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As US President Donald Trump restricted exports of NVIDIA's artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductor, H20, to China, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang visited China and expressed his will to continue cooperation with China. NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang arrived in Beijing, China on the 17th [Photo = Weibo capture] According to China's state-run CCTV, CEO Huang met with Zhu Renhongbin, chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), during his visit to Beijing on the 17th. During the meeting, CEO Huang praised China, saying, "China is not only one of the world's largest consumer markets, but also has a dynamic industrial ecosystem with cutting-edge software capabilities," and "It has become a key driving force for NVIDIA's innovation." He also emphasized, "The US government's semiconductor export controls have already had a significant impact on NVIDIA's business," and "We will c...

Gravity Game Vision (GGV), the Hong Kong branch of Gravity, announced on the 18th that it has officially launched its new mobile game 'Ragnarok: Back to Glory' in Southeast Asia. Ragnarok: Back to Glory is a 3D MMORPG based on the original work's emotions. It supports both horizontal and vertical screen modes, so you can play the way you want, and the global integrated exchange system allows for free trading with users in Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau. The official launch version will feature a new map and MVP boss, and you can enjoy party dungeon play and more. [Photo = Gravity] The company has selected a famous Thai actor as its promotional model and is communicating in various ways, such as through promotional videos. In addition, about 2 million people participated in the pre-registration held on the app market and the official pre-registration page from March 17th until the official launch. Kim Jin-hwan, CEO of Gravity Game Vision,...

Com2uS (CEO Nam Jae-kwan) announced on the 18th that it has started pre-registration for 'Starseed: Arsenic Trigger (hereinafter referred to as Starseed)' on the Japanese Google Play Store and Apple App Store. Com2uS begins pre-registration for 'Starseed: Arsenic Trigger' in Japan. [Photo = Com2uS] 'Starseed' is an AI pretty girl character collection RPG developed by Joycity (CEO Cho Sung-won) and serviced globally by Com2uS. Com2uS launched the domestic service of 'Starseed' on March 28th of last year, and expanded the service to approximately 160 regions including Asia, America, and Europe on November 28th. It reached the top of the Google Play Store popularity ranking within a day of its domestic release, and after its global release, it ranked first in Google's popular games in Thailand and Taiwan. It also ranked high in eight regions including Singapore, Indonesia, and Malaysia. In the case of Japan, it plans to a...

"Hey Gemini (Google's AI model), check if this code is malicious." With the advancement of artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity threats are becoming more sophisticated, but at the same time, AI is evolving into a 'shield' that detects and responds to them in real time. Evolving cybersecurity threats with the advancement of AI and cloud Mark Johnston, Google Cloud APAC's General Manager for Security, Networking and Collaboration, demonstrated a future security system in which AI detects malware with a simple command in his keynote speech at the '31st Information and Communications Network Information Security Conference (NetSec-KR 2025)' held at COEX in Seoul on the 17th. It showed the future of cybersecurity in which AI detects and responds to threats in real time. Mark Johnston, Google Cloud APAC's General Manager for Security, Networking and Collaboration, is giving a keynote speech at the '31st Informat...

A key mechanism that can dramatically improve the performance of all-solid-state batteries has been discovered by a domestic research team, drawing attention. An all-solid-state battery is a battery that replaces the existing flammable liquid 'electrolyte' that transfers ions between the positive and negative electrodes with a solid one. It is known as a next-generation battery because it is free from the risk of explosion and has high energy density. The National Research Foundation of Korea (Chairman Hong Won-hwa) announced on the 16th that Professor Kim Dong-wan's research team at Korea University developed a new process that can maximize the performance of lithium argyrodite-based solid electrolyte, a key material for next-generation all-solid- state batteries, and discovered the mechanism for improving performance. Lithium argyrodite, a sulfide-based lithium-ion conductor with high ion conductivity, is considered a key material for the development of a...

A technology has been developed to produce hydrogen using sugarcane waste and sunlight. The Ulsan Institute of Science (UNIST) Department of Energy and Chemical Engineering Professors Jang Ji-wook and Seo Kwan-yong's team, together with the Department of Materials Science and Engineering Professor Cho Seung-ho's team, have developed a technology that can produce hydrogen using biomass from sugarcane waste and silicon photoelectrodes. This technology produces hydrogen using only sunlight without external power, and the hydrogen production speed is four times faster than the commercialization standard set by the U.S. Department of Energy. Schematic diagram of a high-efficiency dual hydrogen production system using only sunlight. [Photo = UNIST] Hydrogen does not emit greenhouse gases when burned. It is a next-generation fuel that can store 2.7 times more energy per weight than gasoline. Most of the hydrogen currently produced is extracted from natu...

LG Electronics announced on the 15th that it has released a new stand air conditioner 'Whisen Cool' that applies empathy intelligence (AI). LG Electronics has introduced a new stand air conditioner 'Whisen Cool' that applies empathy intelligence (AI), such as 'AI Wind' and 'AI Dry'. [Photo = LG Electronics] Whisen Cool is equipped with 'AI Wind' that provides optimal wind by AI learning the customer's living environment and usage pattern. It also takes hygiene management into consideration with 'AI Dry' that automatically dries any moisture that may remain inside after use. Whisen Cool is available as a subscription to reduce the hassle of management and even take hygiene into consideration. Care experts visit regularly to systematically perform management such as △disassembly and cleaning △filter cleaning and replacement △cooling performance inspection. The cleaning process enhances the sterilization effect wi...

A new treatment for lung cancer has opened. It is expected to enter clinical trials in 2028. The development of immune checkpoint inhibitors (immunotherapy) that help our body's immune cells better attack cancer cells has brought about a groundbreaking leap forward in cancer treatment. In reality, less than 20% of all patients respond. There is an urgent need for new treatment strategies for patients who respond or do not respond to immunotherapy. A KAIST research team discovered DDX54, a key factor that induces resistance to immunotherapy by suppressing the infiltration of immune cells into cancer tissue when lung cancer cells acquire the ability to evade immunity. [Photo = KAIST] A research team at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has discovered a key factor (DDX54) that interferes with immunotherapy for the first time, opening a new path for lung cancer treatment. This technology has been transferred to the faculty st...

The share of clean energy sources such as nuclear power, hydropower, solar power, and wind power in the global power grid has exceeded 40% for the first time ever. On the other hand, the share of solar power generation in Korea was only 5% last year. It only increased by 1 percentage point over the past three years compared to 4% in 2021. The share of total renewable energy generation in Korea was also recorded at 10%, which is very low compared to the global average of 32%. A wind turbine at Wolyeong Port in Hallim-eup, Jeju-do, turns in the sunset. [Photo=Reporter Jeong Jong-oh] According to the 'Global Electricity Review 2025' published by Ember, a global energy think tank, the share of clean power sources that do not emit greenhouse gases in global power generation in 2024 was recorded at 40.9%, exceeding 40% for the first time ever. This is the first recorded figure since the 1940s. The main growth engine was the expansion of renewab...

A perovskite solar cell that can last 1,000 hours even in a steamer-like environment has been developed. A protective film was applied to the cell. Professor Dong-Seok Kim's team at the Carbon Neutral Graduate School of Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) and Professor Tae-Kyung Lee's team at Gyeongsang National University developed a heat-resistant perovskite solar cell that can withstand high-temperature processes by applying a protective film to the solar cell. This cell showed a high initial efficiency of 25.56%. It maintained more than 85% of the initial efficiency even after operating for 1,000 hours at 85℃ and 85% relative humidity . Photoelectric conversion efficiency of perovskite solar cell cells and modules made with added ethylene carbonate. The cell using ethylene carbonate (target) showed a higher photoelectric conversion efficiency (PCE) than the cell using tBP (control). [Photo = UNIST] Perovskite solar cel...

The Soyuz spacecraft is being launched on the 8th. [Photo = NASA] At 8:30 PM on the 8th (Korean time), the Soyuz spacecraft carrying Korean-American Jonny Kim docked with the International Space Station (ISS), opened its hatch, and greeted the astronauts on board. At 2:47 PM, the Soyuz spacecraft (Soyuz MS-27) was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. A total of three people, including Jonny Kim and two Russian astronauts, were on board this manned spacecraft. They docked to the ISS that day, opened the hatch at 8:30 PM, and greeted the astronauts on board. Jonny Kim hugged his ISS colleagues as he made his second appearance on the Soyuz. At 2:47 PM on the 8th, the Soyuz spacecraft was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and is docking with the ISS. [Photo = NASA] These three astronauts will stay on the ISS for about eight months before returning to Earth in December, performing missions such as scientifi...

The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST, President Lee Kwang-hyung) collaborated with media artist Professor Lee Jin-joon of the Graduate School of Culture Technology and global artist G-Dragon to launch a 'Space Sound Transmission Project' based on media art at the KAIST Space Research Institute on the 9th. This project was proposed as part of the 'AI Entertech Research Center' being promoted by KAIST and Galaxy Corporation. This project will be the world's first to transmit messages and sound sources from singer G-Dragon (Kwon Ji-yong), who is an artist affiliated with Galaxy Corporation and a visiting professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at KAIST, into space. This is a convergence project that combines science, technology, art, and popular music, and is a new form of 'space cultural content' experiment that connects KAIST's cutting-edge space technology, Professor Lee Jin-joon's media art, and...

What happens when a star swallows a planet? The James Webb Space Telescope has released the results of observing a star 12,000 light-years away from Earth using its observation equipment. NASA reported the news on the 10th (local time). In conclusion, the star did not swell enough to swallow the planet as previously hypothesized. Instead, the planet's orbit gradually approached the star and was absorbed by the star. As the planet's orbit gradually got closer to the star, the planet was finally swallowed by the star. [Photo = NASA, ESA, CSA, R. Crawford (STScI)] The process of a star swallowing a planet revealed by NASA was that a planet the size of Jupiter first orbited very close to the star, closer than Mercury orbiting the Sun. Then, the planet's orbit gradually decreased over time. The planet gradually approached the star. As it approached the star, the planet began to brush against the star's atmosphere. As the planet fell in...

Princeton University's climate research fund has been cut by $4 million. Donald Trump cited the groundless reason that the related research "promotes anxiety." [Photo = Yonhap News] US President Donald Trump's "hitch-hush" policy has been applied not only to tariffs but also to climate change policies without exception. Nobel Prize-winning scholars and prestigious universities could not escape his sword. Trump cut $4 million in climate research funds from Princeton University in the United States. The reason is very provocative. The White House claimed that the reason for the cut was that "students are exposed to 'climate anxiety' and 'exaggerated climate threats' due to the university's research." Princeton University is considered a prestigious Ivy League university. Among the professors at Princeton University's Earth System Modeling Laboratory, a partner institution of the US National Oceanic and ...

A domestic research team has developed a technology that improves the shortcomings and strengthens the advantages of a thermoelectric generator that generates electricity from temperature differences by making carbon nanotube (CNT) materials like a sponge. Since it can freely change its shape, it is expected to be used for small-scale power supply for wearable device sensors that move a lot. The team of Dr. Han Mi-jeong and Dr. Kang Young-hoon of the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (President Lee Young-guk) has developed a flexible thermoelectric generator that maximizes thermoelectric performance by combining carbon nanotubes and bismuth–antimony–telluride (BiSbTe) in a porous foam form. The research team of the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology has developed a technology that improves the shortcomings and strengthens the advantages of a thermoelectric generator by making carbon nanotube materials like a sponge. [Photo = Korea Rese...

It was predicted that the occupation most likely to be replaced by artificial intelligence (AI) is 'pattern specialist' at present and 'logistics clerk' in three years. Due to the influence of generative AI, the replacement rate of occupations requiring creative thinking was relatively high, while the replacement rate of occupations requiring physical activity and skilled skills was relatively low. Image processed by AI [Photo = Created by ChatGPT] The report 'Job Replacement and Changes in White-Collar Jobs by AI' released by the Korea Employment Information Service on the 13th analyzed the job replacement rate by AI for 520 occupations listed on the Korea Employment Information Service at present (2024) and three years from now in 2027. The average job replacement rate of the 520 occupations in 2024 was 38.69%. The minimum value with the lowest possibility of replacement was 0.00% (professional gamer), and the maximum value with...

The Korean animation "The Life of Jesus" (American title: The King of Kings) created by a Korean production company and filmmakers has caused a sensation by rising to second place at the North American box office as soon as it was released. [Photo=Provided by Angel Studio] According to Box Office Mojo, an American movie box office aggregation site, "The Life of Jesus," which was released in about 3,200 theaters in North America the day before, ranked second at the box office with ticket sales of $7,012,750 (about 10 billion won) in just one day. Hollywood media outlet Variety reported that the animation is expected to earn about $18 million (about 25.7 billion won) in its first week of release. It also evaluated this phenomenon as unusual. It means that a Korean-produced animation has succeeded at the box office, beating out new films from major Hollywood studios such as "The Amateur" and "The Drop." This ...

ASUS announced on the 14th that it is launching the Vivobook S16, an AI laptop that provides a more advanced artificial intelligence (AI) experience. Vivobook S16 [Photo = ASUS] The Vivobook S16 is a next-generation AI laptop that integrates a 16-inch screen, a lightweight structure with a thickness of 1.59 cm, and a minimalist design. Two models are available, each equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon and AMD Ryzen processor, and both models are equipped with Microsoft's dedicated 'Copilot Key'. Powered by the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon X processor, the Vivobook S16 provides up to 45 TOPS (45 seconds per second) of NPU AI performance, providing productivity even for demanding workloads. The integrated Qualcomm Adreno GPU also provides immersive graphics, allowing you to seamlessly complete creative work. The product's built-in 70Wh large-capacity battery lasts up to 32 hours on a single charge. The wide 16-inch screen is e...

Netmarble (CEO Kim Byung-kyu) announced on the 14th that the first global official competition of the action game 'Solo Level Up: Arise', 'Solo Level Up: Arise Championship 2025', has successfully concluded. Solo Level Up: Arise Championship is a competition to compete in 'Solo Level Up: Arise's' popular content 'Battlefield of Time', and was held at the Ibex Studio in Gwangmyeong on the 12th. Tickets to the main event for this competition sold out in less than a minute when the first sale went on the 4th, and the second sale on the 8th also sold out in just a few dozen seconds. [Photo = Netmarble] 16 players who passed the preliminaries from various regions such as Europe, South America, North America, and Asia came to Korea to participate in the main event, and the four players with the best records competed in the finals. The winner was OhReung from the 'Nahonrep Gallery' guild, who cleared all four battlefi...