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248 storiesMore Than 250,000 Rally Across France as Student School Protests Escalate
More than 256,000 people rallied across France on Tuesday and hundreds of schools were shut or blockaded as students, parents and teachers demanded more education funding. Police fired tear gas in Paris and other cities, and Fox News, citin…
KCTU to vote Oct 7 on return to social dialogue; council ready to talk
The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (민주노총) will hold its 85th temporary delegate conference at 1 p.m. on Oct 7 at KINTEX in Goyang to vote on joining the Economic, Social and Labor Council (경사노위), which would end a 27-year absence from…
Cornell trustees tap Sally Yates to review handling of sex assault claims
Cornell University trustees announced Tuesday that Sally Yates, a former deputy U.S. attorney general, will lead an independent review of how the university handles sexual misconduct complaints, including the alleged 2024 assault of a forme…
French teen loses hand in school protest clash; over 5,000 detained
A 15-year-old male student lost a hand in a serious injury during a clash with security forces in the northern French city of Reims on Oct. 5, as high-school students continue blockading schools in protests across France. A police crowd-con…
Nanjing Massacre survivor Guo Xiulan dies at 94; 20 registered survivors remain
Guo Xiulan, a survivor of the Nanjing Massacre, died at her home at about 10 a.m. on Oct 7 at the age of 94, according to the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders. She was five when Japanese troops occupied …
AMD 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, …
Actress Jun Won-ju, 87, says she gifted half her assets to prevent inheritance dispute
Actress Jun Won-ju, 87, said she gifted half of her assets to her two sons and their wives in advance so they would not fight over her estate, speaking on MBC’s “PD수첩” episode “2026 Inheritance War: Time of the Family Left Behind,” which ai…
Badminton's An Se-young, professor Kim Do-hyung win Pony Chung Young Leader Award
The Pony Chung Foundation said on Oct. 7 it has selected badminton national team player An Se-young and Kim Do-hyung, a professor of chemistry and biomolecular engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, as winners of the 7th Pony Chung …
Cornell Faculty Introduce No-Confidence Resolution; Students Target President
Members of Cornell University's faculty have introduced a resolution for a vote of no confidence in the university administration over its handling of an alleged 2024 gang rape at the Chi Phi fraternity house. The resolution is expected to …
Hoban Construction develops AI design tech to auto-apply per-unit buyer options
Hoban Construction said it developed AI-based design technology that automatically reflects apartment buyers’ option contract choices in each unit’s building information model (BIM). The technology was developed jointly with building and in…
Putin backs plan for a dedicated neural network in Russian education
President Vladimir Putin supported a proposal to create a dedicated neural network for Russia's education sector at a video meeting with teachers on 5 October, Teacher's Day. Education Minister Sergey Kravtsov said the ministry will impleme…
South Korea education minister says regional national university freshmen to get full tuition support from 2027
Education Minister Choi Kyo-jin told a National Assembly committee audit on October 7 that new students entering regional national universities will receive full tuition support starting in 2027. He also said after-school program vouchers, …
France school protests draw 250,000 nationwide as clashes and arrests continue
High school students and supporters demonstrated across France on Oct 6 against teacher shortages and run-down school buildings. The interior ministry put nationwide participation at about 250,000, with one outlet citing about 256,000, and …
Nanya Technology reportedly tells customers of another DRAM contract price rise, up to 20%
Taiwan memory maker Nanya Technology has reportedly notified customers of a further increase in DRAM contract prices, by as much as 20%, according to Taiwan's Economic Daily News as cited by Chinese outlets. Nanya declined to comment on cus…
Gwangju routes 324 schools’ complaint calls through central numbers
The Jeonnam-Gwangju Integrated Special City Office of Education is operating a new complaint-call system in which outside calls to 324 Gwangju schools connect to a representative-number automated response server instead of teachers. Callers…
Missing 80s dementia patient found in Busan after 22-hour mountain search
An 80-something dementia patient reported missing on Eomgwang Mountain in Busan on the evening of Sept. 30 was found about 22 hours later after a search involving some 300 police and fire personnel. Police said the discovery followed a tip …
Seoul singles' asset gap widens with age, welfare foundation says
The Seoul Metropolitan Welfare Foundation said an analysis of 921,328 single-person households in Seoul found asset levels differ sharply depending on whether the person owns a home, and that the gap widens with age — from about 2.5 times a…
Samsung to launch Galaxy Tab S12 series and SmartTag3 in Korea on Oct 7
Samsung Electronics said it will launch the Galaxy Tab S12 series tablets and the Galaxy SmartTag3 tracking device in Korea on Oct 7. The tablets offer up to 23 hours of video playback, run large-screen Galaxy AI features and are the first …
Samsung Culture Foundation to host third ESG exchange program for arts institutions
Samsung Culture Foundation will hold its third cultural and arts institution ESG exchange program on Oct 15 at 2 p.m. in the auditorium of the Leeum Museum of Art in Yongsan-gu, Seoul. The event shares cases of exhibition-material reuse, ec…
Busan shark Bukkangi crosses net, returns to waterway; rescue paused
The shark nicknamed Bukkangi, believed to be a dusky shark about 3 m long, crossed a large net and returned to the artificial waterway at Busan's Bukhang Chinsu Park around noon on Oct 3, a day after a second attempt to guide it to open sea…