Published On 15 Oct 202615 Oct 2026 The opening of a long-delayed bridge linking China and North Korea underscores the deepening ties between the two neighbours as Pyongyang courts both Beijing and Moscow to ease its economic isolation. China’s official Xinhua news agency said a launch ceremony was held on Thursday for the New Yalu…
Daron Acemoglu LONDON — Following repeated security debacles at OpenAI and Anthropic—both of which have developed agents that ended up hacking external systems — artificial intelligence (AI) safety researchers within both firms have either announced their resignations or (finally!) conceded that the breathless race to advance the “frontier” is irresponsible. In response to negative media…
Cocoa farmers in parts of the Bono East Region are recording declining yields as prolonged sunshine and erratic rainfall continue to affect production. A 65-year-old farmer, Ms Rebecca Owusuaa, from Boakyekrom, near Nsuta in the Techiman Municipality, said output from her five-acre farm had fallen from 28 bags per season to 17 bags last year,…
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Sung Chang-hoon, left, president and CEO of the Korea Minting, Security Printing & ID Card Operating Corp. (KOMSCO), and Woo Jin-goo, KOMSCO head of public relations / Courtesy of KOMSCO Sung Chang-hoon, president and CEO of the Korea Minting, Security Printing & ID Card Operating Corp. (KOMSCO), and Woo Jin-goo, its head of public relations,…
Kim Ji-yong, the nominee for the chief of the Serious Crime Investigation Agency, speaks during his parliamentary confirmation hearing at the National Assembly in Seoul, Wednesday. Yonhap President Lee Jae Myung on Thursday formally appointed the inaugural chief of the newly established Serious Crime Investigation Agency (SCIA), which is in charge of major investigations under…
Kyiv, Ukraine – The supernova-like blasts of exploding Russian ballistic missiles are followed by thunderous thumps, shockwaves, fires and deaths – and the staccato of Ukrainian air defence systems. This week’s nightly attacks on Ukraine that killed at least 15 and wounded dozens resembled hundreds of previous raids – with one exception. Recommended Stories list…
Finance Minister Lee Hyoung-il, right, shakes hands with his Japanese counterpart, Satsuki Katayama, in Bangkok, Thursday. Courtesy of Ministry of Finance and Economy BANGKOK — Korea has agreed with Japan to extend their $10 billion currency swap arrangement, set to expire next month, by another three years, the finance ministry said Thursday, as the two…
Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi arrives at the prime minister’s office on the day of a cabinet reshuffle in Tokyo, Japan, Sept. 17. Reuters-Yonhap North Korea on Thursday called Japan’s push for nuclear-powered submarines a “stepping stone” toward nuclear weapons. An international security analyst, Pak Ju-won, made the claim in an article carried by the…
