Photo=Motionelemenets Google has overtaken Naver in monthly active users in South Korea for the first time, marking a potentially significant shift in a search market long dominated by the homegrown portal. The crossover, recorded in July and disclosed Aug. 11, comes as generative artificial intelligence changes how South Koreans search for information. Google’s growing use of AI, including its Gemini

(Photo=CYWORLDZ) The early internet is old enough to inspire nostalgia. What many people remember is not necessarily slower computers or primitive websites, but a period when being online could feel more personal. Social spaces were places people actively customized, filling pages with favorite music, photographs, messages from friends and digital decorations that reflected who they were at the time. That

South Korea has spent years trying to answer a question created by the rapid spread of cryptocurrency among its individual investors. If digital assets have become a mainstream place for millions of people to put their money, should profits from those investments continue to sit largely outside the tax system? The government has decided the answer is no. Beginning in

(Photo=Seoul City Hall) South Korea’s struggle to add more homes in Seoul is beginning to collide with another long standing ambition, turning a former U.S. military base in the center of the capital into a major public park. The central government is searching for new sites to expand housing supply across the Seoul metropolitan area, and land around Yongsan Park

(Photo=Office of the President of the Republic of Korea) South Korean President Lee Jae Myung is putting three large scale industrial projects at the center of his effort to create new growth engines, strengthen strategic industries such as semiconductors and spread investment beyond the Seoul metropolitan area. But the government’s attempt to move those projects faster is beginning to collide