Korea to welcome 'digital nomads' with new visa starting Jan. 1(koreajoongangdaily.joins.com)

170 points by yladiz 2 years ago | 167 comments

Six-decade math puzzle solved by Korean mathematician(koreaherald.com)

243 points by mikhael 9 months ago | 78 comments

Korean students seek 'digital undertakers' amid US visa social media screening(koreaherald.com)

57 points by djoldman 1 year ago | 94 comments

$200M a year, 700k tons of rice, space tech: deal for North Korea in joining war(koreaherald.com)

29 points by paulcarroty 2 years ago | 22 comments

Fire at South Korea lithium battery plant kills at least 16 people(nbcnews.com)

82 points by rntn 2 years ago | 32 comments

China Overtakes U.S. For First Time as Top Spender on R&D in 2024(japannews.yomiuri.co.jp)

116 points by mushstory 13 days ago | 98 comments

Yomiuri Shimbun news article reporting that China surpassed the U.S. as the world's top R&D spender in 2024, citing Japanese science ministry data.

South Korea introduces universal basic mobile data access(theregister.com)

338 points by saikatsg 6 months ago | 95 comments

The Register article on South Korea's scheme giving mobile subscribers unlimited 400 Kbps data after allowances expire, agreed by SK Telecom, KT and LG Uplus.

South Korea says AI agents appear to have been used to hack the country's banks(reuters.com)

55 points by thoughtpeddler 19 days ago | 11 comments

Reuters article on South Korea's president saying AI agents appear to have been used in hacks of the country's banks; page showed a device verification screen.

LA wildfires force thousands to evacuate, NASA JPL closed(theregister.com)

341 points by rntn 1 year ago | 479 comments

The Register news article on Los Angeles County wildfires forcing about 70,000 evacuations and the closure of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Strong earthquake hits northern Japan, tsunami warning issued(www3.nhk.or.jp)

341 points by lattis 10 months ago | 155 comments

NHK World news page reporting a strong earthquake off northern Japan and tsunami warnings, later downgraded to advisories, for Hokkaido and Tohoku coasts.

Samsung is expected to more than double output of its HBM4 and HBM4E DRAM(en.sedaily.com)

542 points by giuliomagnifico 1 month ago | 422 comments

Seoul Economic Daily article reporting Samsung plans to double HBM4 output next year, expanding HBM capacity to 250,000 wafers a month.

Murder-suicide case shows OpenAI selectively hides data after users die(arstechnica.com)

411 points by randycupertino 9 months ago | 240 comments

Ars Technica article on a murder-suicide lawsuit accusing OpenAI of withholding full ChatGPT logs and selectively hiding data after users die.