Nov 19, 2025 Daewon Kang esports.gg/news T1 has decided to part ways with their star AD carry Gumayusi (Lee Min-hyeong, 23), who helped secure three consecutive League of Legends World Championship titles. As the Finals MVP and a central figure of the dynasty prepares to leave, his next destination is widely expected to be Hanwha Life Esports. T1 is reportedly considering Peyz (Kim Su-hwan), who played in China’s LPL this year, as his replacement. According to multiple indust

Nov 19, 2025 Minseo Kim timesofindia.indiatimes.com A widespread outage at web infrastructure company Cloudflare caused major disruptions across the internet on the evening of November 18, temporarily blocking access to ChatGPT, X (formerly Twitter), Google services, YouTube, Facebook, and several global platforms. The outage began around 8:30 p.m. Korea Standard Time, when Cloudflare’s internal service performance began to sharply decline. Cloudflare, which supports the smoo

Nov 19, 2025 Junhwi Lee koreajoongangdaily.joins.com Ulsan HD, who had been cruising in the AFC Champions League Elite (ACLE) league stage, suffered their first defeat on the road in Japan. Led by acting head coach Noh Sang-rae, Ulsan lost 0–1 to Vissel Kobe in the East Zone Matchday 4 game of the 2025–2026 ACLE held at Noevir Stadium Kobe on the 5th. The ACLE league stage is split into East and West zones, each with 12 teams playing eight games. The top eight from each zone

Nov 19, 20205 Eunyo Hwang www.bloomberg.com South Korea is making one of its most ambitious decisions regarding its economy in years, placing artificial intelligence at the very center of its economic strategy. The government recently announced that AI investment will become its first priority, in order to lift the country out of its current period of slow growth. Officials say that there will be major financial support for the strategy. Currently, potentially reaching 100 tr

Nov 19, 2025 Eunyo Hwang www.bloomberg.com Tomorrow, students across South Korea will face the 2026 College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT). Students will be evaluated based on their academic achievements, which they have accomplished over the last 13 years or more. With more than 550,000 test takers registered, it is the largest attendance in seven years. The exam is scheduled for Thursday and will run from 8:40 a.m. until 5:45 p.m. Of the 554,174 registered students, around

Nov 19, 2025 Woojin Nam en.yna.co.kr This year, the Korean baseball team Hanwha Eagles advanced to the Korean Series for the first time in 19 years. Although they failed to win the championship, the 2025 season is still regarded as a great success for the club.The Eagles had gone through a long “dark age” since the late 2000s. Between 2008 and 2024, they reached the postseason only once — in 2018 — which shows how tough those years were. One of the biggest factors behind thei

Nov 19, 2025 Seoyeon Kim www.chosun.com The value of the Korean won recently fell past ₩1,450 per U.S. dollar, the weakest level in about a week. This movement may seem small, but it shows bigger problems in Korea’s economy and the global market. The rise of the dollar is not only a short-term event, it reflects growing worries about capital outflow, investor confidence, and the impact of U.S. monetary policy. Foreign investors have sold large amounts of Korean stocks in rece

Nov 19, 2025 Taein Lee www.filmfare.com South Korean actress and former member of the K-pop girl group After School, Nana (Im Jin-ah), and her mother were injured early Friday morning after confronting an armed intruder who broke into their home. According to her agency, Sublime, a man in his 30s entered Nana’s residence around dawn while carrying a weapon. The agency stated that both Nana and her mother were suddenly placed in an extremely dangerous situation inside the home