Photo=Demis Hassabis X Demis Hassabis, chief executive of Google DeepMind, met with the leaders of South Korea’s four largest conglomerates on April 28 (local time), underscoring a push to deepen artificial intelligence partnerships as global competition intensifies. According to industry officials, Hassabis began a series of meetings in Seoul with Euisun Chung, chairman of Hyundai Motor Group. The two discussed

Photo=Sk Hynix SK hynix’s latest production-worker recruitment drive is drawing heightened public attention, but online speculation that applicants can conceal college degrees to qualify for lower-education hiring tracks appears largely unfounded. Industry officials say the South Korean chipmaker’s hiring system includes multiple verification layers that make it difficult for applicants to omit or falsify academic credentials without significant risk. During

Photo=Hanwha Aerospace Saudi Arabia is advancing plans to acquire South Korean ballistic missiles and submarines as it seeks to strengthen its strike capabilities and strategic deterrence. According to regional defense outlet Defense Arabic on April 27 local time, Riyadh is accelerating negotiations with South Korea over the potential acquisition of the CTM-500 short-range ballistic missile and the KSS-III Batch-II submarine

Photo=Hyundai Wia Hyundai Wia is seeking to expand South Korea’s growing defense footprint in Southeast Asia through a bid for Malaysia’s next-generation artillery modernization program, positioning the company as part of a broader K-defense export strategy. The South Korean defense manufacturer has entered Malaysia’s tender for 36 next-generation 105mm towed howitzers, a contract valued at more than $190 million. If

(Photo=Netflix) South Korea’s entertainment industry is preparing another major historical-political drama for global audiences, as “Ordinary People,” a large-scale film centered on the country’s post-authoritarian power structure, moves into production. The project is widely viewed as a cinematic continuation of themes explored in South Korea’s recent political box-office success, “12.12: The Day” (“Seoul Spring”), shifting the narrative from the military