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595 noticiasLa CEO de AMD, Lisa Su, visitará Corea el 7 de octubre para el Gamer Day; se esperan conversaciones sobre chips de IA
La presidenta y CEO de AMD, Lisa Su, visitará Corea el 7 de octubre, unos siete meses después de su viaje de marzo, para asistir a un evento “AMD Gamer Day” a las 2 p.m. en Dragon City, en Yongsan-gu, Seúl, informó AMD. Su y el vicepresiden…
El ejército de EE. UU. en Okinawa pausa sus operaciones e impone un toque de queda tras el arresto de un marine
El ejército de Estados Unidos en Okinawa suspende sus operaciones durante 48 horas y restringe la salida del personal de la base después de que un marine fuera arrestado por sospecha de haber matado a una mujer local. Bloomberg informó de q…
Asian Games exemption row: Ahn Cheol-soo urges review, defense ministry regrets remarks
People Power Party lawmaker Ahn Cheol-soo said on 7 October that the military service exemption for Asian Games gold medalists should be reviewed for abolition starting with this tournament, noting the rule is a presidential decree that Pre…
Trump aprueba la ejecución por fusilamiento del tirador de Fort Hood, Nidal Hasan
El Pentágono informó que el presidente Donald Trump aprobó la ejecución por fusilamiento del Ejército de Estados Unidos para Nidal Hasan, condenado por el tiroteo masivo de 2009 en Fort Hood, Texas, que dejó 13 muertos y 32 heridos. El port…
SME Minister Lee So-young unveils startup venture regulatory innovation committee at audit
South Korea's SMEs and startups minister, Lee So-young, said on October 7 that her ministry will create a "Startup Venture Regulatory Innovation Committee" to find regulatory improvements, and set out plans to expand the small-business soci…
Seoul appeals court to rule in ex-President Yoon's free opinion poll case
A Seoul appeals court is due to deliver its verdict on Oct 7 in the political funds case against former President Yoon Suk Yeol, accused of receiving 58 free opinion polls from political broker Myung Tae-kyun. The first trial sentenced Yoon…
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…
South Korea re-designates 92 population decline regions, adding Busan Geumjeong, Dongducheon and Tongyeong
South Korea's Ministry of the Interior and Safety re-designated 92 cities, counties and districts as population decline regions on Oct. 7, up from 89 in the first designation five years ago. Busan's Geumjeong-gu, Gyeonggi's Dongducheon and …
Exfuncionario de la CIA hallado con lingotes de oro se declara culpable de un fraude de 194 millones de dólares
David J. Rush, exalto funcionario de la CIA, se declaró culpable el martes en un tribunal federal de Alexandria, Virginia, de un cargo de fraude electrónico en un esquema que, según los fiscales, le costó al gobierno federal unos 194 millon…
Korea's FSS tells 21 securities firms to shift to preventive internal audits
The Financial Supervisory Service met auditors from 21 securities firms in Seoul on Oct 7 and told them to move from audits that catch problems after the fact to preventive checks that protect investors first. The regulator cited repeated v…
Shizuoka city holds parents' briefing after swim coach arrested over indecent act
A male swimming coach at a swimming school in Makinohara City, Shizuoka Prefecture, was arrested on September 28 on suspicion of non-consensual indecency involving an elementary school girl. The city, which had outsourced a junior high scho…
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 393.8 billion won in back taxes in full, 15 years after the tax was assessed. He …
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…
UAE sets phased caps on salt, sugar and fat in packaged foods, fines up to Dh500,000
The UAE’s Ministry of Health and Prevention has begun implementing a resolution that caps sodium, sugar and fat in selected packaged foods, with phased limits running until the end of 2030. The rules apply to locally made and imported produ…
Christa Pike está consciente y habla tras el fallido intento de ejecución en Tennessee, según sus abogados
Christa Pike, de 50 años, está consciente, habla y recibe atención médica crítica casi una semana después de que fracasara el intento de Tennessee de ejecutarla con la droga pentobarbital, dijeron sus abogados el martes. Señalaron que su pr…
Tribunal de Corea del Sur absuelve al expresidente Yoon Suk Yeol en apelación por fondos políticos
El Tribunal Superior de Seúl absolvió el 7 de octubre al expresidente surcoreano Yoon Suk Yeol en la apelación de un caso bajo la Ley de Fondos Políticos, revocando su condena en primera instancia. Los fiscales habían alegado que él y su es…
Marine estadounidense detenido por un homicidio en un hotel de Naha; Japón protesta y el gobernador de Okinawa se pronuncia
Un marine estadounidense de 20 años fue detenido bajo sospecha de robo con homicidio tras hallarse muerta a una mujer de 39 años en un hotel de Naha, prefectura de Okinawa, y responsables japoneses protestaron ante la parte estadounidense. …
Corea prevé tiempo despejado y frío con oscilación térmica diurna de 15 grados
El pronóstico oficial de Corea del Sur y medios locales predijeron cielos mayormente despejados para el martes 6 de octubre y el miércoles 7 de octubre, con mañanas frías y una diferencia de temperatura entre el día y la noche de unos 15 gr…
Japan detains alleged Qilin ransomware member, hands him to Germany
Japanese investigative authorities detained a 28-year-old Russian national described as a central member of the ransomware group Qilin and handed him to Germany, several outlets reported on October 6. Germany is investigating him on suspici…
Tokyo police arrest 80-year-old gang boss over unlicensed beach house in Chiba
Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department arrested Hirabayashi Yoshinori, 80, on suspicion of violating the Coast Act by running a beach house without permission at a beach in Ichinomiya, Chiba Prefecture. Yomiuri and Nippon TV reported that h…