Nvidia's Huang wins top US science medal SEOUL, October 10 (AJP) - Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang received the National Medal of Science, the highest U.S. honor for scientists and engineers, the White House said Thursday (local time). President Donald Trump presented the medal at the “Science: A New Golden Age” summit in Washington. The White House honored Huang "for advancing the graphics processing unit into a general-purpose computing architecture," citing his chip and software designs. "Our ne October 10, 2026

Seoul's envoy to Kyiv returns home in POW row SEOUL, October 10 (AJP) - South Korea’s ambassador to Ukraine, Park Ki-chang, returned to Seoul on Saturday morning, the Foreign Ministry said, two days after the government recalled him over Kyiv’s refusal to apologize for disclosing a confidential prisoner transfer. The recall, announced on Thursday, is Seoul’s first protest recall of an ambassador in 18 years. The last one came in July 2008, when it called home its envoy to Tokyo over Japanese textbook guidel October 10, 2026

Developer shutters AI tool tied to Korean bank hacks SEOUL, October 10 (AJP) - ARTEX, a Chinese AI penetration-testing tool linked to a string of breaches at South Korean banks, is going closed-source and will receive no further updates, its developer said. “Given the misuse of the tool, the ARTEX project will no longer be updated and will be converted to closed source,” the developer, known as Autumn-27, said in a GitHub post on Oct. 8. The developer added that no new versions would be released to the public. The de October 10, 2026

OPINION: Blame AI, change nothing SEOUL, October 10 (AJP) - The Steam alert hardly registers anymore. Another sign-in attempt from a country you have never visited, another warning that someone, somewhere, has your password. For many South Koreans who grew up online, the losses follow a familiar timeline. A KakaoTalk account hijacked in high school, a Facebook account in college, and later a profile photo resurfacing on a stranger’s Instagram, attached to a life that is not yours. Deleting old accounts does October 10, 2026

Big firms take 77% of Korean pharma profits SEOUL, October 10 (AJP) - Eight large companies captured about 77 percent of operating profit at South Korea’s listed pharmaceutical and biotech firms in the first half, while smaller rivals sank deeper into the red, according to the Korea Biotechnology Industry Organization. The eight posted a combined operating profit of 2.12 trillion won ($1.58 billion) in January to June, out of 2.76 trillion won for all 58 listed pharmaceutical firms, the industry body’s analysis of October 10, 2026

SK chief Chey visits Gwangju site, eyes faster fab build SEOUL, October 9 (AJP) — SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won said Friday SK hynix would move as quickly as possible on its planned Gwangju semiconductor base after inspecting the site, citing rapidly rising memory demand. Chey, making his first visit to the planned fab site at Gwangju Military Airport, said SK hynix had already brought forward the full buildout of its Yongin semiconductor cluster by 12 years but increasingly believed even that expansion might not be enough. &l October 9, 2026

Coupang restores services after overnight outage SEOUL, October 9 (AJP) — South Korean e-commerce giant Coupang restored shopping, delivery and streaming services early Friday after an overnight system outage disrupted orders and logistics, with the company launching compensation for affected users and partners. The disruption began around midnight and affected Coupang, food delivery platform Coupang Eats and streaming service Coupang Play, along with systems used for logistics and deliveries. Services were restored at aro October 9, 2026

Nuri-launched DaejeonSAT-1 makes contact on sixth attempt SEOUL, October 9 (AJP) — South Korea’s DaejeonSAT-1 established two-way communication with a ground station on its sixth attempt after five failed contacts, with key satellite systems confirmed to be operating normally. The CubeSat made its first successful two-way contact at around 11:20 p.m. Wednesday and communicated again at about 12:46 a.m. Thursday, according to the Daejeon city government. DaejeonSAT-1 had separated normally from the Nuri rocket and entered i October 9, 2026

Kakao Golf leak hits 34,000; data breach reports near annual record SEOUL, October 9 (AJP) — Personal information belonging to about 34,000 Kakao Golf Reservation users was exposed in the latest breach to hit South Korea as reported data leaks approach last year’s annual record. Kakao VX said it discovered on October 7 that an unauthorized outsider had accessed and removed customer information from the golf reservation service. The breach affected customers who booked domestic golf tour packages between January 2025 and October 2026. October 9, 2026

Kazakhstan pushes 'Washington Model' for global AI rules SEOUL, October 08 (AJP) - A voluntary artificial intelligence safety pact that U.S. tech leaders signed at the White House last month could become the basis of a United Nations treaty, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said, adding that Kazakhstan would present its vision at the G20 summit in Miami in December. U.S. President Donald Trump and the heads of six technology companies signed the White House Accord on Super Intelligence on Sept. 29. The signatories were Google' October 8, 2026