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Thu, June 1, 2023 | 11:16

Time to ease tensions

Time to ease tensions

There are no signs yet of efforts in the Yoon Suk Yeol administration to de-escalate rising tensions with North Korea despite the northern neighbor's escalation in provocations, including an expansion of its nuclear capabilities.

Kang Seung-woo | 2023-05-31 16:53

How much work is enough?

How much work is enough?

The COVID-19 pandemic might be officially over, but much like a railway switchyard, it has already diverted countless lives onto wildly different paths. Millions of individuals will never revert to their pre-pandemic work routines, compelling both employers and employees to establish new models that cater to their evolving needs. But amid the ongoing experiments with hybrid m...

2023-05-31 16:20

AI and future of South Korea

AI and future of South Korea

The release of ChatGPT last November kicked off a race for artificial intelligence (AI) supremacy among global tech giants. The importance of this race is not lost on the world's great powers, which increasingly put tech supremacy at the center of national industrial policies. The question on the minds of many is which state or company may reign supreme in the end.

2023-05-30 16:51

aespa: shaping new wave of K-pop and shattering global records

aespa: shaping new wave of K-pop and shattering global records

Korean girl group aespa is rewriting the rules of K-pop. With their third EP “My World” smashing records, an invitation to the prestigious Cannes Film Festival, and a groundbreaking world tour, this sensational quartet is not just taking the music scene by storm but also revolutionizing the way we perceive K-pop. Read on to explore their meteoric rise to fame, and how they're...

2023-05-30 16:30

Creeping toward dystopia

Creeping toward dystopia

With investors pouring billions of dollars into artificial intelligence-related startups, the generative AI frenzy is beginning to look like a speculative bubble akin to the Dutch tulip mania of the 1630s and the South Sea Bubble of the early eighteenth century. And, much like those episodes, the AI boom appears headed for an inevitable bust. Instead of creating new assets, i...

2023-05-30 16:15

Fundamental solution for Fukushima contaminated water: Atomic stabilization

Fundamental solution for Fukushima contaminated water: Atomic stabilization

Today, the contaminated water problem at Fukushima is challenging the field of science. Fukushima has been pumping in 180 tons of water daily for 12 years to cool the reactor core damaged by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, but the IAEA and the global scientific community have not figured out how to stop this endless flow. In this context, the Japanese government argues for t...

2023-05-29 17:16

Walking our talk on climate action

Walking our talk on climate action

Last year in Berlin, the great Kenyan long-distance runner Eliud Kipchoge broke the world marathon record, clocking 02:01:09 and beating his previous time by 30 seconds. His success has made him a legend not only in Kenya but globally. It offers a useful lesson for everyone involved in the fight against climate change. Kipchoge's winning strategy is rooted in the science of r...

2023-05-29 16:10

World Taekwondo marks 50th anniversary of founding

World Taekwondo marks 50th anniversary of founding

World Taekwondo (WT) marks the 50th anniversary of its founding on May 28, 2023.

2023-05-28 16:36

US-South Korea nuclear agreement and its impact on the Korean Peninsula

US-South Korea nuclear agreement and its impact on the Korean Peninsula

The possibility of a nuclear attack by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un as well as his promise to “exponentially” grow his nation's nuclear arsenal have recently alarmed South Koreans.

2023-05-28 16:20

China and India have fewer people than UN thinks

China and India have fewer people than UN thinks

In April, the United Nations estimated that India had overtaken China as the world's most populous country. While the announcement received a great deal of media attention, India's 2024 census will likely reveal that the U.N.'s projections have been vastly overestimated.

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