Chinese President Xi Jinping is scheduled to visit the United States next month, but he is expected to skip the United Nations General Assembly.According to a report by Politico on August 18, citing anonymous sources, President Xi will arrive in the U.S. on September 23 and hold a summit with President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., on September 24 before returning home on September 25. The sources are said to be four individuals familiar with Xi's schedule. The White House, State Department,

Google Cloud announced that it has developed a next-generation AI agent platform in collaboration with Shinhan Investment Corp, designed to comply with financial security regulations while integrating with the company's key operational data and systems. The implementation of agents for core tasks, such as contract analysis, has reduced processing time from two hours to just five minutes.This year, Shinhan Investment Corp established a dedicated organization, the AX Division, to enhance its capab

As the number of international students residing in South Korea surpasses 300,000, there is a growing call to shift the focus of student policies from mere recruitment to enhancing educational quality and facilitating domestic employment and integration. In response, private universities, which educate the majority of these students, are convening to discuss effective policy and visa system improvements.The Korea Private University Presidents Council (KPUC) and the Korean Immigration Policy Asso

Kwon Seong-dong, a former lawmaker of the People Power Party, is set to have his lawyer registration canceled after being sentenced to two years in prison for receiving illegal political funds amounting to 100 million won from the Unification Church. The Supreme Court's ruling has created a disqualification under the Lawyer Act, prompting the Ministry of Justice to order the Korean Bar Association to proceed with the cancellation.According to legal sources on August 18, the Korean Bar Associatio

The Anyang City Council in Gyeonggi Province has decided to return the entire budget of 119.8 million won allocated for overseas business trips, considering the economic downturn and worsening financial conditions. According to the council on August 18, the plan includes cutting 6.8 million won for council members' overseas travel expenses and 28 million won for supporting international activities for public officials, as part of the third supplementary budget for 2026. This decision aims t

Kakao announced that its open-source lightweight language model (SLM) series, Kanana-2, achieved the top score in a safety evaluation, surpassing major international models of similar scale. The evaluation was conducted using Kakao's AI safety assessment platform, which systematically measured harmfulness and bias in the two models, Kanana-2-1.3B-Instruct and Kanana-2-3B-Instruct, released as open-source on Hugging Face on July 28. This assessment utilized AssurAI, a Korean-language safety bench

Busan's Haeundae District is set to launch a summer night walking event alongside a fall tourism program.The initiative aims to enhance community participation in health programs and expand tourism content by utilizing coastal and urban resources during nighttime.The district will host the 'Haenuri Trail Walking Together' event eight times until November. The first event will take place on the 28th at 7 p.m. at Haeundae Square (Haeundae Beach Event Plaza). Participants will complete a warm-up be

Yeo In-hyung, the former head of South Korea's military intelligence, has been fined for failing to appear as a witness in the appeal trial of former President Yoon Suk Yeol, who is accused of leading a coup and abusing his power.On August 18, the Seoul High Court's dedicated coup trial division (Judges Lee Seung-cheol, Jo Jin-goo, and Kim Min-ah) issued the fine after Yeo did not show up for the hearing involving Yoon and former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun.Yeo was scheduled to testify, but h

Removing Company has developed 'Motionary,' an AI-based healthcare solution that analyzes the movements of seniors and provides personalized exercise recommendations. Users perform guided movements in front of a camera for about 10 minutes without wearing any additional sensors. The AI analyzes joint movements and physical functions, quantifying strength, endurance, joint health, balance, stability, gait, and symmetry. The solution goes beyond mere analysis. Based on the results, it recommends