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444 noticiasLee de Corea del Sur ordena reiniciar desde cero las conversaciones sobre el CPTPP en medio de preocupaciones agrícolas
El presidente Lee Jae-myung instruyó en una reunión de gabinete el 6 de octubre que el gobierno no fije una conclusión sobre la adhesión al CPTPP y que “reinicie el diálogo desde el principio”, diciendo que el valor estratégico del pacto se…
Trump signs order allowing tax-free red-dyed diesel on highways
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday temporarily allowing off-road red-dyed diesel to be used for highway driving and deferring the federal excise tax on that fuel through the end of 2026 without interest or penalties.…
Defense minister: arts, sports military service exemption to be cut and abolished
South Korea's defense minister said on Oct 7 that the goal is to gradually reduce the arts and sports military service exemption and ultimately abolish it, after controversy over remarks by Asian Games football gold medallists about the exe…
Times Car data leak class action sign-ups top 40,000
Registrations on a website set up to prepare a class action over the Times Car personal data leak passed 40,000 by 2 pm on Oct 5, Livedoor News reported. Lawyer Hiroki Makino opened the site on Sept 30 to seek damages over the handling of p…
Un estudio del Ejército halló que los guantes de descarga eléctrica de ICE causan dolor, obediencia y miedo, informa AP
Un estudio del Ejército no divulgado previamente encontró que los guantes de descarga eléctrica que ahora compra el Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas de Estados Unidos (ICE) causaron dolor intenso, obediencia inmediata y miedo a …
Star Wars: Galactic Racer Launches, Free for Amazon Prime Members via Luna
Star Wars: Galactic Racer, a roguelike-inspired racing game from Fuse Games, is out now on PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox Series X|S and Amazon Luna. Amazon said Prime members can stream its single-player campaign at no extra cost through …
HIS says up to 627 customers' passport data may have leaked after Thai unit breach
HIS announced on October 7 that up to 627 customers' passport details may have leaked after unauthorized access to a file server at its Thai subsidiary, H.I.S. TOURS. The company said it detected the access in December 2025 and identified t…
La policía de Corea abre una investigación formal sobre el hackeo vinculado a la IA de empresas financieras
La policía de Corea del Sur ha convertido su investigación sobre una serie de ataques informáticos vinculados a la IA contra instituciones financieras en una investigación formal, asignando una unidad dedicada de 28 miembros y cuatro equipo…
El regulador financiero de Corea ordena una revisión de seguridad completa tras las filtraciones de datos bancarios
El presidente de la Comisión de Servicios Financieros, Lee Eok-won, presidió el 4 de octubre en Seúl una reunión de emergencia de todo el sector financiero después de que las filtraciones de datos de clientes se extendieran de los grandes b…
South Korea unveils 1,000 trillion won green transition plan to 2035
South Korea announced a “Korean-style Green Transition” (K-GX) strategy on Oct 7, pledging about 1,000 trillion won over ten years to 2035 — 200 trillion won in fiscal support and more than 790 trillion won in climate finance through five p…
S. Korea farm minister says minor farmland survey violations won't be punished
Agriculture minister Song Mi-ryung told a parliamentary audit on Oct 7 that most ordinary, customary violations found in the government's full farmland survey would not be punished, and that the government has no plan or reason to confiscat…
FT: EU weighs universal corporate levy to raise taxes on US tech giants
The European Commission is considering a new mechanism to raise more tax revenue from large US technology companies without singling them out as a separate category, the Financial Times reported, citing unnamed sources. Under discussion is …
Korea's top individual tax delinquent Kwon Hyuk to pay 393.8 billion won
The National Tax Service said on Oct 7 that Kwon Hyuk, chairman of Sido Group and the country's largest individual tax delinquent, has submitted a plan to pay his personal back taxes of 393.8 billion won in full, 15 years after the tax was …
Daiwa Securities y la Universidad de Osaka informan de ciberataques; podrían haberse filtrado datos
Daiwa Securities dijo que se accedió ilegalmente al servidor de un contratista y que podrían haberse filtrado datos de unos 110.000 clientes, mientras que la Universidad Metropolitana de Osaka señaló que un ataque de ransomware es la causa …
GMO Research & AI dice que hasta 948.498 datos de miembros de infoQ fueron vulnerados; sitio suspendido
GMO Research & AI dijo que se explotó una vulnerabilidad en su sitio de encuestas infoQ y que se sustrajeron datos personales de hasta 948.498 miembros. Se canjearon puntos por unos 2,87 millones de yenes sin el consentimiento de los miembr…
Sompo Japan says about 60,000 customer records may have leaked after vendor breach
Sompo Japan said on October 7 that a subcontractor's server used to handle inquiries for its business-oriented dashcam service “SMILING ROAD” was hit by unauthorized access, and about 60,000 customer records may have leaked. The data may in…
Land minister says Gangnam, Yongsan home prices have turned negative
Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Hong Ji-seon told a National Assembly audit on Oct 7 that home prices in Seoul's Gangnam three districts and Yongsan have turned negative, and said price growth should ease with the market stabili…
Google signs 3.6GW nuclear power deal with Constellation for AI data centers
Google said it signed a power purchase agreement with Constellation Energy, the largest US nuclear power operator, for about 3.6 gigawatts (3,590MW) of electricity to serve AI data center demand. About 890MW will come from 11 nuclear plants…
South Korea weighs ending military service exemptions for athletes and artists
South Korea’s Defense Ministry said on October 6 that it is considering tightening or abolishing the military service exemption granted to athletes and artists, after some Asian Games gold medalists said exemption mattered more to them than…
Russia's Interior Ministry says Telegram refuses to cooperate on drug propaganda
Russia's Interior Ministry said Telegram is not responding to its offers of contact in the fight against drug propaganda, with the acting head of its drug-control directorate, Kirill Smurov, saying the messenger is used to draw teenagers in…