How a simple consumer data breach spiralled into a national security crisis in US-South Korea relations

Washington’s focus on online retailer Coupang has led to accusations that the Trump administration is tying issues of national security to domestic corporate matters When South Korea’s biggest online retailer revealed last year that a data breach had compromised tens of millions of customer accounts, it appeared to be a corporate crisis. But five months later the issue has grown into a diplomatic storm, threatening to further degrade relations between Seoul and the Trump administration. Coup...

By Raphael Rashid in Seoul

South Korean prosecutors seek 30-year jail term for ex-president Yoon in drone case: Report - The Straits Times

South Korean prosecutors seek 30-year jail term for ex-president Yoon in drone case: Report  The Straits Times

Naver fires back at Google with AI Tab rollout

Naver will begin a closed beta of its agentic search product "AI Tab" as early as next week, in the company's most substantive defensive move yet against Google's artificial intelligence-powered push into South Korea, one of a handful of major markets where Google has never overtaken the local incumbent. The timing is notable. Google launched Gemini in Chrome in Korea on Monday, embedding its AI assistant directly into the browser that holds roughly 70 percent of the global market. Four days lat

By The Korea Herald

South Korea prosecutors seek 30 years for Yoon over drone flights into North

Number of beef cattle at S. Korean farms down in Q1 - Yonhap News Agency

Number of beef cattle at S. Korean farms down in Q1  Yonhap News Agency

In unlikely twist, rescued South Korean kidnapping victim turns out to be Interpol-wanted fugitive

KUALA LUMPUR, April 24 — Federal police said today that a South Korean man rescued from a recent kidnapping by fel...

By Kenneth Tee