Presidential SNS politics: excess or essential?

SEOUL, February 03 (AJP) - U.S. President Donald Trump is notorious for overnight social-media barrages — posting more than 160 times in a single day as recently as Dec. 1 — and for spending hours on Truth Social. South Korean President Lee Jae Myung is a relative newcomer to such digital excess, but he appears to be embracing the medium with equal enthusiasm. On Sunday, Lee posted a reflective ye

Korea's inflation cools to 2% in January on soft fuel prices, weak demand

SEOUL, February 03 (AJP) - South Korea’s inflation eased back to the central bank’s target level in January, as lower fuel prices and subdued consumer demand offset upward pressure from a weak local currency, official data showed Tuesday. According to Statistics Korea, the consumer price index (CPI) rose 2.0 percent in January from a year earlier, slowing from a 2.3 percent increase in December

The birth of humanoid robots (3): the calculus of steel and flesh

Editor's Note: This is the third installment in AJP's series on humanoid robotics, examining the anatomy, technologies and economic logic behind one of the most hyped industries of the decade. SEOUL, February 03 (AJP) - Humanoid robots are designed for work that is tedious, costly or dangerous for humans. To meet that purpose, their architecture does not merely imitate