Korea has agreed with Japan to extend their $10 billion currency swap arrangement, set to expire next month, by another three years, the Ministry of Finance

The three-year extension keeps the dollar-based financial safety net in place as Seoul and Tokyo deepen economic cooperation.

Former U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday slammed President Donald Trump’s decision to shorten a major military exercise with South Korea, while calling for strengthening extended deterrence in response to deepening ties among North Korea, China, Iran and Russia.  Harris made the remarks at the Seoul-based think tank Asan Institute for Policy Studies, where […]

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David Maxwell questions whether the alliance between the ROK and the United States is headed for a "perfect storm."

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) C8gd and M8gd instances with up to 11.4 TB of local NVMe-based SSD block-level storage are now available in additional regions. C8gd instances are now available in Europe (Stockholm), Asia Pacific (Mumbai), and Asia Pacific (Seoul). M8gd instances are now available in Europe (Stockholm), US West (N. California), and Asia Pacific (Singapore). These instances are powered by AWS Graviton4 processors, delivering up to 30% better performance over Graviton3-based instances. They have up to 40% higher performance for I/O intensive database workloads, and up to 20% faster query results for I/O intensive real-time data analytics than comparable AWS Graviton3-based instances. These instances are built on the AWS Nitro System and are a great fit for applications that need access to high-speed, low latency local storage. Each instance is available in 12 different sizes. They provide up to 50 Gbps of network bandwidth and up to 40 Gbps of bandwidth to the Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS). Additionally, customers can now adjust the network and Amazon EBS bandwidth on these instances by 25% using EC2 instance bandwidth weighting configuration, providing greater flexibility with the allocation of bandwidth resources to better optimize workloads. These instances offer Elastic Fabric Adapter (EFA) networking on 24xlarge, 48xlarge, metal-24xl, and metal-48xl sizes. C8gd instances are ideal for compute-intensive workloads such as high-performance web servers, batch processing, distributed analytics, ad serving, video encoding, and gaming servers. M8gd instances are well-suited for balanced workloads including application servers, microservices, enterprise applications, and small to medium databases. To learn more, see Amazon C8gd Instances and Amazon M8gd Instances. To explore how to migrate your workloads to Graviton-based instances, see AWS Graviton Fast Start program and Porting Advisor for Graviton. To get started, see the AWS Management Console.

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) C8gd and M8gd instances with up to 11.4 TB of local NVMe-based SSD block-level storage are now available in additional regions. C8gd instances are now available in Europe (Stockholm), Asia Pacific (Mumbai), and Asia Pacific (Seoul). M8gd instances are now available in Europe (Stockholm), US West (N. California), and Asia Pacific (Singapore). These instances are powered by AWS Graviton4 processors, delivering up to 30% better performance over Graviton3-based instances. They have up to 40% higher performance for I/O intensive database workloads, and up to 20% faster query results for I/O intensive real-time data analytics than comparable AWS Graviton3-based instances. These instances are built on the AWS Nitro System and are a great fit for applications that need access to high-speed, low latency local storage. Each instance is available in 12 different sizes. They provide up to 50 Gbps of network bandwidth and up to 40 Gbps of bandwidth to the Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS). Additionally, customers can now adjust the network and Amazon EBS bandwidth on these instances by 25% using EC2 instance bandwidth weighting configuration, providing greater flexibility with the allocation of bandwidth resources to better optimize workloads. These instances offer Elastic Fabric Adapter (EFA) networking on 24xlarge, 48xlarge, metal-24xl, and metal-48xl sizes. C8gd instances are ideal for compute-intensive workloads such as high-performance web servers, batch processing, distributed analytics, ad serving, video encoding, and gaming servers. M8gd instances are well-suited for balanced workloads including application servers, microservices, enterprise applications, and small to medium databases. To learn more, see Amazon C8gd Instances and Amazon M8gd Instances. To explore how to migrate your workloads to Graviton-based instances, see AWS Graviton Fast Start program and Porting Advisor for Graviton. To get started, see the AWS Management Console.

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) C8gd and M8gd instances with up to 11.4 TB of local NVMe-based SSD block-level storage are now available in additional regions. C8gd instances are now available in Europe (Stockholm), Asia Pacific (Mumbai), and Asia Pacific (Seoul). M8gd instances are now available in Europe (Stockholm), US West (N. California), and Asia Pacific (Singapore). These instances are powered by AWS Graviton4 processors, delivering up to 30% better performance over Graviton3-based instances. They have up to 40% higher performance for I/O intensive database workloads, and up to 20% faster query results for I/O intensive real-time data analytics than comparable AWS Graviton3-based instances. These instances are built on the AWS Nitro System and are a great fit for applications that need access to high-speed, low latency local storage. Each instance is available in 12 different sizes. They provide up to 50 Gbps of network bandwidth and up to 40 Gbps of bandwidth to the Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS). Additionally, customers can now adjust the network and Amazon EBS bandwidth on these instances by 25% using EC2 instance bandwidth weighting configuration, providing greater flexibility with the allocation of bandwidth resources to better optimize workloads. These instances offer Elastic Fabric Adapter (EFA) networking on 24xlarge, 48xlarge, metal-24xl, and metal-48xl sizes. C8gd instances are ideal for compute-intensive workloads such as high-performance web servers, batch processing, distributed analytics, ad serving, video encoding, and gaming servers. M8gd instances are well-suited for balanced workloads including application servers, microservices, enterprise applications, and small to medium databases. To learn more, see https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/c8g/ and https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/m8g/. To explore how to migrate your workloads to Graviton-based instances, see https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/graviton/fast-start/ and https://github.com/aws/porting-advisor-for-graviton. To get started, see the https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2.

Former U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday slammed President Donald Trump’s decision to shorten a major military exercise with South Korea, while calling for strengthening extended deterrence in response to deepening ties among North Korea, China, Iran and Russia.  Harris made the remarks at the Seoul-based think tank Asan Institute for Policy Studies, where […]

The Seoul-based K-pop platform has secured bridge funding from Daesung Private Equity and Now IB Capital to expand its fandom-data OS globally.

French actress Isabelle Huppert, right, and Lee Hye-young, left, perform a reading play of “Oiseau,” directed by Julie Deliquet based on Han Kang’s novel “We

Seoul-based handmade ceramic brand creating unique mugs, vases, and objets that combine refined design with natural craftsmanship, blending functionality and art.

Seoul-based liquor company looks to produce fresh supply of popular Ichiban Shibori

Seoul-based liquor company looks to produce fresh supply of popular Ichiban Shibori

​ Establishing a Strategic Foothold in North America, the World's Largest Beauty Market, to Accelerate Expansion Across Global Brands, Manufacturers, and Retailers FORT LEE, N.J. and SEOUL, South Korea, Oct. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- VUSSENS Inc., a global beauty AI analytics company and a wholly owned subsidiary of NEWEN AI, a specialist in industry-specific AI analytics solutions, has established its North American operations in New Jersey and officially launched VUSSENS, its ontology-based AI beauty analytics platform.

Another week, another romantic era K-drama streaming on Netflix (or tvN if you're in Korea). But what's worth noting is 100 days of deceptionAt least, if the first two episodes are anything to go by, good. good night, really good. And a big part of what makes it work is that it's based on very real, very ugly history. Set in Gyeongseong (modern-day Seoul) in 1932, the plot finds street pickpocket Lee Ga-kyung accidentally joining the Korean independence movement when he accidentally steals the bag of a woman who was attempting to assassinate Japanese inspector Shinichi Sato.

The Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) announced that Seoul has been ranked the world’s best city for university students for the second consecutive year in

Jocqueline And Guillaume Hiriart Carriat Unveil Luma At A Paris Pop-up Paris, October 9, 2026 – To mark its first European presence, Seoul-based leather goods house Jocqueline, founded by Tei Kim, unveils LUMA, an exclusive collection created in collaboration with Basque designer Guillaume Hiriart Carriat. Presented in Paris from October 8 to 11, 2026, at... Read More The post Jocqueline And Guillaume Hiriart Carriat Unveil Luma At A Paris Pop-up appeared first on JTDapper Fashion Week.

A recent series of AI-backed cyberattacks on South Korean banks may be linked to a Chinese group that carries out distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks f