Korea in Global Affairs

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Fiji Declares HIV Emergency as Infections Jump 16-Fold

Fiji declared a national HIV emergency after new infections surged 16-fold since 2019, with one in 60 adults now estimated to be infected....

Published 2026.09.19. 11:02:53 |

Slowing AI Would Put the Brakes on Growth, Too

AI now drives U.S. growth, trade, bond markets and power demand, so slowing its development would brake the economy as well....

Published 2026.09.19. 11:00:05 |

Women Lead Third U.N. Chief Straw Poll, Still No Clear Front-Runner

Women candidates led the U.N. Security Council's third straw poll for secretary-general, with UNCTAD chief Rebeca Grynspan first and no clear front-ru...

Published 2026.09.19. 08:38:12 |

Trump Says U.S. Has Secured Permanent Control Over Greenland Security in Deal

Trump says the U.S. has secured permanent control over Greenland's security and will expand its troop presence under a deal with Denmark....

Published 2026.09.19. 07:55:00 | Updated 2026.09.19. 08:52:40 |

Seoul Vows Hormuz Role as U.S. Presses for Faster Investment

Foreign Minister Cho Hyun and Secretary of State Marco Rubio met in Washington, where Rubio pressed for prompt delivery on South Korea's investment…...

Published 2026.09.19. 07:39:55 |

Tech CEOs Persuade Trump to Block AI Regulatory Body

Nvidia's Jensen Huang, Meta's Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk lobbied Trump separately to block a proposed private-sector AI regulatory body, the WSJ…...

Published 2026.09.19. 07:39:05 |

Trump Says U.S. and Denmark Agree to Expand Military Presence in Greenland

Trump said the U.S. and Denmark agreed to strengthen the American military presence in Greenland....

Published 2026.09.19. 06:58:21 |

Toyota to Deploy 400,000 Humanoid Robots at Plants Worldwide

Toyota will phase in 400,000 humanoid robots at its global plants from 2028, timed to factory upgrades backed by 1 trillion yen a year....

Published 2026.09.19. 06:36:05 |

Korea Pledges Role in Restoring Free Passage Through Hormuz

South Korea's foreign minister told U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio that Seoul intends to help restore free passage through the Strait of Hormuz....

Published 2026.09.19. 06:12:49 |

U.S. 10-Year Treasury Yield Tops 5% Again, Chip Index Jumps 2.8%

The U.S. 10-year Treasury yield topped 5% again as chip stocks rallied on AI demand and oil fell for a third day....

Published 2026.09.19. 06:08:26 |

BOJ Lifts Rate to 31-Year High but Yen Keeps Sliding

The Bank of Japan raised its policy rate 25 basis points to around 1.25%, a 31-year high, but the yen weakened to the 157 range against the dollar....

Published 2026.09.19. 06:00:05 |

Math Prodigy Who Cheered Lee Sedol Becomes AI Doomsayer

Jacob Coxon, a Math Olympiad medalist who quit Anthropic, became a global voice warning that AI could kill everyone before 2030....

Published 2026.09.19. 06:00:05 |

U.S. Weighs Pulling Up to 40,000 Troops From Europe

The Trump administration is weighing the withdrawal of 25,000 to 40,000 U.S. troops from Europe, with a final decision expected in November....

Published 2026.09.19. 04:43:46 |

Europe's Heat Wave Shrinks Potato Crop, Pushing Up Fry Prices

Europe faces a potato shortage after summer heat and drought destroyed 3.1 million tons, meaning smaller and costlier french fries....

Published 2026.09.19. 02:46:05 |

Crypto Billionaire Sues Chinese Actress Over $4.2 Million Betrothal Gift

TRON founder Justin Sun is suing Chinese actress Jing Tian and her parents for the return of 30 million yuan he says he paid as a betrothal gift....

Published 2026.09.19. 01:30:05 |

Korea, U.S. Foreign Ministers Meet on Troops, Investment, North Korea

South Korean and U.S. foreign ministers met in Washington on the 18th to discuss troop deployment, a $350 billion investment plan and North Korea....

Published 2026.09.18. 22:56:54 |

Buffett Steps Down as Berkshire Chairman After 56 Years

Warren Buffett is stepping down as Berkshire Hathaway chairman after 56 years, with his son Howard named chairman....

Published 2026.09.18. 20:47:22 |

U.S. SEC Eases Tokenized Stock Rules Days After Clarity Bill Stalls

The U.S. SEC will exempt qualifying tokenized stock venues from exchange rules for five years, enabling round-the-clock trading of fractional U.S. sha...

Published 2026.09.18. 18:10:35 |

OpenAI Knowingly Used 10 Million News Articles to Train ChatGPT, Court Papers Show

Court documents show OpenAI trained ChatGPT on more than 10 million news articles without permission, a third of them from The New York Times....

Published 2026.09.18. 18:09:40 |

Japan Households' Stock Holdings Top Insurance and Pensions for First Time

Japanese households held 590 trillion yen in stocks and investment trusts as of March, topping insurance and pensions for the first time since 2005....

Published 2026.09.18. 18:09:18 |