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Korea, stronghold of Samsung, left out of Apple Vision Pro’s overseas rollout

Korea was again excluded from the list of countries that will receive Apple's Vision Pro. Apple announced Monday at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) that...

South Korean military fired warning shots as North’s troops crossed border Sunday

North Korean troops briefly crossed the military demarcation line (MDL) Sunday and retreated after the South Korean military fired warning shots, the South’s Joint...

Tax delinquency worsens skepticism of oil claim consulting firm ACT-GEO

ACT-GEO, a U.S. consulting company that conducted a study on the potential discovery of oil and gas off Korea's east coast, was found to...

Naver Papago, Korea’s AI-powered translation service, surpasses 20 million users

Users of Naver Papago, the Korean online portal operator’s artificial intelligence-powered translation service, have steadily increased, topping 20 million last month on overseas demand,...

Seoul responds to Pyongyang’s trash balloons with loudspeakers at border, propaganda broadcasts

South Korea announced Sunday that it would install loudspeakers near the inter-Korean border and resume propaganda broadcasts for the first time in six years in...

North Korea sends 310 more trash-filled balloons to South as tensions further inflate

The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Monday that North Korea has sent more than 310 filth-filled balloons over the inter-Korean border...

ACT-GEO founder projects 20% success rate for Korean oil and gas exploration

Vitor Abreu, founder of ACT-GEO, which is behind the claim of Korea’s potential discovery of large gas and oil reserves, projects a 20 percent...

Samsung to extend on-device AI to KakaoTalk, other third-party apps

Samsung’s on-device AI, which offers live translation of multiple languages, will soon be available on third-party apps such as KakaoTalk. Some of the features provided...

South Korea’s president lambasts North’s ‘despicable provocations’ in Memorial Day speech

President Yoon Suk Yeol said South Korea will “never overlook” the North’s “despicable provocations” and vowed to maintain “ironclad readiness” alongside the United States...

Samsung’s Lee Jae-yong meets Verizon CEO to discuss new Galaxy models

Samsung Electronics Executive Chairman Lee Jae-yong met with Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg to discuss possible cooperation related to sales of the upcoming Galaxy smartphone...