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426 storiesOne worker injured in rock collapse at Vostochny mine in Russia's Primorye
A rock collapse at the Vostochny mine in Primorsky Krai injured one worker, with no fatalities reported. Twenty-two people were in the shaft at the time; rescuers brought the injured miner to the surface and handed him to ambulance crews. P…
Nvidia CEO's son-in-law Nico Caprez rises to vice president, reports say
Nico Caprez (35), the son-in-law of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, has become vice president for global AI infrastructure growth, according to a report by The Information on Oct. 5 that Yonhap and the Kyunghyang Shinmun relayed. He was promoted i…
Paramount closes Warner Bros. Discovery takeover, creating Skydance
Paramount Skydance closed its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery on Tuesday, creating a company named Skydance led by CEO David Ellison and co-CEO Ynon Kreiz. The merged company brings CNN, CBS News, HBO Max and Paramount+ under one roof…
Paramount Skydance completes $110bn Warner Bros. Discovery takeover
Paramount Skydance said on October 6 that it has completed its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery in a deal valued at about $110 billion (roughly ¥17 trillion). The combined company will be named Skydance and will hold two Hollywood film…
Typhoon No. 27 moves north near Ogasawara as typhoons 28 and 29 form
Typhoon No. 27, described by the Japan Meteorological Agency as large and very strong, moved north over waters near the Ogasawara Islands and was forecast to approach the islands at very strong intensity from the evening of Oct. 5 to early …
Trump touts Anduril shipyard investment; Maryland governor blocked from speaking
President Donald Trump on Tuesday promoted a $3.7 billion Anduril investment to build components for nuclear submarines at a shipyard near Baltimore, where the site of a former Bethlehem Steel mill closed in 2012. Democratic Gov. Wes Moore,…
Apple reported to develop smart doorbell, lock and thermostat with LG
Apple is reported to be developing a set of smart home accessories with LG Electronics, including a video doorbell, a smart lock and a thermostat, with the finished products to carry the LG brand. Apple plans to launch the new devices on Oc…
Fishing boat capsizes off Jeju; nine rescued, two missing as search continues
A 29-tonne fishing vessel registered in Sacheon capsized at about 03:04 on October 5 about 65 kilometres northwest of Chagwido, off Jeju, with 11 people aboard. Nine crew — eight Indonesians and one Vietnamese — were rescued and taken to Ha…
JR East to start teppay code payment in Mobile Suica on Oct 20, raising limit to ¥300,000
JR East said teppay, a code payment service added to the Mobile Suica app, will start on Oct 20 from 11:00, allowing purchases above Suica e-money's ¥20,000 ceiling and transfers of balance between users. Identity verification with a My Num…
Three typhoons active near Japan as Typhoon 27 moves north, JMA says
The Japan Meteorological Agency announced on Oct. 5 that Typhoon 28 (Nolo) and Typhoon 29 (Koguma) had formed, making three active typhoons near Japan with Typhoon 27 (Choi-wan). Typhoon 27 was large and very strong, moving north-northwest …
Shinsegae invests $1bn in Warner Bros. deal as Paramount completes takeover
Shinsegae Group said its unit Shinsegae Property will invest $1bn (about 1.4 trillion won) in the takeover of Warner Bros. led by Paramount Skydance, alongside David Ellison and US investment firm RedBird. Paramount completed the acquisitio…
Korea picks Ttaom trademark, Wando typeface in Korean-language design awards
The Intellectual Property Office on Oct. 6 named Binggrae’s “Ttaom” the year’s beautiful Korean-language trademark, Wando County’s “Wando Huimang-che” the beautiful Hangul typeface and a gat-shaped tumbler by Jeong Lab and Lee Jae-wook the …
LG Electronics signs 5GW AI data center cooling supply deal in North America
LG Electronics said its US subsidiary signed a long-term supply agreement with North American infrastructure platform company AIR Control Concept to provide chillers and other cooling solutions for a total of 5GW of AI data centers. The com…
Lotte Department Store foreigner sales top 1 trillion won, first in industry
Lotte Department Store said its cumulative foreigner sales this year passed 1 trillion won on the morning of Oct 6, the first time a Korean department store has reached that level in a year. The company said it had already surpassed last ye…
Korean brokerages raise Cosmax target prices on expected Q3 earnings beat
Two Korean securities firms raised their target prices for cosmetics maker Cosmax on Oct 7, saying third-quarter results should come in above market consensus. Hana Securities lifted its target to 380,000 won from 305,000 won, and Daol Inve…
Paramount completes acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, reports say
Paramount has completed its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, according to reports cited by Chinese business outlets CLS and Yicai. The deal followed a months-long contest in which Ellison submitted nine bids and beat rival Netflix, an…
Boston Dynamics names former Amazon Alexa executive Rohit Prasad as CEO
Boston Dynamics, the robot subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Group, said it has hired Rohit Prasad, a former Amazon executive who led work on the Alexa voice assistant, as its new chief executive. The company said the appointment is aimed at stre…
Samsung Art Store to show 30 British Museum works on its art TVs
Samsung Electronics said it will present 30 representative works from the British Museum on Samsung Art Store, its art subscription service for Samsung TVs. The collection focuses on 19th-century British landscape painting, including pieces…
Celltrion launches Omlyclo in U.S., first omalizumab biosimilar, listed on Optum formulary
Celltrion said it launched Omlyclo, its omalizumab biosimilar, in the United States on Oct. 5 local time, the first such biosimilar on that market. The product carries a wholesale price about 15% below the original and is listed as a prefer…
Emmy Awards to leave broadcast TV for Amazon's Prime Video in 2027
The Emmy Awards will move to Amazon's Prime Video under a six-year deal announced Tuesday, ending a broadcast run dating to 1955 and the annual rotation among ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC. The ceremony will stream free, with no Prime Video subscri…