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Micron’s attempt to scout Korean chip engineer blocked by Korean court

Recruiting and scouting chip talent has become a top priority for global chipmakers as the boundaries between designing and manufacturing, once strictly segmented, are...

Hotels in Korea will no longer provide disposable toothbrushes for free

  Starting tomorrow, hotels operating in Korea will no longer be allowed to provide disposable items like toothbrushes for free. This shift follows the implementation of...

Hospitals close wards, go into debt after junior doctors’ walkout

Seoul’s largest hospitals are closing inpatient wards to cut operating costs, mainly due to snowballing debt. With the junior doctors’ walkout, understaffed hospitals had no...

NCSoft, Google join hands to improve AI, cloud computing

NCSoft, a major Korean online and mobile game developer, said Wednesday it has joined hands with Google Cloud to improve AI and cloud computing...

South Korea, U.S. launch task force to choke off North’s nuclear program

South Korea and the United States launched a bilateral task force to more effectively block key resources and funding for North Korea’s nuclear and...

SM Entertainment founder Lee Soo-man invests $5.2 million in AI startup Mindlogic

SM Entertainment founder Lee Soo-man invested 7 billion won ($5.23 million) in the Korean AI startup Mindlogic during its Series B funding round, continuing...

Kim Yo-jong makes U-turn, says nay to all North Korean contact with Japan

Pyongyang rejects any future contact or talks with Tokyo, the powerful younger sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said Tuesday, a day after...

SK hynix to break ground on mega chip cluster next March

SK hynix will break ground on its first chip fabrication plant in Yongin, Gyeonggi in March 2025 with hopes of completing construction by the...

Medical professors begin tendering resignations en masse

Hundreds of medical professors began tendering their resignations en masse on Monday in support of junior doctors, despite President Yoon Suk Yeol ordering “closer...

Japan’s prime minister asks to meet Kim Jong-un, says sister

 Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida sent a message to North Korea calling for a meeting with leader Kim Jong-un, according to comments by Kim’s...