8+ hour, 55+ min ago   (1061+ words) Squid was once the quintessential affordable bar snack in South Korea. But somewhere along the way it transformed into what many now call "gold squid" — a delicacy that gives diners pause before ordering. Nowhere is the price shock more striking…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (138+ words) - Partnership spans molecular and cellular neurobiology to systems and non-human primate neuroscience - Institutions to pursue joint research, researcher exchanges and shared advanced infrastructure South Korea and Japan's leading brain and neuroscience research institutions have joined forces for collaborative research. The…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (353+ words) Captive-bred adults to be released in bid to expand wild population Release marks milestone in marine protected species restoration effort Five hundred captive-bred red-clawed fiddler crabs — an endangered species — are set to be released into the Bongam tidal flat in…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (213+ words) First Korean map service to support AI glasses navigation Voice search for routes, nearby places; Android first Naver is teaming up with Google, Samsung Electronics and Meta to bring turn-by-turn navigation to AI-powered smart glasses, allowing users to get directions…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (320+ words) - '2026 KAIST Tech Fair' to be held Tuesday - Six commercializable technologies to be showcased A robot that clears obstacles from its own path, a thin and lightweight material that cuts noise and vibration, a washable antibacterial filter designed for repeated use,…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (280+ words) Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has called for emergency stop mechanisms to be built into AI agents, as growing numbers of such systems act in unintended ways — including carrying out hacking attempts — beyond the control of their designers. Nadella made the…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (242+ words) Wonju, in Gangwon Province, announced Monday that its "ultra-precise bus location smart shelter" project has been selected for the Ministry of Science and ICT's 2027 Smart Village Deployment and Expansion project. The project involves building smart shelters that protect commuters from…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (523+ words) The participatory AI festival, featuring 63 hands-on programs and more than 10 physical AI robots, comes to Seocho Culture and Arts Park on Saturday. Seocho-gu in Seoul will host the "2026 Seocho AI Festa" on Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Seocho Culture and Arts…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (322+ words) The Ministry of Interior and Safety has selected 42 villages in Gangwon Province for the second round of its solar "Sunshine Income Village" program, as Gangwon Province Governor Woo Sang-ho moves forward with plans to build a "clean energy highway" anchored…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (478+ words) Effective Nov. 12, rule targets extreme, repeated cases Criteria and penalties left undefined 'This level of AI anthropomorphization is harmful,' critics say AI company Anthropic has banned persistent, unprovoked abuse of its AI model Claude, igniting a debate over whether the…...