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491 storiesAMD CEO Lisa Su to visit Korea Oct. 7 for Gamer Day; AI chip talks expected
AMD chair and CEO Lisa Su will visit Korea on Oct. 7, about seven months after her March trip, to attend an “AMD Gamer Day” event at 2 p.m. at Dragon City in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, AMD said. Su and senior vice president Jack Huynh will attend, …
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…
Serving Seoul police officer arrested over AI-generated sexual exploitation videos
A senior constable in the traffic division of Seoul’s Dongdaemun Police Station was arrested last month on charges of possessing, producing and distributing sexual exploitation material and false videos, including AI-generated images of acq…
US Marine in Okinawa arrested on suspicion of robbery-murder at Naha hotel
Okinawa prefectural police arrested US Marine Pfc. Devin Jacob Ballard, 20, of the Futenma base, on suspicion of robbing and killing a woman at a hotel in Naha, where she was found dead around 04:30 on Oct 3. Police said the suspect denies …
Joo Ho-min urges Supreme Court to allow third-party recordings in abuse cases
Webtoon artist Joo Ho-min and 10 disability groups called on the Supreme Court on Oct. 6 to recognise an exception to the ban on third-party recording when abuse of people who cannot speak for themselves is suspected. Joo said a recording h…
UK police arrest seventh man over security incident at US-run RAF Fairford base
British counterterrorism police arrested a 22-year-old British national in central London on Tuesday on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts, the seventh arrest in an investigation into a security incident at the US-run RAF Fairford base l…
Police: bar owner held over girlfriend’s body in Miyagi; staged messages suspected
Police in Tokyo have arrested a 36-year-old bar owner on suspicion of abandoning the body of his 25-year-old girlfriend in mountains in Kurihara, Miyagi Prefecture, on 28 September. Investigators believe he used her smartphone to send messa…
Two arrested, others sought after fight among about 10 foreigners in Pyeongtaek
Police in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, arrested two men in their 20s — a Russian national and a Kyrgyz national — after a fight involving about 10 foreigners late on Oct 3, and are tracing others who fled. Reports differ on whether the fi…
Okinawa governor protests to US commander over Marine held in Naha killing
Okinawa Governor Koja Genta summoned the top US commander in Okinawa, Lt. Gen. Benjamin T. Watson, and other US and Japanese officials to the prefectural office on Oct. 5 and protested over the killing of a woman at a Naha hotel for which a…
Couple in their 60s found dead in Naju house; police seek suspect
A couple in their 60s were found dead at a house in Naju, in the Jeonnam-Gwangju region, according to police reports carried by several South Korean outlets on Oct 6. Local reports described the bodies as bound and said police believe the c…
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…
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 …
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…
Japan defense minister to meet Okinawa governor over arrested U.S. Marine
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said on Oct. 6 that he will meet Okinawa Governor Genta Kojya on Oct. 7 to discuss measures to prevent a repeat of incidents involving U.S. military personnel, after a Marine based at Futenma was arrested o…
Arizona appeals court vacates manslaughter sentence over AI video of victim
The Arizona Court of Appeals in Phoenix vacated the manslaughter sentence of Gabriel Paul Horcasitas and ordered a new sentencing, saying an AI-generated video of the victim shown in court rendered the proceeding fundamentally unfair. Horca…
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…
Daejeon beekeeper Park Heon-ui becomes city's first agriculture master
Daejeon announced that Park Heon-ui, head of the Daedeok-gu branch of the beekeeping research group under the Korea Rural Leaders Daejeon Metropolitan City Federation, passed the beekeeping category of the 7th Agriculture Master designation…
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…
China Marks Long March 90th Anniversary With Holiday Exhibition Crowds
China News Service reported that exhibitions marking the 90th anniversary of the Red Army’s Long March victory drew large crowds across China during the National Day holiday. Beijing’s Military Museum received more than 320,000 visitors by …