WNMC 26: AI reshapes how news is experienced, not just made, media leaders say in Marseille MARSEILLE, June 03 (AJP) - Artificial intelligence is no longer merely changing how journalism is produced but is rewiring how audiences encounter the news itself, a panel of global media leaders said at the World News Media Congress. South Korea's AJP, an AI-native news agency built for that shift, took its place alongside publishers from India and Germany to argue that the technology is dissolving the old path of search, click and read, replacing it with content that anticipa June 3, 2026

WNMC 26: From discovery to distribution, how publishers navigate in AI economy MARSEILLE, June 03 (AJP) - The debate on artificial intelligence in the journalism landscape on Tuesday, the second day of the World News Media Congress in Marseille, moved beyond fear and experimentation. For publishers across continents, the question is no longer whether AI will reshape journalism. It is how news organizations should engage with it — defensively, commercially, editorially or as a new audience in its own right. The sessions revealed a global industry test June 3, 2026

WNMC 26: No map in AI age. Newsrooms must chart their own course MARSEILLE, June 03 (AJP) - If there was one message that echoed through the halls on the second day of the World News Media Congress on Tuesday, it was that nobody knows exactly where artificial intelligence is taking journalism. "There is no map," WAN-IFRA AI in Media Lead Ezra Eeman told editors, publishers and newsroom leaders gathered in Marseille. For an industry accustomed to navigating disruption, the statement was both unsettling and liberating. The internet June 3, 2026

Future warfare makes diplomacy harder, but more vital, experts say SEOUL, June 02 (AJP) - As artificial intelligence, space assets, and maritime competition reshape the nature of warfare, diplomacy is not becoming obsolete but is becoming more important in preventing conflicts from escalating and setting rules for emerging military technologies, security experts said Tuesday. The remarks came during the 33rd Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security (IFANS) Talks, a public lecture hosted by IFANS under the Korea National Diplomatic Acade June 2, 2026

Trump says deal with Iran may be reached 'over the next week' SEOUL, June 2 (AJP) - U.S. President Donald Trump again said that Washington and Tehran are moving closer to a deal that could extend a ceasefire and ease tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, raising hopes for a possible end to the prolonged conflict in the Middle East, which began in late February. In a phone interview with ABC News on Monday, Trump said a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Iran could be reached "over the next week," calling ongoing talks "l June 2, 2026

UPDATE: Korea-Africa Business Forum highlights growing strategic partnership SEOUL, June 02 (AJP) -South Korea hosted a large-scale business forum with African countries on the sidelines of a summit conference at a time global commodity market is being reshaped from the prolonged conflicts in the Gulf. The 2026 Korea-Africa Business Forum was held Tuesday at Lotte Hotel Seoul in central Seoul, bringing together about 300 government officials, diplomats and business leaders from South Korea and African countries. The forum was hosted by the Ministry of For June 2, 2026

WNMC 26: Publishers bet on loyalty as Google reign fades MARSEILLE, June 02 (AJP) - If there was one subject dominating side-stage conversations at the World News Media Congress, it was the future of discovery. Across sessions on search, advertising, content management and audience development, publishers and technology providers wrestled with the same question: what happens if Google can no longer deliver the traffic publishers have relied on for two decades? The answer, according to many speakers, is not simply to replace SEO with th June 2, 2026

WNMC 26: NYT chair delivers a rallying cry for journalism in the AI age MARSEILLE, June 02 (AJP) - For 40 minutes, A.G. Sulzberger stood before an audience of more than 1,300 editors, publishers and journalists from around the world and delivered what many attendees would later describe as one of the defining speeches of the World News Media Congress. The New York Times chairman and publisher did not simply warn about artificial intelligence. He mounted a sweeping defense of journalism itself — arguing that AI companies are building trillion-dolla June 2, 2026

Uzbekistan formalizes Termez Dialogue to anchor South Asian trade integration SEOUL, June 01 (AJP) - Uzbekistan is establishing the Termez Dialogue as a permanent interregional forum to anchor its expanding economic integration with South Asian consumer markets. The institutionalization marks a structural shift in Eurasian supply chains, transforming neighboring Afghanistan from a source of geopolitical instability into a primary commercial transit bridge. The policy evolution moves the region away from isolated cross-border trade toward a comprehensive mod June 1, 2026

WNMC 26: AI dominates day one as annual World News Media Congress opens in Marseille SEOUL, June 1 (AJP) - The annual gathering of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) opened at the Palais du Pharo in Marseille, southern France, with artificial intelligence (AI) shaping every major session on the first day of the three-day event. About 1,000 publishers, editors and chief executives from more than 60 countries packed the venue at the global news media association's 77th congress on Monday. The program moved through pre-Congress Deep June 1, 2026