Office workers commuting to the Seoul metropolitan area and other parts of the region wait for trains on the platform at Osong Station in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province. Korea Times photo by Jung Min-seung Civil servants commuting from Seoul to Sejong face growing concerns over an already severe shortage of high-speed rail tickets, as the…
The 16-year-old who killed three children and a teacher at an elementary school in the US state of Oregon was a former special-needs student at the school, police and school officials have said. Published On 17 Oct 202617 Oct 2026 Share Oregon school shooter was former special-needs student, police say on social media share-nodes Share…
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Citizens eat and chat at street food stalls lined up along the sidewalk opposite Yeomni Elementary School in Mapo Dustict, Seoul, Sept. 24. Korea Times photo by Kwon Jeong-hyun As autumn reaches its peak, street food stalls across from Yeomni Elementary School in Seoul’s Mapo District begin lighting up one by one in the early…
Science and ICT Minister Bae Kyung-hoon listens to an explanation of a “deepfake detection and AI agent safety evaluation” during his visit to the Korea Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, Oct. 23, 2025. Courtesy of Ministry of Science and ICT The number of deepfake sex crime videos pending review by a Korean…
The skyline of Kuala Lumpur is seen amid thick smog during sunrise, Oct. 17, as the country continues to be shrouded in haze caused by fires in Indonesia. AFP-Yonhap SINGAPORE — Ongoing fires in Indonesia that have blanketed parts of Southeast Asia with toxic haze have triggered the highest-level alert by the regional bloc’s climate…
Sanaa, Yemen – A missile fired by Yemen’s Houthi group, also known as Ansar Allah, streaks across the sky over Sanaa at midday, leaving a trail of smoke behind it. Its intended target is unclear. It could have been a site in Saudi Arabia or territory to the south and east held by Yemen’s internationally…
Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson has announced a €323 million financing package for the Northern Ghana Water and Sanitation Project, aimed at addressing persistent water shortages and improving sanitation in parts of the Northern Region and Savannah Region. In a post on his social media page, Dr Forson said he had concluded a meeting…
This photo, carried by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency, Thursday, shows the North firing two types of strategic cruise missiles from a submarine the previous day. Yonhap North Korea said Saturday it has conducted an underwater test of a new high-speed precision-guided torpedo weapon system that uses artificial intelligence (AI) technology, noting that…
For months before carrying out Canada’s deadliest school shooting in almost four decades, Jesse Van Rootselaar was consulting an unlikely adviser on how to perpetrate mass murder. “In a hallway, indoors, or a crowded classroom, the 870 [Remington shotgun] is brutal … Close quarters is its playground,” OpenAI’s ChatGPT guided the 18-year-old, according to reports….
