Special exhibition celebrates 30th anniversary of Latin American museum on Seoul's outskirts

SEOUL, October 25 (AJP) - A special exhibition celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Latin American Cultural Center kicked off in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province on Thursday. Over 100 guests and other attendees including Lee Dong-hwan, the mayor of Goyang and several ambassadors from Latin American countries gathered for the occasion. "The center, which has served as a bridge between Latin America and South Korea, is the result of the lifelong dedication of former diplomat Lee B

October 25, 2024

Japan's Ishiba rejects claims of covert support for scandal-tainted candidates

SEOUL, October 25 (AJP) - Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba rejected allegations on Thursday that his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) was secretly funding politicians embroiled in a financial scandal who are running as independents in Sunday's general election. The controversy erupted on Wednesday after reports emerged that the ruling party had distributed 20 million yen ($131,000) to local party branches headed by candidates without official LDP endorsement, matching the am

October 25, 2024

Japanese students recreate historic 1582 Vatican visit

SEOUL, October 25 (AJP) - Four Japanese students from Nagasaki Prefecture met with Pope Francis, recreating a historic 16th-century diplomatic mission that marked Japan's first formal delegation to the Vatican. The junior high school students from Minamishimabara, located far south in Nagasaki Prefecture, dressed in traditional samurai attire known as kamishimo, participated in the commemoration of the 1582 Tensho mission on Wednesday. The Tensho mission refers to four Japane

October 25, 2024

CJ CheilJedang recallls Bibigo dumplings over plastic contamination

SEOUL, October 25 (AJP) - South Korea's leading food manufacturer CJ CheilJedang is recalling certain batches of Bibigo-branded kimchi dumplings because of possible plastic contamination. The recall covers 400-gram packages of Bibigo Authentic Kimchi Dumplings with an expiration date of June 23, 2025, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said on Thursday. "We are voluntarily initiating this recall with consumer safety as our top priority and will strengthen our quality c

October 25, 2024

Nvidia, Reliance Industries join hands on building AI infrastructure in India

SEOUL, October 25 (AJP) - Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has agreed to cooperate with Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani to build artificial intelligence infrastructure in India. The partnership was announced on Thursday during the AI Summit 2024 in Mumbai, aimed at highlighting India's role as a global AI leader. "This cannot be done by any one company, any one individual, but we all have to work together to bring this intelligence age safely to the world so that we ca

October 25, 2024

OPINION: How Elon Musk has become powerful figure in US politics

SEOUL, October 25 (AJP) - Elon Musk, whose company SpaceX recently made history by catching a Starship rocket booster as it careened back to Earth, wants you to vote for Donald Trump for many reasons. That includes not just what Trump will do here on this planet, but also for what he'll achieve that's outside this world. "Vote for @real DonaldTrump," Musk recently tweeted, "if you want humanity to be a spacefaring civilization." Back inside the Earth'

October 25, 2024

Yoon condemns North Korean troop deployment to Russia

SEOUL, October 24 (AJP) - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol condemned North Korea's deployment of troops to Russia as a "provocation that threatens global security" during a joint press conference with Polish President Andrzej Duda in Seoul on Thursday. Yoon made clear that South Korea would not tolerate such actions. Speaking from the presidential office in Yongsan, Yoon said, "We strongly condemned North Korea's nuclear and missile developments, provocati

October 24, 2024

VISUALS: Farmers stack harvested rice in price protest

SEOUL, October 24 (AJP) - Farmers stacked newly harvested rice in front of the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation headquarters in Seoul on Thursday, protesting falling rice prices. The farmers, led by the Korean Peasants League and the National Rice Farmers Association, demanded that cooperative chairman, Kang Ho-dong, fulfill his promise of guaranteeing 70,000 won per 40kg of rice. Despite reduced harvests due to adverse weather conditions and pests this year, rice prices contin

October 24, 2024

Rosé of BLACKPINK racks up 100 million views on YouTube with latest single

SEOUL, October 24 (AJP) - Rosé, a member of K-pop girl band BLACKPINK has accumulated over 100 million views on YouTube as of Wednesday with her latest single, "APT." The catch, upbeat song in collaboration with American pop star Bruno Mars achieved the milestone in less than a week after its release last week. Inspired by a popular pastime she enjoys at drinking parties, the song's music video also garnered instant attention as the Filipino-American multiple

October 24, 2024

Samsung expands Galaxy AI language support to 20 languages

SEOUL, October 24 (AJP) - Samsung Electronics announced it will expand its Galaxy AI language support from 16 to 20 languages, adding Dutch, Romanian, Swedish, and Turkish, with the new language packs available for download from late October. The AI features include real-time call interpretation, chat assistance, note assistance, text conversion, and browsing assistance across multiple Samsung devices, including the Galaxy Fold6, Flip6, S24 series, and Tab S10 series. The existin

October 24, 2024