The government has been working to develop a national artificial intelligence (AI) foundation model, while planning to launch a separate effort to develop frontier models. This two-track strategy is raising questions: Why is the government pushing the new project and how will it draw the line between the two programs? The Ministry of Science and…
President Lee Jae Myung delivers a speech during a welcoming ceremony for Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s visit to Korea at Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul, Thursday. Yonhap President Lee Jae Myung has vowed to communicate more directly and actively with the public, a presidential official said Sunday. Lee made the remarks during his flight…
Department of Justice says it’s investigating whether the White House press pool’s decision violated antitrust laws. Published On 11 Oct 202611 Oct 2026 The United States Department of Justice has opened an investigation into television networks’ decision to halt coverage of President Donald Trump last month. A spokesperson said on Saturday that the department was…
Timothy Snyder KHARKIV — On Sept. 11, 2001, when I taught my third class as a professor of East European history at Yale, I knew what the subject had to be: provocation. The Russian imperial secret services, and then the Soviet secret services, had perfected the art of convincing adversaries to do what they wanted…
Hyundai Motor’s car models in India / Courtesy of Hyundai Motor Hyundai Motor’s cumulative vehicle sales in India are expected to top 10 million this year, nearly three decades after the South Korean automaker began local sales, industry data showed Sunday. The company had sold 9.88 million vehicles in India through the third quarter of…
US military jet strikes stern of commercial cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman ‘without harming the crew’, CENTCOM says. Published On 11 Oct 202611 Oct 2026 United States forces have disabled a commercial cargo vessel in the Gulf of Oman after its crew “ignored repeated warnings and attempted to run the ongoing naval blockade…
A bank employee stacks U.S. dollar bills at Hana Bank branch in Seoul, Tuesday. Yonhap Korea’s central bank posted nearly 17 trillion won ($12.5 billion) in returns from foreign assets in 2025, helped by a weaker won and a rally in stock markets, data from the bank showed Sunday. The Bank of Korea (BOK) recorded…
This image from video obtained and verified by AP shows thick black smoke and flames rising from a fire at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Oct. 9. AP-Yonhap RIYADH — The third attack this week on Riyadh’s international airport on Saturday left at least 12 people dead and more than 300 wounded,…
Trump condemns ‘terrible’ attack and says the US is evaluating whether to join Saudi Arabia’s attacks on the Houthis. Published On 11 Oct 202611 Oct 2026 Saudi Arabia has accused Yemen’s Houthis of killing at least 12 people and wounding 300 others in a third attack on the Riyadh International Airport this week. The victims…
