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South Korea
South Korea is a sovereign nation in East Asia, known for its advanced economy and major global corporations like Samsung. It is currently implementing a 'K-brand' initiative to combat counterfeit goods and is facing a series of cyberattacks linked to artificial intelligence.
Why it’s in the news: It is in the news due to its new anti-counterfeiting scheme, a viral tourism event, a wave of cyberattacks, and its changing position in the global AI market.
Latest on South Korea
- South Korea launches 'K-brand' scheme to fight counterfeits
- Viral trapped shark in South Korea brings tourism, retail windfall to Busan
- Cyberattacks sweep Japan and South Korea businesses
- ‘Diverging’ trajectories: Taiwan dethrones South Korea atop global markets as AI trade widens
- South Korean megachurches probe suspected AI-linked cyberattacks
- South Korean president calls for creation of tools that stop all cyber-attacks
- Hong Kong's institutional crypto push leaves Korea's AI token bet looking like a retail gamble
- South Korean President Lee called for the country to develop cybersecurity methods suited to the AI era following recent bank hacks.
- North Korea laid landmines along its border with South Korea, injuring three South Korean soldiers in an explosion on September 21.
- South Korea is trading artificial intelligence-linked tokens at scale
- Nvidia strikes a new memory-chip deal — but SK Hynix and Samsung shares are under heavy pressure
- Taiwanese foreign minister to visit Arizona to deepen economic ties
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301 entities linked to South Korea across the news graph.
Under pressure from (24)
bank hacksThe Assassin(s)Samsung GroupNorth Korean soldiersNorth Korean POW transferstock marketair conditioner demandNorth Korearecord heatwaveaging populationAI care devicestechtech firmsHong Myung-boKim Keon-heeTaiwanHong KongDonald TrumpChinaMiryang Jeil Hospitalcriminal networkgovernance overheadeconomic gap reductionAI windfalls
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