition and modernity through fabric and culture SEOUL, November 07 (AJP) - The vibrant colors of India’s northeast came to life on the evening of November 7 at the Textile Center in Seoul’s Gangnam District, where Celebrating India showcased the region’s cultural and fashion heritage. Organized by the North East Institute of Fashion Technology (NEIFT) in Guwahati, Assam, the event was held in collaboration with the Embassy of India in Seoul, the Korea Federation of Textile Industries (KOFOTI), and the Indian C November 10, 2025
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  Seoul city braces for this week's nationwide university entrance exam SEOUL, November 10 (AJP) - More than 550,000 students will take their annual university entrance exam at some 1,300 venues across the country on Thursday, prompting police and relevant officials to brace for safely getting them to their test venues. The Seoul Metropolitan Government on Monday said that more subway trains, buses and taxis will be put into service on the test day, with free transportation and emergency transport vehicles also provided. In Seoul, about 114,158 stu November 10, 2025
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  Korean tofu major ventures into Europe, riding on U.S. success and K-food wave SEOUL, November 10 (AJP) - After a decade of pushing its tofu onto American dinner tables, South Korea's leading tofu maker Pulmuone is preparing a full-scale entry into Europe, buoyed by the global rise of K-food and growing demand for plant-based diets across the region. The company said Monday it will establish a European subsidiary in Amsterdam as early as the end of this year and begin sales in France, Germany and Spain, marking its first major expansion into the bloc. & November 10, 2025
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  Underperformance of KRW exposes fragility of economy overly exposed to USD and chips SEOUL, November 10 (AJP) - South Koreans involved in trade settlements or overseas spending may need to brace for the U.S. dollar staying above 1,400 won for an extended period, as structural vulnerabilities in the Korean economy and a strong preference for dollar-denominated assets continue to undermine the local currency. The dollar eased to 1,451.50 won on Monday after briefly topping 1,460 late last week — its highest since last April when the country grappled with the November 10, 2025
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  China suspends sanctions on Hanwha Ocean's US subsidiaries SEOUL, November 10 (AJP) - China has suspended sanctions on South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean for one year, Beijing's Ministry of Commerce said on Monday. The ministry said it decided to halt retaliatory measures against the shipbuilder's five U.S. subsidiaries, after the U.S. suspended its so-called Section 301 measures, which include punitive tariffs on Chinese maritime logistics and other goods. Earlier last month, China imposed sanctions on them to prohibit them f November 10, 2025
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  HD Hyundai Heavy wins order for two mega container ships SEOUL, November 10 (AJP) - HD Hyundai Heavy Industries has secured an order worth 435.3 billion won for two large container vessels, strengthening its presence in the global market. The company said on Monday that it has recently signed a contract with Thailand's Regional Container Lines to build the vessels at its shipyard in Ulsan, with deliveries scheduled in phases through October 2028. The mega container ships, with a cargo capacity of 13,800 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent November 10, 2025
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  'Avatar' sequel to get world premiere in South Korea in time for Christmas SEOUL, November 10 (AJP) - The third installment of director James Cameron's epic "Avatar" series will have its world premiere in South Korea in mid-December, just in time for Christmas, the film's distributor Walt Disney Company said on Monday. Expectations for the upcoming franchise "Fire and Ash" are already high ahead of its release slated for Dec. 17, as it is set to depart from the previous serene setting of its fictional planet Pandora to explo November 10, 2025
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  Korea's record Q3 exports expose over-reliance on chip exports SEOUL, November 10 (AJP) -South Korea’s exports hit an all-time high in the third quarter, while trade reliance on the country’s top 10 exporters also reached a record level, underscoring the economy’s growing exposure to the volatile semiconductor sector as chips accounted for one quarter of outbound shipments, government data showed Monday. According to the Ministry of Data and Statistics, exports totaled $185 billion in the July–September per November 10, 2025