Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has opposed holding elections amid the ongoing war with Russia, stating that it could lead to national division. According to AFP and Reuters, during a press conference on the 23rd, Zelensky said, "Holding elections in such a war situation could pose tremendous risks," adding, "If we were to hold elections now, it would create a tsunami that would divide Ukraine." He further stated, "If we want to destroy the country, we could move toward holding elections

그동안 4대강 중심의 대하천 생태계 조사에서 상대적으로 주목받지 못했던 섬진강의 생태계 조사가 본격화한다. 학생과 지역 주민, 시민단체는 전문가와 함께 섬진강 일대의 멸종위기 생물과 서식 환경을 직접 관찰하고 기록한다. 기후에너지환경부 소속 국립환경과학원은 24일부터 섬진강 일대에서 '국민 참여형 생태계 조사'를 시작한다고 밝혔다. 섬진강은 5대 수계 가운데 자연성이 특히 잘 보전된 곳으로 멸종위기종과 고유종이 다수 서식한다. 그러나 기존 대하천 생태계 조사가 한강·낙동강·금강·영산강 등 4대강을 중심으로 진

Vessel AI, which offers GPU services similar to cloud computing, is targeting unicorn status—valued at over 1 trillion won—within five years by supplying services to major domestic corporations.On August 20, CEO An Jae-man of Vessel AI discussed the company's growth during a meeting at a shared office in Gangnam, Seoul. Founded five years ago, Vessel AI started with machine learning operations (MLOps) software for efficient GPU resource management. An noted, "Initially, we sold GPU management so

"While the bed market is buzzing with 'premium' claims, true premium quality cannot be defined by a single material or technology. It is only achieved when every aspect, from production to quality control, cleanliness, delivery, and customer care, is connected by a strict standard," said Lee Jong-sung, Vice President of Production and Logistics Strategy at Simmons, during a media day event at the Simmons Factorioum in Icheon, Gyeonggi Province, on August 19.During the media tour, Simmons unveile

A case I handled long ago involved a man who died after being assaulted in a studio apartment complex in Ansung. The police identified three high school students as suspects based on DNA found on a cigarette butt at the scene and obtained confessions from them, promoting the case as a success of scientific investigation.However, upon reviewing the case after it was sent to the prosecution, an unsettling scene emerged. A boy, arrested on charges of robbery and murder, admitted to the crime but ad

On June 2, 2025, about 1,000 people lined up outside the Aeon Osaka Dome City store in Osaka before it opened. Some had camped out overnight. They were not waiting for luxury goods or limited editions; they were hoping to buy government-stored rice from the 2022 harvest, which had been aged for two years. Frustrated by skyrocketing rice prices, consumers were eager to purchase the aged rice priced around 2,000 yen.The next day, convenience store Lawson announced it would sell rice balls made fro

Russia conducted military drills last month in Kaliningrad, an exclave on the Baltic Sea. Reports suggest that the country may mobilize 300,000 troops in September.The Wall Street Journal reported on August 23 that Russian military officers moved from the western city of St. Petersburg to Kaliningrad to assess the mobilization readiness of local residents. These officers reviewed procedures for mobilizing Kaliningrad residents, including accommodations, food, and weapon supplies.Officials indica

Amid the intensifying US-China competition in artificial intelligence (AI) and the impact of high oil prices and interest rates due to the prolonged wars in the US-Iran and Russia-Ukraine conflicts, the global economy is in turmoil. In this context, Aju Economy is hosting the 18th Good Growth, Good Jobs Global Forum (2026 GGGF) to examine Korea's position in the global AI hegemony.According to Aju Economy, the 2026 GGGF will feature a keynote address by Dennis Hong, a professor of mechanical and

Was the secondary battery industry a bubble? While it is difficult to argue that the potential of the industry itself was a bubble, it is true that expectations for the rapid onset of the electric vehicle era were overly reflected in corporate valuations and production capacities. The current stagnation appears to be more of a process of aligning excessive expectations with reality rather than the end of the industry.At one point, secondary batteries were seen as a 'gold mine.' From 2020 to 2023