South Korea’s SK Telecom to replace millions of USIMs after major hack attack

The company’s promises of compensation do little to quell fears of deeper systemic flaws in national telecom security SK Telecom will begin replacing the USIM cards of all 23 million of its customers starting Monday, the company said, after a recent …

South Korea bottoms global ranking for remote work, study reveals

South Korea ranks at the bottom globally when it comes to remote work – and new research suggests the implications go beyond corporate culture, reaching deep into the nation’s demographic challenges and social wellbeing. A survey led by Stanford University …

Lee Jae-Myung set to challenge in South Korea's presidential election

U.S. Eyes Permanent Deployment of F-35A Stealth Jets to South Korea

An F-35A fighter of the South Korean Air Force takes off from an air base in Cheongju, central South Korea, as South Korea and the United States kicked off joint air drills, in this undated photo released by the South Korean Air Force on Nov. 1, 2022. …

Trapped by Debt: How Gambling and Illegal Loans Are Ensnaring South Korea’s Youth

South Korea’s financial regulator is stepping up efforts to combat the rise of illegal private lending tied to gambling-related debt, as authorities warn of increasingly severe exploitation targeting vulnerable individuals, including young adults and …

Putin thanks North Korea for sending troops

North Korea and Russia, locked in separate disputes with the U.S. and its allies, have moved significantly closer to each other in recent years. Beside its dispatch of troops, North Korea has been supplying a vast amount of conventional weapons to Russia. …

North Korea confirms it has troops in Russia for the first time and had plans to 'annihilate' Ukrainians

For the first time, North Korea has confirmed it has troops in Russia. In a report on state news agency KCNA, Pyongyang’s military claimed its soldiers were sent to help the forces ‘completely liberate’ the Kursk border region with plans to ‘annihilate’ …

North Korea acknowledges participation of its military in Russia’s war against Ukraine

North Korea confirmed sending troops to fight against Ukraine in Russia’s Kursk Oblast, describing their mission as repelling “Ukrainian invasion” of Russian territory. The Central Military Commission of the Workers’ Party of Korea issued a statement …

DeepSeek returns to South Korean App Stores after privacy policy overhaul

DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) platform, has returned to South Korea’s app stores after a two-month suspension prompted by data protection concerns. The service, which was initially launched in January, was temporarily pulled from the …

Illuminating North Korea's shadow influence in Africa

Tycho van der Hoog‘s tightly researched book, Comrades Beyond the Cold War: North Korea and the Liberation of Southern Africa, sheds light on a generally overlooked relationship – that between Africa and the repressive and impoverished “hermit kingdom” of …