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503 storiesNobel physics prize goes to IceCube neutrino researcher Francis Halzen
Sweden's Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on 6 October that the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics goes to Francis Halzen of the University of Wisconsin-Madison for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery…
Korea police open formal probe into AI-linked hacking of financial firms
South Korean police have converted their investigation into a series of AI-linked hacking attacks on financial institutions into a formal probe, assigning a 28-member, four-team dedicated unit. Data leaks have been confirmed at seven financ…
Messi to play farewell match for Argentina national team
Lionel Messi will play his final match for the Argentina national team, according to previews published by RBC and TASS on 6 October. TASS reported the opponent is Benin and put the game on the night of 6-7 October, while RBC said the match…
MrMax says breach may have leaked data of up to 1,735,154 members
MrMax Holdings said on October 6 that unauthorized access to servers for its MrMax app and online store may have exposed personal information of up to 1,735,154 members. The company said member IDs, names, email addresses and telephone numb…
Daiwa Securities: vendor breach may have exposed data of 110,000 customers
Daiwa Securities said on Oct 5 that a server at outsourcing vendor Scalar Communications was subject to unauthorized access and that about 220,000 records may have leaked, including names, email addresses and securities account numbers for …
NASA seeks contractors for a lunar reactor ready to launch by December 2030
NASA has asked contractors to prepare a nuclear reactor able to operate near the lunar south pole and be ready for launch by December 2030, according to a New York Times report cited by Korean outlets. The agency moved ahead of Chinese and …
Choi Won-jun and Victor Reyes both reach 200 hits in one KBO season for first time
KT Wiz's Choi Won-jun and Lotte Giants' Victor Reyes each reached 200 hits on Oct 6, the first time two players have done so in a single KBO season. Choi's 200th hit was a third-inning double at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul; Reyes reached the …
Son sets South Korea scoring record as Korea beat Uzbekistan 2-0
South Korea beat Uzbekistan 2-0 in a friendly at Yongin Mir Stadium on Oct 6. Son Heung-min scored a first-half free kick for his 59th international goal, a record for a Korean men's player, and Oh Se-hun added a second-half header. The win…
Hwang In-beom denies retirement talk as South Korea beat Uzbekistan 2-0
Hwang In-beom denied reports that he, Kim Min-jae and Hwang Hee-chan were considering retiring from the national team, after South Korea beat Uzbekistan 2-0 in Yongin on 6 October. The Korea Football Association also called the retirement t…
Nuri rocket erected on pad; Oct. 7 launch to carry 15 satellites, most yet
South Korea's Nuri rocket was moved to the launch pad at the Naro Space Center in Goheung on Oct. 6 and erected upright, with the space agency and the Korea Aerospace Research Institute saying the work was completed at 10:35 a.m. The launch…
Two large Seoul churches show signs of cyberattack; member data feared leaked
An analysis by cyber threat intelligence company Oasis Security found evidence that two large South Korean churches were hit by cyberattacks, with member records, donation and accounting data and internal documents found on an overseas atta…
Son Heung-min passes Cha Bum-kun with 59th goal, South Korea beat Uzbekistan 2-0
Son Heung-min scored his 59th international goal from a free kick in South Korea’s friendly against Uzbekistan at Yongin Mir Stadium, passing Cha Bum-kun’s 58 to become the country’s leading men’s scorer. South Korea won 2-0, with Kyunghyan…
2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded for optogenetics
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics, the Nobel Foundation announced on October 5. The technique l…
Brewers take 2-0 NLDS lead over Padres on Chourio’s walk-off in Game 2
The Milwaukee Brewers beat the San Diego Padres 4-3 in Game 2 of their National League Division Series on Sunday in Milwaukee and lead the series 2-0. Padres closer Mason Miller walked the first three batters of the ninth inning before Jack…
KT Wiz clinch 2026 KBO regular-season title with 9-0 win over Lotte
KT Wiz clinched the 2026 KBO regular-season title on Oct. 5, beating the Lotte Giants 9-0 at Suwon KT Wiz Park behind Logan Allen's eight scoreless innings and two home runs by Jang Jun-won. At 86-49-5 (.637), KT leads second-place Samsung …
Nikkei says cyberattack sent about 9,000 spoofed emails to sources
Nikkei said on Oct. 4 that a cyberattack on a staff Microsoft 365 account let a third party send about 9,000 emails impersonating employees, including messages sent on Sept. 30 that led to malicious websites. Recipients' email addresses and…
South Korea's Asian Games football gold overshadowed by military service row
South Korea's under-23 team beat Japan 1-0 in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, on Oct. 3 to win a fourth consecutive Asian Games men's football gold, with Eom Ji-sung scoring. The win was followed by a controversy over players' remarks on the mili…
Korea financial regulator orders full security review after bank data leaks
Financial Services Commission Chairman Lee Eok-won chaired an emergency meeting of the entire financial sector in Seoul on Oct. 4 after customer data leaks spread from major banks to non-bank lenders, saying the possibility of AI-enabled ha…
Asahi Kasei drug unit says cyberattack may have leaked data on up to 558,700 people
Asahi Kasei Therapeutics, the pharmaceutical subsidiary of Asahi Kasei, said a website it runs for medical professionals was hit by a cyberattack and that personal information on up to about 558,700 people may have leaked. Sankei Shimbun re…
Dodgers beat Braves 5-3 in MLB playoff opener; Murakami homers in White Sox win
The Dodgers beat the Braves 5-3 at home in Game 1 of the National League Division Series, with Ohtani Shohei going 4-for-1 and singling in his first postseason at-bat, Japanese outlets reported. In the American League, Murakami Munetaka’s t…