[Local Solution] Two Garbage Bags for 1kg of Plastic Bottles… Gangseo District’s Resource Circulation Experiment in an Era of Scarcity

SOLUTION

With a prolonged shortage of bags caused by disruptions in naphtha supply from the Middle East, Gangseo District in Seoul has launched a program to ...

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With June Local Elections Looming, Discarded Banner Recycling Rate Hits 48%… Next Step: ‘High-Value Circulation’

ENVIRONMENT

As the supply of naphtha, a key plastic feedstock, is shaken by the war in the Middle East, discarded banner material is gaining new value ...

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Hangang Bus, Once Shunned by Commuters, Surpasses 300,000 Cumulative Riders

LIFE

Seoul City announced on the 20th that the cumulative number of passengers on the Hangang Bus had reached 300,727 as of the 19th. It has ...

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[Analysis] Son’s ‘All-In’ Bet Again…Mobilizing 60 Trillion Won in Debt for OpenAI, How Far Will SoftBank Go?

BUSINESS

SoftBank Group Chairman Masayoshi Son is once again raising the stakes. As the firm mobilizes debt worth nearly 60 trillion won for a massive investment ...

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Nobel Laureate Howitt: “National Dividend Premature, Startups Come First”… Solutions for 600 Trillion Won Semiconductor Jackpot

SOLUTION

Peter Howitt, a professor emeritus at Brown University in the United States and last year’s Nobel laureate in economics, answered reporters’ questions at a press ...

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Japanese Retail Investor Makes 10 Billion Won on SK Hynix… Is It Too Late to Follow?

BUSINESS

A Japanese individual investor living in Tokyo posted the numbers showing in his securities account on social media. The valuation of a single SK hynix ...

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to Receive 2026 Van Fleet Award… New Phase in U.S.-Korea AI Alliance

BUSINESS

The Korea Society announced on the 13th (local time) that it has selected Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, as the recipient of the 2026 Van ...

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Korean AI Beats NVIDIA’s GR00T—RealWorld’s RLDX-1 Sweeps 8 Global Benchmarks

BUSINESS

Domestic physical AI startup RealWorld said its robotics foundation model developed for humanoid robots with five-finger hands has ranked first in the world in global ...

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SpaceX IPO in 30 Days, Starship V3 Ready for Launch… Where Does Korea’s Space Industry Stand? [In-Depth Analysis]

SOLUTION

On the 15th local time, a turning point in human space exploration will be made at the Starbase launch site in Texas. SpaceX, the U.S. ...

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[Analysis] SMR Pre-Review System Launches in November…Can South Korea Catch Up with NuScale and TerraPower?

SOLUTION

The Nuclear Safety and Security Commission will legalize a system that allows new reactor designs, including small modular reactors (SMRs), to receive regulatory review before ...

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[AI Solutions(69)] Installing ChatGPT-Level AI on Your Computer with a 100,000 Won Used GPU… The Era of ‘Personal AI Independence’ Begins in Earnest

SOLUTION

If you are paying monthly subscription fees for AI services like ChatGPT and Claude, this is news worth a closer look. A high-end graphics card ...

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HMM Namuho Explosion Caused by ‘Unidentified Flying Object Strike’… Iran’s Contradictory Explanations Deepen Suspicions

SOCIETY

The cause of the explosion aboard the HMM Namuho, which burned in the middle of the Strait of Hormuz, has been concluded to be a ...

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