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OK April 4 1960 -- South Korea and Japan resume trade, although diplomatic relations were not normalized until 1965. North Korea does not have official diplomatic ties with Japan. 1961 -- South Korea and the Netherlands establish diplomatic ties. 2014...

OK SEOUL, April 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will advance the deployment of a homegrown interceptor system akin to Israel's Iron Dome by two years to 2029 in a bid to better counter North Korea's long-range artillery threats, the state...

OK By Kang Yoon-seung SEOUL, April 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and France on Friday vowed to expand cooperation in strategic science sectors, including artificial intelligence (AI), while reaffirming their status as key partners in cutting-edge technology research, the science...

Close Home Home & Office Oneisall Ease S1 review: Finally, a smart litter box that doesn't cost an arm and a paw The Oneisall Ease S1 litter robot saves you from scooping and is a lot more affordable than competitors....

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Innovation Home Innovation Artificial Intelligence Google's Gemma 4 model goes fully open-source and unlocks powerful local AI - even on phones Now open-source under Apache 2.0, Gemma 4 brings offline, multimodal AI to servers, phones, and Raspberry Pi - giving...

Also: How AI has suddenly become much more useful to open-source developers "AI capabilities are already substantial and poised to expand broadly," the study said. "Most of the tasks that we study could reach AI success rates of 80%-95% by...

Also: I used Claude Code to vibe code an Apple Watch app in just 12 hours - instead of 2 months Back in the old-school coding days, there existed a development loop that could be described as edit→build→test→debug, and then...

Close Home Tech Computing My two Raspberry Pi boards cost as much as a laptop now - and AI is to blame We live in a time when two 16GB Raspberry Pi 5 boards cost the same as a MacBook...

Photograph: Anna Moneymaker/Pool via AP Costa Rica strikes deal to accept third country deportees from US Central American country to receive up to 25 migrants a day expelled as part of Trump’s immigration crackdown Sign up for the Breaking News...

The BoM weather forecast for the Easter long weekend shows a blend of fine days and showers for most of Australia’s capital cities. Photograph: Joel Carrett/EPA View image in fullscreen The BoM weather forecast for the Easter long weekend shows...

Photograph: Jessica Hromas/The Guardian Iranian tourist ban doesn’t align with the ‘Australian values’ Hedieh signed up to as a citizen Visa ban makes Iranian-Australian feel her adopted country is a ‘home that doesn’t support you’ Get our breaking news email...

Photograph: Anadolu/Getty View image in fullscreen People queue to refill their empty gas cylinders in Noida, on the outskirts of New Delhi, India. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty A day in the life of Asia’s fuel crisis From farms in New Zealand to...

Greens senator Penny Allman-Payne asked a Senate inquiry about ‘the legislative basis for the inability to have human override’ in a controversial algorithm that determines financial support for elderly Australians. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP View image in fullscreen Greens senator Penny...

The health minister, Mark Butler, says the Australian government will not succumb to pressure to lift drug prices after Donald Trump’s new drug tariff. Photograph: Rob Burnett/AAP View image in fullscreen The health minister, Mark Butler, says the Australian government...

Delcy Rodriguez had the sanctions imposed on her in 2018, during Trump’s first term, for her alleged role in undermining democracy. Photograph: Juan Barreto/AFP/Getty Images View image in fullscreen Delcy Rodriguez had the sanctions imposed on her in 2018, during...

OK SEOUL, April 2 (Yonhap) -- North Korea appears to be speeding up the construction of its third 5,000-ton Choe Hyun-class destroyer, a South Korean lawmaker said Thursday, as Pyongyang has been seeking to strengthen its naval power. Korea's Kim...

OK SEOUL, April 2 (Yonhap) -- Korea Zinc Co., the world's biggest refined zinc smelter, said Thursday it has begun an 11 trillion-won (US$7.4 billion) project to build a critical metals refinery in Clarksville, Tennessee. The company held a ceremony...

OK (ATTN: UPDATES with more info throughout) SEOUL, April 2 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Thursday condemned a recent United Nations resolution on human rights violations in the country, calling it a "grave political provocation." The reaction came after the...

OK By Kang Yoon-seung SEOUL, April 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea plans to host a biennial International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) conference on fusion energy in Seoul next year, the science ministry said Thursday. The Ministry of Science and ICT...

It is also the inaugural crewed flight of NASA's new lunar rocket, dubbed the Space Launch System (SLS). Astronauts Jeremy Hansen, Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman and Christina Koch on their way for liftoff on NASA's Artemis II moon rocket at...

Trump says Iran war objectives 'nearing completion' in address to nation 15 minutes ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Bernd Debusmann Jr White House reporter Trump says US "on the cusp" of ending Iran war in televised address...

Rarotonga in the Cook Islands, which has signed a defence and security agreement with New Zealand after ‘serious disagreements’ between the two countries since late 2024. Photograph: Carly Earl/The Guardian New Zealand signs defence pact with Cook Islands after quarrel...

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OK Iran's self-defeating Hormuz toll gamble Tehran's plan to charge vessels risks global backlash Iran is attempting to seek profit from the Strait of Hormuz amid its conflict with the United States and Israel. On Tuesday, Iran's parliament approved a...

OK Costly response Supplementary budget risks stoking inflation, undermining fiscal discipline The Lee Jae Myung administration has submitted a 26.2 trillion won ($17.5 billion) supplementary budget to the National Assembly. At a time when prices are already rising and downward...

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that South Korea was "not helpful" to the United States, noting the presence of American troops "in harm's way" in the Asian country "right next to a nuclear force," as he highlighted the need for...

OK By Kim Eun-jung SEOUL, April 2 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung has said South Korea and France need to expand cooperation in artificial intelligence, advanced technologies, nuclear energy and space, moving beyond a simple partnership to strategic coordination....

OK SEOUL, April 2 (Yonhap) -- The following are the top headlines in major South Korean newspapers on April 2. Korean-language dailies -- U.S. says could withdraw in 2-3 weeks; Iran signals willingness to end war (Kyunghyang Shinmun) -- Trump...

OK SEOUL, April 2 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Thursday condemned a recent United Nations resolution on human rights violations in the country, calling it a "grave political provocation." The reaction came after the Geneva-based U.N. Human Rights Council adopted...