Korea Crisis

After South Korean authorities uncovered a sprawling network of AI deepfake porn Telegram chatrooms targeting schools and universities, teenage activist Bang Seo-yoon began collecting testimony of abuse from victims.

A Telegram channel with more than 220,000 participants was reportedly being used to create and share these artificial intelligence-generated pornographic images, serving as a global reminder of the darker consequences from the widespread rush of AI.

South Korea's Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that much of the country's climate goals were unconstitutional, handing a landmark victory to young environmental activists, who wept for joy on the court steps.

Scientists in South Korea have developed a new type of sustainable hybrid food -- a "meaty" rice that they say could help solve food crises and climate change.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for ways to be found to improve economic development after saying that a failure to provide people with basic living necessities including food is a "serious political issue", state media reported on Thursd

South Korea has spent billions of dollars on policies to boost its birth rate. But when Kim Kyu-jin and her wife wanted to have a baby, they had to fly to Belgium.

A U.S. soldier facing disciplinary action crossed the inter-Korean border into North Korea on Tuesday and was believed to be in North Korean custody, U.S. officials said, creating a fresh crisis for Washington.

Civilians living in the country told BBC that they have watched their neighbours starve to death due to a lack of food supplies after Kim Jong Un sealed the borders in 2020.

A report by a South Korean spy agency stated that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's second child, a daughter named Kim Ju Ae, "lives a life of luxury" as North Korea battles a food crisis.

The World Health Organization lamented Wednesday that it had no access to data about North Korea's Covid-19 outbreak, but assumed the crisis was deepening, contrary to Pyongyang's reports of "progress".

When the going gets tough for Kim Jong Un, his regime likes to turn its TV cameras on the military, with glossy productions showcasing the missiles and manpower that North Korea tells the masses are protecting the nation.

The federal government of Switzerland has taken the step of freezing all crypto assets owned by Russian citizens and businesses sanctioned by the European Union that are held within Switzerland’s borders.

Major South Korean exchanges have decided to perform IP filtering to prevent Russian customers from transacting on their platform. Some platforms are also blocking Russian crypto accounts from withdrawing their crypto funds in a bid to tackle money laundering.

North Korea has accused the United States of being the "root cause of the Ukraine crisis" while defending Russia, in Pyongyang's first official response to Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

South Korea's leader warned Thursday the peninsula could slide back into a "state of crisis" if Pyongyang follows through on threats to resume testing long-range missiles.

After South Korean authorities uncovered a sprawling network of AI deepfake porn Telegram chatrooms targeting schools and universities, teenage activist Bang Seo-yoon began collecting testimony of abuse from victims.

A Telegram channel with more than 220,000 participants was reportedly being used to create and share these artificial intelligence-generated pornographic images, serving as a global reminder of the darker consequences from the widespread rush of AI.

South Korea's Constitutional Court ruled Thursday that much of the country's climate goals were unconstitutional, handing a landmark victory to young environmental activists, who wept for joy on the court steps.

Scientists in South Korea have developed a new type of sustainable hybrid food -- a "meaty" rice that they say could help solve food crises and climate change.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for ways to be found to improve economic development after saying that a failure to provide people with basic living necessities including food is a "serious political issue", state media reported on Thursd

South Korea has spent billions of dollars on policies to boost its birth rate. But when Kim Kyu-jin and her wife wanted to have a baby, they had to fly to Belgium.

A U.S. soldier facing disciplinary action crossed the inter-Korean border into North Korea on Tuesday and was believed to be in North Korean custody, U.S. officials said, creating a fresh crisis for Washington.

Civilians living in the country told BBC that they have watched their neighbours starve to death due to a lack of food supplies after Kim Jong Un sealed the borders in 2020.

A report by a South Korean spy agency stated that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's second child, a daughter named Kim Ju Ae, "lives a life of luxury" as North Korea battles a food crisis.

The World Health Organization lamented Wednesday that it had no access to data about North Korea's Covid-19 outbreak, but assumed the crisis was deepening, contrary to Pyongyang's reports of "progress".

When the going gets tough for Kim Jong Un, his regime likes to turn its TV cameras on the military, with glossy productions showcasing the missiles and manpower that North Korea tells the masses are protecting the nation.

The federal government of Switzerland has taken the step of freezing all crypto assets owned by Russian citizens and businesses sanctioned by the European Union that are held within Switzerland’s borders.

Major South Korean exchanges have decided to perform IP filtering to prevent Russian customers from transacting on their platform. Some platforms are also blocking Russian crypto accounts from withdrawing their crypto funds in a bid to tackle money laundering.

North Korea has accused the United States of being the "root cause of the Ukraine crisis" while defending Russia, in Pyongyang's first official response to Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

South Korea's leader warned Thursday the peninsula could slide back into a "state of crisis" if Pyongyang follows through on threats to resume testing long-range missiles.