South Korea seeks to arrest dozens of online scam suspects repatriated from Cambodia

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8 Indian brands using organic materials to redefine sustainable design

Founded by Bhakti V. Loonawat and Suyash Sawant, Anomalia is an experimental architecture and design studio exploring how the built environment can be regenerative, inclusive, and alive. Working across architecture, furniture, and installations,...

South Korea Moves to Criminalize Sexually Explicit Deepfakes

In a major legislative step to combat the growing misuse of artificial intelligence, South Korea has passed a bill criminalizing the possession or viewing of sexually explicit deepfake images and videos. Lawmakers approved the measure on September...

South Korea urges Bangladesh to ease visa, customs and tariff barriers

South Korea wants Bangladesh to have swift and timely visa issuance and renewal procedures, seamless customs clearance, and a reduction of high tariffs on raw materials and intermediate goods as part of improving the business environment. In order...

Nvidia’s Jensen Huang slated to meet global business leaders at South Korea's APEC summit

Over 1,700 business leaders from around the world, including Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, are set to convene in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang, later this month for the 2025 APEC CEO Summit, the largest private economic forum ever hosted in Korea....

Bangladesh needs to improve its business environment: South Korean ambassador

Bangladesh must take further steps to improve its business environment, South Korean Ambassador Park Young-sik said today (19 October). Speaking at a seminar titled "Korean Investors CSR Activities and Future Together" at the Westin Hotel in...

Top South Korean Business Leaders Join U.S. President Trump for Golf Diplomacy at Mar-a-Lago Amid Ongoing Tariff Negotiations

In a display of high-level informal diplomacy, a delegation of prominent South Korean business executives joined U.S. President Donald Trump for a round of golf at his private Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida on Saturday, October 18. The gathering,...

Opportunities for Hong Kong on sidelines of Xi-Trump summit in South Korea

Ahead of a hugely uncertain yet highly anticipated summit between the leaders of the world’s two major powers at the coming Apec meeting in South Korea, the big question is whether Chinese President Xi Jinping or his United States counterpart...

South Korea suspends Cambodia water project after crimes target citizens

SEOUL: A joint United Nations and South Korean water management project in Cambodia has been suspended following a recent surge in crimes targeting South Koreans. The United Nations Development Programme and South Korea led this initiative to...

Seoul accuses North Korea of discharging water from dam on border 'without prior notice'

ANKARA North Korea appeared to have released water from a dam north of the inter-Korean border without giving prior notice to South Korea, the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment in Seoul said on Sunday. Based on satellite imagery, the...

South Korea closes intel gap with Global 6500s

South Korea recently selected L3Harris Technologies to supply four Bombardier Global 6500 aircraft in a strategic move to enhance its aerial surveillance and intelligence-gathering capabilities. The aircraft will be equipped with ELTA Systems’...

North Korea appears to have released water from border dam without prior notice: Seoul

SEOUL – North Korea appears to have released water from a dam north of the inter-Korean border again without giving prior notice to the South, officials said on Oct 19. Based on satellite imagery, the North appeared to have discharged water from...

Korea-UN Water Project In Cambodia Put On Hold After Recent Surge In Crimes Targeting South Koreans

(MENAFN- IANS) Seoul, Oct 19 (IANS) An international collaborative project to improve water management in Cambodia has been suspended amid a recent rise in crimes targeting South Koreans in the Southeast Asian country, a state research institute...

Takaichi and Lee need to be cautious about Tokyo-Seoul relations

This article, originally published by Pacific Forum, is republished with permission. Bilateral relations between Japan and South Korea oscillate with alarming regularity. The 1968 dizzying highs of Kim Dae-jung and Keizo Obuchi (1998) have been...

Nigeria signs nuclear cooperation memorandum of understanding with South Korea

Formalized in April 2025, during the Africa Nuclear Business Platform (NBP) 2025 in Rabat, Morocco (which was attended by 17 energy officials from African nations), South Korea and Nigeria signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen...

Conclusion of CEPA to boost Dhaka-Seoul ties: Ambassador Park Young-sik

South Korean Ambassador to Bangladesh Park Young-sik on Sunday said Bangladesh and South Korea are currently negotiating the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) and its conclusion will provide another opportunity to take existing...

South Korean Actress Clara Finalizes Divorce With Businessman Husband

South Korean actress Clara finalized her divorce with Korean-American businessman Samuel Hwang in August after six years of marriage, her agency confirmed Friday. The decision was reached by mutual consent following "long and careful discussions"...

Baek Se-hee Death: What Mental Health Struggles Did the South Korean Author Face Before She Died at 35?

South Korean Author’s Mental Health Struggles Before She Died at 35 (Pics credit: Instagram/iStock) South Korean author Baek See-he, who wrote about her mental health struggles in the bestselling memoir I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki,...

US, China tariff talks in Malaysia next week as Trump softens tone ahead of meeting Xi in South Korea

US-China trade meeting set for next week in Malaysia, Bessent says Trump says he will meet Xi in South Korea WTO chief calling for US, China to ease tensions WASHINGTON, Oct 18 — US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Friday he expects to...

South Korea scraps AI textbook programme

The South Korean government spent 1.2 trillion won ($850m) on developing AI textbooks for schools, but the national programme has been rolled back after just four months, amid allegations of inaccurate texts, concerns about privacy, and increased...