Gwangmyeong City Launches Early Scrappage Support Program for Aging Diesel Vehicles

South Korea and U.S. Sign Drone and Counter-Drone MOU to Expand Joint Supply Chain Cooperation

South Korea’s Political Rift Deepens as Impeachment Trial Nears Conclusion

Freedom Shield 2025: U.S. and South Korea Maintain Exercises, Suspend Live-Fire Training

North Korea’s Nuclear Submarine: A New Threat to the U.S. and South Korea

North Korea Warns of ‘Overwhelming Response’ to Trilateral Naval Exercises

North Korean Women’s Club Makes First South Korea Visit in Eight Years for Inter-Korean AWCL Semifinal

North Korea Condemns UK Sanctions on Songdowon Children’s Camp as Political Provocation

Boston Dynamics Shows Atlas Carrying Refrigerator as Hyundai Manufacturing Deployment Nears

WWDC 2026 Set for June 8 as Apple Prepares Major AI and Software Announcements

Korea University Launches Next-Generation Hantavirus Vaccine Project Under National Pandemic Preparedness Program

Recurrent Acute Pancreatitis Greatly Raises Risk of Chronic Disease, Study Finds

NCT 127 Lights Up Taipei with Epic Solo Concert on World Tour

IU’s Heartfelt Portrayal of Geum Myeong Hits Deep in ‘When Life Gives You Tangerines’

Qatar to Host 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup with 48 Teams in November

Cambiasso Shares Positive Outlook for Expanded FIFA Club World Cup

[Screenshot from the Boston Dynamics YouTube channel. / Courtesy of YouTube] Hyundai Motor Group subsidiary Boston Dynamics has released a new video showing its humanoid robot Atlas transporting an entire refrigerator, signaling that preparations for

Apple has unveiled invitations for its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC 2026), where the company is expected to introduce upgraded artificial intelligence features alongside its next-generation mobile operating systems.Apple announced Mon

Korea University College of Medicine’s Vaccine Innovation Center said Monday it is launching development of a next-generation hantavirus vaccine through a collaborative effort involving the private sector, government, academia, and research institute

A new study has found that patients who experience recurrent acute pancreatitis face a dramatically increased risk of progressing to chronic pancreatitis, underscoring the importance of early management even after symptoms initially improve.Researche

Researchers at POSTECH said on May 19 that a team led by Professor Lee Byung-hoon from the Department of Electrical Engineering and the Department of Semiconductor Engineering has developed a next-generation transistor technology capable of carrying

POSTECH Develops Single-Device Transistor Capable of Performing Multiple Circuit Functions

Samsung Electronics announced on the 18th that its 2026 Micro red, green and blue (RGB) television (TV) has been receiving glowing reviews from major tech publications in the UK and U.S.Trusted Reviews, a prominent UK tech magazine, awarded Samsung's

Samsung’s 2026 Micro RGB TV Wins Top Marks From U.K. and U.S. Tech Reviewers

The North Korean women's soccer team, known as the My Hometown Women's Football Team, made their first visit to South Korea in eight years, swiftly exiting the arrival hall in just over two minutes. Despite a warm welcome, the players maintained stoi

North Korea has vehemently denounced the British government's recent decision to include the Songdowon International Children's Camp, located in Wonsan, Gangwon Province, on its sanctions list against Russia, labeling it a political provocation.On Ma

Lunit, a medical artificial intelligence (AI) company, announced on Monday that the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) has incorporated imaging-based risk assessment as a new method for identifying high-risk groups for breast cancer in its

NCCN Adds Imaging-Based Breast Cancer Risk Assessment, Opening New Path for AI Screening Tools

Microsoft has joined the race to develop specialized security-focused artificial intelligence (AI) models.On Monday, Microsoft unveiled its AI-powered security analysis system called the Multi-Model Agentic Scanning Harness (MDASH).Developed by Micro

Microsoft Unveils MDASH, a Multi-Agent AI Security System Built to Hunt Vulnerabilities at Scale

On Tuesday, the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency announced that no cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) were detected in domestic pets (dogs and cats) or livestock (cattle, pigs, and goats) during extensive testing throughout 2025.The

South Korea Reports No HPAI Cases in Domestic Pets or Livestock After Expanded 2025 Monitoring

Global tech giants are intensifying their efforts to develop security-focused artificial intelligence (AI) models. Anthropic's 'Mitos' is leading the charge, with OpenAI and Microsoft (MS) following suit by launching AI systems with enhanced security

Tech Giants Escalate Race to Build Security-Focused AI Models as Cyber Defense Becomes Core Battleground

For Family Month May, consumers are increasingly focusing on their parents' health, sparking growing interest in dietary supplements claiming to boost cognition and memory, often marketed as brain nutrients.However, medical experts warn that overreli

Growing Demand for Brain Supplements Raises Concerns Over Delayed Dementia Diagnosis

Dartmouth College, an Ivy League institution, has disclosed its investment in cryptocurrency-related exchange-traded funds (ETFs).On May 14, the Dartmouth Board of Trustees revealed in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) t

Dartmouth Discloses Crypto ETF Holdings as Ivy League Exposure to Digital Assets Expands

AriBio has inked a global licensing deal worth up to 7 trillion KRW (approximately 4.67 billion USD) with China's Puxing Pharmaceutical. The company plans to unveil the top-line results of its oral Alzheimer's treatment AR1001 from global Phase 3 cli

AriBio Advances Global Alzheimer’s Strategy With Multibillion-Dollar AR1001 Licensing Deal

Gwangmyeong City, located in Gyeonggi Province, announced on the 18th that it will launch an early scrappage support program for aging diesel vehicles.The city stated that the program will commence on May 20, with applications being accepted for a to

Boryung Pharmaceutical announced on Monday that it has begun supplying the cancer drug 'Alimta' (generic name: pemetrexed) to Lotus, a Taiwanese pharmaceutical company.Alimta, a cytotoxic chemotherapy drug developed by Eli Lilly in the United States,

Boryung Begins First Global CDMO Supply of Alimta Through Taiwan Partnership

Cha Biotech announced on Monday that it has entered into a strategic memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Thermo Fisher Scientific, a global leader in medical devices, to establish and operate the K-Bio-CIC Open Innovation Center.The center aims to

CHA Biotech Partners With Thermo Fisher to Build K-Bio Open Innovation Hub in Pangyo

A groundbreaking study has shown that next-generation gene editing technology could potentially treat Krabbe disease, a rare genetic disorder.Severance Hospital announced on Monday that a research team, including Professor Cho Sung-rae from the Depar

Gene Editing Study Suggests New Treatment Path for Rare Krabbe Disease

Clarity Act Clears Senate Banking Committee... Bitcoin Rebounds Over 2%Bitcoin (BTC), which had dipped below 80,000 USD the previous day, rallied on news that the U.S. Digital Asset Market Structure Bill (Clarity Act) passed the Senate Banking Commit

Bitcoin Rebounds Above $81,000 After Clarity Act Clears Senate Banking Committee

South Korea’s Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said May 17 it has raised its infectious disease alert level to “Attention” and strengthened quarantine measures as Ebola virus disease spreads in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Ugan

South Korea Raises Ebola Alert and Tightens Quarantine as DR Congo and Uganda Outbreaks Spread

The Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported on Thursday that as the KOSPI index nears 8,000, American institutional and retail investors are increasingly flocking to the Korean stock market.Over the past year, the KOSPI index has tripled, propelled by surging

American Investors Turn to Korean Equities as AI Boom Lifts KOSPI Toward 8,000

On Wednesday, Ewha Womans University announced a breakthrough in sensing technology. Professor Lee Sang-wook's research team has developed a highly sensitive mass change-based sensor capable of detecting single microparticles and protein bindings.The

wha Scientists Report New Sensing Method Capable of Detecting Single Microparticles and Protein Binding

New criteria have been established to differentiate between early-stage colorectal cancer patients who require additional surgery after endoscopic resection and those who do not.On Thursday, Samsung Medical Center announced that a research team led b

Samsung Medical Center Develops New Score to Identify Early Colorectal Cancer Patients Who May Avoid Additional Surgery

The prescription of GLP-1 obesity treatments, often called weight-loss shots among teens, has skyrocketed, raising alarm bells about potential misuse. Notably, prescriptions for the obesity drug Mounjaro in adolescents have increased nearly fivefold

Teen Prescriptions for GLP-1 Obesity Drugs Surge in Korea, Raising Misuse Concerns

On Thursday, reports surfaced indicating that Russia may be aiding North Korea's nuclear force enhancement by providing submarine propulsion systems and uranium enrichment technology. U.S.-based North Korea watchdog 38 North highlighted that Pyongyan

Report Raises Possibility of Russian Support for North Korea’s Nuclear Submarine Development

After a six-month hiatus, the defense ministers of South Korea and the U.S. reconvened, but failed to make substantial progress on key issues such as the transfer of wartime operational control (OPCON) and the acquisition of nuclear-powered submarine

Ahn-Hegseth Talks Yield Limited Progress on Key Alliance Issues Ahead of KIDD Meeting

Recent public appearances by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have helped reveal the location of one of the country’s major mechanized infantry unit headquarters, U.S.-based North Korea-focused outlet NK News reported Tuesday.North Korean state media,

Kim Jong Un May Have Accidentally Helped Reveal One of North Korea’s Key Military Sites

Global medical aesthetics company Classys recently participated in the 45th Annual Conference of the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery (ASLMS) in Savannah, Georgia, the company announced on Monday.Classys has been rapidly expanding its

Classys Showcases Expanding Aesthetics Portfolio at ASLMS 2026 as U.S. Push Accelerates

"This is an extremely dangerous condition that can lead to death within a very short time frame, leaving no room for intervention."A four-year-old Jindo dog named Taengi, diagnosed with systemic fungal infection, also suffered from acute kidney injur

Against Long Odds, a Jindo Dog Survives Rare Fungal Infection and Acute Kidney Injury

Samsung Biologics has secured its place in the Dow Jones Best-in-Class World Index (DJBIC), a globally recognized Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) evaluation metric, for the fifth consecutive year.Industry reports on May 9 revealed that Sa

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