Korea Joongang Daily
Korea JoongAng Daily

Experts warn of ticking climate bomb at New York Times conference

A looming sense of urgency over accelerating climate change was not without cautious optimism in Busan.

2023-05-31

Environmental crisis should be approached in 'human way' says Stephen Dunbar-Johnson

While the urgency is certainly there, how it is conveyed to the public can and should be changed into a more “human way,” says Stephen Dunbar-Johnson, international president of The New York Times Company.

2023-05-31

Spy agency says hard living is taking a toll on North Korean leader's health

South Korea's National Intelligence Service told a parliamentary committee that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un suffers from health problems tied to his hard drinking and smoking habits, a People Power Party lawmaker told reporters Wednesday.

2023-05-31

Locally developing large-scale AI is matter of digital sovereignty: expert

Amid the accelerating artificial intelligence (AI) race worldwide, developing a large-scale AI with domestic technologies is a matter of securing digital sovereignty, said a Naver Cloud executive.

2023-05-31

LG Electronics partners with Canadian startup to develop AI chips

LG Electronics and Tenstorrent, Canadian artificial intelligence (AI) computing start-up, said Wednesday they are working together to develop next-generation chips.

2023-05-31

Late Nexon founder's daughters pay inheritance tax in equity

The two daughters of Nexon founder Kim Jung-ju paid their inheritance tax in the form of equity, selling a 29.3 percent stake of NXC to Korea's Ministry of Economy and Finance. NXC and its affiliated investment unit NXMH B.V. owns a combined 46...

2023-05-31

Loans made easier

Beginning Wednesday, consumers can switch from their existing credit loans to loans offering more favorable borrowing conditions using their smartphones without having to visit a branch office of financial institutions.

2023-05-31

Looking the part

Participants of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) forum, hosted by Korea on Tuesday, try on defense equipment on the ROKS Marado amphibious landing ship Wednesday.

2023-05-31

Labor unionists hold large rallies in downtown Seoul

Thousands of members of a labor union held large-scale rallies in multiple locations in downtown Seoul on Wednesday as tensions between the union and the Yoon Suk Yeol government continue to escalate.

2023-05-31

Seoul mayor says sorry, but not sorry for alert message

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon on Wednesday apologized for "causing confusion" with an early morning evacuation warning sent to residents by the city government in response to a North Korean projectile launch but said the alert was not a mistake.

2023-05-31