Samsung Electronics and SK hynix agreed to supply memory for OpenAI’s $500 billion Stargate project under a letter of intent, with Samsung affiliates and SK Telecom taking additional roles in data center design, construction, and services.
The White House confirmed that President Donald Trump is open to talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un without preconditions, raising speculation of a possible meeting during the upcoming APEC summit in South Korea.
South Korea’s Unification Minister Chung Dong-young said North Korea is now capable of striking the U.S. mainland, citing Pyongyang’s missile advances.
A fire at the National Information Resources Service in Daejeon has left 647 government systems halted, with officials warning recovery will take time.
Korea-U.S. tariff negotiations have stalled as Washington demands $350 billion upfront, with disputes over cash, swaps, and profit-sharing intensifying.
President Lee Jae Myung told Wall Street investors that halting North Korea’s nuclear expansion would cut security risks. He paired the message with a market pitch, defense assurances, and planned corporate governance reforms.
Kim Keon Hee, wife of impeached former President Yoon Suk Yeol, became the first former first lady in Korea to sit as a defendant as her trial opened on charges of stock manipulation, political interference, and bribery.
In his first UN address, President Lee Jae Myung proposed the "END initiative," a plan to end the Cold War on the Korean Peninsula through dialogue, cooperation, and phased denuclearization.
Kim Jong-un declared unification with South Korea “absolutely unnecessary,” while signaling openness to talks with the U.S. if denuclearization is off the table.
