The European Parliament passed the AI Act on Wednesday, which is the world’s first comprehensive statute designed to address the potential danger of artificial intelligence (AI). The passage came five years after the introduction of a relevant bill. …
One month has passed since trainee doctors at large general hospitals submitted their resignations en mass to protest the government’s plan to increase the enrollment quota for medical schools. The medical community and the government are not budging…
SEOUL, Corporate direct financing in South Korea grew 4.3 percent from a month earlier in February, thanks to a rise in corporate bond issuances, data showed Tuesday.
Local businesses raised a combined 26.5 trillion won (US$19.9 billion) by selling …
Lee Jong-sup, a former defense minister who is under investigation over allegations that he meddled with an internal probe into the death of a young Marine last year, began serving as South Korea’s ambassador to Australia last week.
In July 2023, Ma…
SEOUL, The South Korean won slid against the U.S. dollar on Tuesday in tandem with the weakening Japanese yen, as the Japanese central bank scrapped its negative interest rate for the first time in 17 years.
The won declined 6.1 won to 1,339.8 per U…
SEOUL, Opposition leader Lee Jae-myung again did not show up for a court hearing on corruption charges on Tuesday, leading the court to issue a warning that it could consider bringing him to attend hearings by force.
A bench at the Seoul Central Dis…
Abuja: At a bustling food market in Nigeria’s capital, Mummy Christiana breaks down in tears as she describes how a conflict thousands of kilometers away leaves her family struggling to