SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared an “emergency martial law,” Tuesday accusing the country’s opposition of controlling the parliament, sympathizing with North Korea and paralyzing the government with anti-state activities. Yoon made the announcement … Read more
Korean news organization JTBC recently discovered through an in-depth investigation that KT Corporation, one of the largest telecom providers in South Korea, deliberately infected over 600,000 users with malware over their use of torrent services. The issue began in May … Read more
SEOUL, South Korea — A fire broke out at a lithium battery factory in South Korea on Monday, killing at least 16 people and leaving five others missing, local fire officials said. The fire, which has largely been extinguished, occurred … Read more
A mother walks with her children at an exhibition held in Daegu, Aug. 17. Yonhap Korea extended a natural decrease in population in June as the fertility rate hit yet another record low, data showed Wednesday, reflecting the grim demographic … Read more
Japan and South Korea are both dealing with quickly falling birth rates. However, Korea’s total fertility rate declined for seven years in a row to 2022, dropping to a provisional 0.78—well below Japan’s 1.26, its lowest ever, and the 2020 … Read more
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South Pole Station sits on the polar plateau, a mostly-featureless expanse of snow and ice, several miles thick, extending as far as the eye can see in all directions. Onto this stark, barren landscape, we’ve established a series of stations … Read more
LOS ANGELES, CA, December 20, 2022 — Deep Voodoo, the artificial intelligence entertainment startup formed by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, announced today that it has secured a $20 million investment led by Connect Ventures, an investment partnership between leading entertainment and … Read more
South Dakota is the first US state (and so far as we know, the first region anywhere) to officially ban the top-rated and fast-rising social media app TikTok on state-owned or state-leased smartphones, laptops, and other internet-enabled devices. This will … Read more
The South Dakota governor signed the executive order yesterday, immediately banning TikTok from state government devices. Image: Brandon Bell (Getty Images), XanderSt (Shutterstock) South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem has signed an executive order officially banning the social media app TikTok … Read more