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DeepSeek accused of sharing user data with TikTok owner ByteDance

South Korea has accused the Chinese AI start-up of sharing user data with TikTok’s China-based parent firm.

The Independent UK

North Korea Vows To Expand Nuclear Forces Under Kim Jong Un

North Korea rejects denuclearization plan, US, South Korea, Japan affirm support. Trump maintains relations with Kim Jong Un.

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Kim Sae-ron: Death of South Korean actor sparks calls for change to how celebrities are treated online

Kim Sae-ron’s death has triggered an outpouring of grief and calls for changes to the way celebrities are treated

The Independent UK

South Korean Blockbuster 'JSA' Strikes A Chord 25 Years On

Twenty-five years ago, director Park Chan-wook risked jail to make a movie about friendship between North and South Korean soldiers, striking box office gold and beginning his actors' ascent to global stardom.

International Business Times

DeepSeek usage a ‘personal choice’ for public, Government says

It comes after South Korea became the latest nation to limit access to the China-based AI chatbot.

Evening Standard

DeepSeek blocked from app stores in South Korea

South Korean officials have temporarily restricted new downloads of DeepSeek.

TechRadar

DeepSeek App Suspended for Local Use in South Korea

South Korea's privacy commission removed the DeepSeek app from local app stores over data privacy concerns. Authorities are reviewing the app’s data

Geekflare

A holiday to North Korea is ‘like a school trip’ says operator behind new tour as isolated nation reopens

Exclusive: ‘You enjoy and endure a trip to North Korea in equal measure,’ says Simon Cockerell of Koryo Tours

The Independent UK

South Korea becomes latest country to ban DeepSeek

Chinese AI app is facing global pushback over security, privacy and ethics concerns

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Jesse Lingard: ‘Mourinho was so chilled, he FaceTimed me from his hotel room’

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Exclusive interview: The former Manchester United and West Ham star tells Miguel Delaney how life at FC Seoul in South Korea has revitalised his career

InsideEVs

The Kia EV4 Is Here. It Looks Exactly Like The Concept

This is the all-new Kia EV4 in hatchback and sedan forms. The photos were published by Kia today, despite the South Korean automaker saying yesterday that it would reveal the EV4 alongside the EV2 and PV5 on February 27 during its annual EV Day event.

Al Jazeera

South Korea removes DeepSeek from app stores pending privacy review

Personal Information Protection Commission says Chinese start-up accepted proposal to suspend downloads of AI chatbot.

The Independent UK

Downloads of DeepSeek's AI apps paused in South Korea over privacy concerns

DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence startup, has temporarily paused downloads of its chatbot apps in South Korea while it works with local authorities to address privacy concerns, according to South Korean officials on Monday

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We'll Finally See Kia's Most Affordable EV Yet In Two Weeks

While other automakers welcome global policy shifts as a chance to back off their electric vehicle investments, Korea's Hyundai Motor Group is on a roll lately—and doesn't seem intent on losing momentum. And in two weeks' time, we'll see more all-electric offerings from Kia, including of the more affordable sort.

International Business Times

Trump Tariffs Loom Large In South Korea's 'Steel City'

Smoke billows from chimneys as factories churn in South Korea's steelmaking heartland, now under threat from Washington's swingeing new tariffs on the port city's largest export.

The Guardian - UK

Presenter Sara Cox looks back: ‘Clare and I met when we were teen models in Korea. I got sent home for bad behaviour’

The radio and television presenter and her best friend, Clare Hamilton, on behaving badly on shoots, hanging out with the stars after The Girlie Show, and a major wardrobe malfunction

The Independent UK

Footballer handed suspended jail term for filming sexual encounter with woman

Hwang Ui-jo was indicted for secretly filming two women without their consent on four occasions but the court convicted him in one case and acquitted him in the other

Al Jazeera

Ex-Premier League footballer gets suspended jail term for secret sex video

Former Nottingham Forest and South Korea striker Hwang Ui-jo gets suspended jail term in sex video scandal.

Al Jazeera

At least 6 killed in fire at South Korean hotel construction site

Casualty figures and damages are still being assessed after firefighters rescued workers from the blaze in Busan city.

The Independent UK

Philippines wins its first Asian Winter Games medal, a curling gold

The Philippines curling team has been rocking it in Harbin, China, claiming the tropical country’s first Asian Winter Games medal with a victory in the men’s final against South Korea

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