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North Korea to fire spy satellite rocket within one week: Japan Coast Guard
SEOUL -- North Korea has notified the Japan Coast Guard that Pyongyang will fire another rocket carrying a spy satellite between midnight August 24 and midnight August 31, the Japanese government said. This is North Korea's second attempt to shoot a military spy satellite into orbit after its failed attempt in May. According to Japanese news agency Kyodo News and public broadcaster NHK on August 22, North Korea notified the Japan Coast Guard that Pyongyang's rocket would fly o
22 August 2023
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K-pop festival KCON attracts 140,000 global fans in Los Angeles
SEOUL -- CJ ENM, a leading creator and distributor of the Korean cultural wave, has attracted some 140,000 global fans through KCON, an annual Korean culture convention. A total of 21 performance teams including boy band Stray Kids and girl band IVE showcased their talents at the three-day event in Los Angeles. This year, the K-pop concert festival attracted about 50,000 more people than the previous festival held in 2022 with about 90,000 global audience. CJ ENM said this year's K
22 August 2023
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K-pop super rookie NewJeans performs at Japan's music festival 'Summer Sonic'
SEOUL -- K-pop girl band NewJeans has performed in front of some 30,000 fans at Summer Sonic, a major music event held in Japan. The five-member band, debuted in July 2022, showcased 11 songs including Attention and Hype Boy for about 40 minutes. NewJeans was invited to the operator of Summer Sonic 2023 only after about a year of its debut, the band's agency said. This year's summer music festival took place at "Zozo Marine Stadium," a baseball stadium in Chiba on A
21 August 2023
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Police continues manhunt for bank robber in central city
SEOUL -- Police are continuing their manhunt for a bank robber who raided a Credit Union bank branch in the central city of Daejeon. It has been four days since the robber successfully pulled out a bank heist and ran away with some 39 million won ($29,039). South Korea had a detection rate for criminal actions of 81.2 percent in 2020. The detection rate for heavy offenses such as sexual assault, robbery, and homicide is more than 97 percent. Law enforcers are able to maintain high crime
21 August 2023
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Naver to unveil large language model AI application as counterpunch against global rivals
SEOUL -- Later this week, South Korea's largest web portal operator Naver will unveil the company's latest hyperscale AI solution in a bid to check global tech giants that develop large language model artificial intelligence-based solutions including Google and Microsoft. A large language model (LLM) is basically a smart computer program that understands and generates human-like conversations in text. Through machine learning, an LLM is smart enough to engage in conversations
21 August 2023
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President Yoon promises to upgrade trilateral security alliance with US and Japan
SEOUL -- South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol agreed with leaders from the United States and Japan to upgrade the current security alliance at the trilateral summit meeting held at Camp David, the official U.S. presidential retreat near Washington, D.C. on August 18. The three leaders will meet at least once a year and build a real-time warning system for North Korea's missiles. "The cooperation between South Korea, the U.S., and Japan, which remained in regional alliance on t
21 August 2023
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Game publisher Nexon to adopt Samsung's video processing technology for third-person shooter game
SEOUL -- Major South Korean game publisher Nexon has become the world's first game publisher to adopt Samsung's "HDR10+," a video processing technology standard that can provide accurate and vibrant colors in real-time. The technology will be used for the game publisher's "The First Descendant," a third-person shooter game that incorporates role-playing features. While the previous HDR video technology processes images on the basis of a whole volume, HDR
21 August 2023
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S. Korea and US launch 11-day annual joint military exercise 'Ulchi Freedom Shield'
SEOUL -- South Korea and the United States have launched an 11-day annual joint military exercise called "UFS - Ulchi Freedom Shield" designed to fortify the combined defense posture and alliance response capabilities through various scenarios that simulate real war situations. According to the South Korean government on August 21, this year's war scenarios have gone through significant changes to focus on the joint field training exercise (FTX) that simulate upgraded N
21 August 2023
