US’ airborne laser mine detection system that offers high accuracy delivered to South Korea

A Virginia-based company has delivered the first Airborne Laser Mine Detection System (ALMDS) sensor pod to South Korea. Northrop Grumman’s system is expected to advance Seoul’s mine detection solutions. Northrop claims that the ALMDS has a proven...

South Korea scraps AI textbook programme

The South Korean government spent 1.2 trillion won ($850m) on developing AI textbooks for schools, but the national programme has been rolled back after just four months, amid allegations of inaccurate texts, concerns about privacy, and increased...

Pro-Palestinian activists protest Israeli defense firms at Seoul arms expo

The end of the Gaza war has yet to ease global criticism of Israel. On Tuesday, dozens of pro-Palestinian activists staged a protest outside the exhibition pavilions of Israeli defense companies participating in the ADEX arms exhibition, currently...

Indonesia to Begin Manufacturing National Car Within 3 Years, Prabowo Says

Indonesia will begin to manufacture its own home-grown car within the next three years, President Prabowo Subianto said yesterday, as he marked the first anniversary of his inauguration. Speaking yesterday after a plenary cabinet at the State...

Vanuatu advances digital ID as Algeria prepares eSIM rollouts

Homepage > News > Business > Vanuatu advances digital ID as Algeria prepares eSIM rollouts Vanuatu is making significant progress with its attempts to launch a national digital identity system for residents of the Pacific island nation, launching...

South Korea pledges to share development experience with Bangladesh

South Korea, which has become an industrial powerhouse for the world with the support of the international community, wants to pay its debts by sharing development experience with other developing countries, said South Korean Ambassador to...

South Korea Axes $850M AI Textbook Program After 4 Months of Issues

In a surprising reversal that underscores the perils of hasty technological integration in education, South Korea has abruptly ended its ambitious experiment with AI-powered digital textbooks after just four months of implementation. Launched in...

South Korea’s regulator approves Binance to buy controlling stake in GOPAX

South Korea has officially cleared Binance to take a majority stake in GOPAX, concluding a two-year regulatory review that enables the global exchange to re-enter one of Asia’s most closely watched cryptocurrency markets. The approval marks the...

Anti-Chinese protests show South Korea's human rights hypocrisy

South Koreans at Incheon International Airport outside Seoul on Sept. 12 protest the U.S.'s huge immigration raid at a battery project site operated by Hyundai Motor and LG Energy Solution. © Reuters

South Korea Selects L3Harris for AEW&C Aircraft Program

L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has received a contract to deliver modified Bombardier Global 6500 airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft to the Republic of Korea Air Force. L3Harris is partnering with Bombardier, Israel Aerospace...

South Korea to mass-produce Hyunmoo 5 missile to deter North Korea without nukes

South Korea will begin fielding its Hyunmoo 5 heavy conventional ballistic missile at the end of 2025, with mass production already underway, Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back told Yonhap. The weapon is a road-mobile, two-stage solid missile carrying...

Global energy storage deployments on track for record year in 2025, BNEF says

The firm said it had lowered its expectations for 2025 slightly due to the on-again, off-again US tariffs against trading partners, particularly China, and changes in US policy direction ushered in with the second Trump presidency. However, those...

North Korea breaks ground on memorial museum for its troops deployed for Russia's war with Ukraine

Published: 24 Oct. 2025, 09:31 North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un, fourth from left, digs the first shovel of earth during the groundbreaking ceremony on Oct. 23 for a memorial museum in Pyongyang to honor its troops who died while fighting...

Few companies return as corporate exodus intensifies

More than 2,400 South Korean companies moved overseas this year, but only 11 returned, raising concerns that U.S. reciprocal tariffs could accelerate a corporate exodus. Data from the Export-Import Bank of Korea show that 2,437 companies...

Dollar Slightly Higher Before Friday's US CPI Report

Money transfer Global Currency by Panuwatccn via Shutterstock The dollar index (DXY00) on Thursday rose by +0.04% as it awaits Friday's US CPI report for September. The dollar garnered support from Thursday's existing US home sales report, which...

Enhancing Soil Carbon and Crop Yields: The Benefits of Woody Biochar in Pepper Cultivation

Scientists have long sought sustainable agricultural practices that not only enhance crop yield but also mitigate the effects of climate change. Recent research conducted by a team at Suncheon National University in South Korea has unveiled...

Hologram police officer installed in Seoul to deter crime

Police say crime in the area has dropped by 22% since the hologram's installation A new nightly presence has made its home in Seoul to deter would-be criminals. Every two minutes between 7 and 10 pm, a hologram police officer alerts pedestrians...

Seoul shares up late Mon. morning on hopes of eased trade tensions

SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks turned positive late Monday morning on growing hopes for easing global trade tensions, following a record-setting rally last week. After opening slightly lower, the benchmark Korea Composite Stock...

Vietnam’s Toy Market: An Overview 2025

In this article, Vietnam Briefing looks at Vietnam’s toy market and the challenges and opportunities it presents for foreign firms. With a population of 101.1 million in 2024 and a consistently high birth rate of about 1 million annually, Vietnam...

South Korea's HMM Orders 12 LNG-Fuelled Boxships

The order is part of HMM's 2030 strategy to invest in ships capable of running on alternative marine fuels. Image Credit: HMM South Korean shipping firm HMM has placed orders worth KRW 4 trillion ($2.8 billion) for a dozen LNG-fuelled container...