Oct 17, 2025 Yul So koreajoongangdaily.joins.com Unrelated Data Mixing Encourages Models to Interpret Conflicting Signals More Effectively Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) announced on October 14 that a research team led by Professor Hwang Eui-jong has developed a new training technique designed to enhance the performance of multimodal artificial intelligence (AI). Multimodal AI refers to technology that can process and understand various types of da

Oct 17, 2025 Dogeon Lim www.nytimes.com The South Korean government has failed to get approximately 885.3 billion Korean won (620.2 million dollars) from North Korean unpaid loans as of the 13th. Even so, the Export-Import Bank of Korea has already sent over 100 reminders to the North Korean government since the initial early repayment deadline in June 2012. North Korea didn’t leave any response for this. Opposition parties criticised that “All the unpaid money to North Korea

Oct 16, 2025 Woojin Nam biz.chosun.com On 10/14 there was a fourth semi-playoff game between Samsung Lions and SSG Landers. Samsung's starting pitcher was Jurado, and SSG Landers' starting pitcher was Kim Kwang Hyun. Up to now the series, Samsung Lions is leading the series by 2-1. If Samsung Lions win this fourth game, they can end the series, whereas Ssg Landers want to extend the series. At the beginning of the game, each team's starting pitcher led the game well. However,

Oct 15, 2025 Seoyeon Kim www.mk.co.kr President Lee Jae-myung and First Lady Kim Hye-kyung will make a special guest appearance on the popular JTBC variety program Please Take Care of My Refrigerator, also known internationally as Chef & My Fridge. The episode is scheduled to air tonight (October 6) at 10 p.m., after being postponed by one day from its original broadcast date of October 5. In the official preview video released by JTBC on its YouTube channel earlier in the da

Oct 15, 2025 Eunyo Hwang www.mk.co.kr South Korea’s passport, known as one of the world’s strongest, has recently shown different results depending on how it is evaluated. Some reports say its ranking has dropped sharply, while others still place it near the top of the global list, making it the most powerful. According to the Nomad Capitalist Passport Index 2025, South Korea’s passport fell to 39th place, dropping 28 spots in six years. This index does not only count how man

Oct 15, 2025 Taein Lee www.koreatimes.co.kr Actor Lee Dong-wook’s agency, King Kong by Starship, has announced plans to take strong legal action against repeated violations of the actor’s privacy. On October 14, the agency released an official statement addressing recent incidents in which individuals have attempted to contact the actor, visited his private residence and personal spaces without permission, and left inappropriate letters. The agency emphasized that such action

Oct 14, 2025 Woojin Nam www.mk.co.kr The Samsung Lions defeated the SSG Landers in the first round of the semi-playoffs on October 11. Samsung’s starting pitcher was Choi Won-tae, while Mitch White started for SSG. Originally, Drew Anderson was scheduled to start, but he was ruled out due to food poisoning. The opening game of the semi-playoffs is considered crucial, as the team that wins Game 1 has an 85.3% chance of advancing to the next round. In the top of the first innin