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As part of efforts to resolve a dispute with U. S. nuclear company Westinghouse, which is opposing a contract with South Korea to build two nuclear reactors in the Czech Republic over alleged intellectual property rights violations, Seoul has indicated it may work with Westinghouse to supply equipment, as it has done for the Barakah nuclear plant in the United Arab Emirates.

Telegram saw a record increase in the number of South Korea-based users last month. The largest increase was among users under the age of 20. Experts expressed concern that the record increase in users could lead to an increase in sexual copycat crimes on the platform.

An emergency rally was held in Seoul on Friday to call for preventive government action against sexual crimes using deepfake technology, which uses images and voices to create fake versions of people. Women have been searching for deepfake chat rooms on their own and forming online communities with other women to share self-defense protocols. Now they are gathering in the real world to demand action from the government.

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  • [Correspondent's Column] Time for Men to Fight for Democracy In November, the United States will hold its second presidential election, which could be called a "battle of the sexes." If you look at the candidates, you can see that. The battle of the sexes has been going on for a long time among voters and has been getting more and more intense. Many political analysts say that the current political battle of the sexes began in 1980. Before that, voters mainly focused on the qualities and policies of each candidate. At that time, voters did not have such fierce loyalty to a particular party. And from 1980, women started to lean towards the Democratic Party and men towards the Republican Party.
  • [Column] Ukraine's War is the New Vietnam - Whose Problem is It? The war between Russia and Ukraine has uprooted Natalia Su, a 34-year-old Russian-Korean, from her home in Donetsk, Ukraine, and forced her to seek refuge in Koryoshara (Kareysky) in Ansan, South Korea.
  • [Guest Essay] Lessons Learned from Writing Online Sexual Exploitation Materials Before focusing on my thesis, I worked briefly at an organization that supports victims of cyber sexual crimes. My job was to run all the illegally recorded cases assigned to me through a search engine, and if I found that the images had been uploaded to a particular website, I would request that the website's administrator remove the images.
  • [Column] Korea Abandons Kim Dae-jung's Plan to Follow Prime Minister Abe's Seoul-Tokyo Relations Plan "Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to use the political conflict between Korea and Japan to streamline the adoption of a new constitution and run for another term. As economic and political aggression, we should not consider one field to be more important than the other. The current conflict with Japan is connected to our history and future politics."
  • Ahn Chang-ho, who was nominated to head the Korea Human Rights Commission, was criticized at a confirmation hearing held in the National Assembly recently for his inappropriate selection, and calls for his withdrawal are growing. In particular, many criticize that allowing a person who uses conservative Christian ideology to justify hatred and discrimination to hold public office violates the principle of separation of church and state enshrined in the Constitution of the Republic of Korea.
  • Strengthening AI ethics education is needed to solve the deepfake crisis. Or is it simply a technology that should be avoided? Discuss it with your partner. ” A high school AI ethics textbook published last year by the Korea Information Society Development Institute (KISDI) urged students to discuss the benefits of using deepfake technology, explaining that while it can be useful in fields such as the film industry, it can also be misused for criminal purposes.
  • Dami Lim: Australian singer sets her sights on Korea Some may be surprised to learn that the singer chosen by the Australian government to officially record the national anthem is Korean-Australian singer Dami Lim. Born in Bupyeong district, Incheon, she moved to Australia with her family at the age of nine.
  • 93 % of the suspects of the Deep Fake Porn incident recorded in July were arrested by the police for creating and distributing a deep fake (processed image with AI technology) by the teens, July 20s. The data of the Korean police has revealed that 90 % or more of the people are in their teens and twenties. The South Korean Police Agency announced on Tuesday that 297 of the sexual crimes related to deep fake and other fake images were submitted on Tuesday and July, of which 147 suspects were arrested in 147.
  • Jun adviser Yun adviser, President Harris advises "unknown" concerns about "unknown" persons who advise President Harris, and South Korea's Chief National Security Deputy Advisor was r e-elected in November with former President Donald Trump in November. The United States stated that there was a possibility that security umbrellas could be weakened. South Korea provides. This remark was a lecture conducted by the Seou l-based Sou l-based Secta n-based Institute on Tuesday, on the theme of "US presidential election and South Korea's Foreign Policy and National Security Strategy". It was done.
  • Telegram apologized, and the platform has deleted 25 sexual exploitation materials from the platform, and in accordance with the demands of the South Korean government, the operating company of the chat application "Telegram" has deleted 25 content, which is an illegal sexual exploitation material. The Korean Communications Standard Committee (KCSC) announced on Tuesday that the telegram has deleted all the relevant obscene content that the committee urgently requested to be deleted.
  • [News analysis] Why does the Korean Democratic Party speak a commandment? Korean politicians are discussing hot discussions over the martial law scenario. The situation began when the Democratic Party, Lee Ja e-y e-yeong, mentioned "speculation of martial law preparation" in a statement before the ruling party last Sunday.
  • South Korean Human Rights Survival Team Candidate, Double Increased Dirty Rangs, the Diet Approval of the Diet on the Diet approval on Tuesday. Top candidates, Ann Chan g-ho, repeated the opposition to the ant i-discriminatory legislation due to the "possibility of the Communist Revolution" and "infringement of freedom of the majority of the majority."
  • Why does the Japanese prime minister visit Korea and hold a summit? As the schedule for the visit of South Korean Foreign Minister Kishida Fumio, who is about to step down as Japanese prime minister, to Korea was decided on Friday, analysts are paying attention to the intentions of President Yoon Seok-yol, who agreed to meet with the Japanese leader.
  • The North Korean regime's claims are "absurd," a minister who spent the last few days of August inspecting the North Korean-Chinese border (1. 334 km) said in advance, former Unification Minister Lee Jong-seok told the Hankyoreh.
  • The wives are not actually sisters!: An ordinary day for a Korean lesbian, the middle-aged couple who came to buy the things we sold on a second-hand goods sales platform were very kind. We exchanged greetings properly and did not ask any questions. I felt the innocence in their expressions. I was very impressed by how the woman was very calm and the man was very attentive. It was an image that can be seen in a painting called "Cultural Man."
  • The growing suspicion of martial law by President Lee is not unfounded. Just look back to 2017, the People's Power Party (PPP) leadership, along with the Blue House, are accusing Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung of spreading conspiracy theories. During a closed-door meeting with PPP leader Han Dong-hoon on Sunday, Lee hinted that the president and his administration were preparing to declare martial law. Han, who shook hands with Lee after the meeting, switched gears the next day to attack Lee, in lockstep with the Blue House.
  • South Korean police launch preliminary investigation into Telegram for aiding sex crimes Amid the recent spread of illegal Deepfake porn on chat app Telegram, South Korean police announced that they have launched a preliminary investigation into Telegram for aiding sex crimes. This is the first time that South Korean police have moved to investigate a foreign platform that has refused to cooperate with an investigation.
  • [Editorial] On the distortion of Korean history textbooks by "New Right Wing" Korean history textbooks written by authors with "New Right Wing" tendencies have been approved, and a debate on the distortion of history is unfolding. This textbook will be studied by high school students from next March. The reason for the controversy is connected to ample evidence that it defends South Korea's past dictatorial regime while trying to downplay the issue of women who were victims of sexual slavery by the Japanese military.
  • [Column] Miracle cure for the madness of xenophobia On August 26, Chuo University kicked off a week-long event titled "2024 Summer School for Peace in Northeast Asia." This was an event to discuss and celebrate "peace in times of global turmoil." In addition to master's and doctoral students from the University of Tokyo, Peking University, and Chuo University, students from Germany, the Netherlands, Israel, Brazil, and Chile participated. More than 40 graduate students participated.
  • Opposition denounces Moon Jae-in's bribery investigation as "political retaliation" Prosecutors are investigating former President Moon Jae-in on bribery charges in connection with allegations of nepotism in the hiring process that led to Moon's son-in-law taking a position at low-cost airline Thai Eastar Jet. Political opposition parties have described the investigation as political retaliation against the previous administration.
  • [Column] Bitter Korea-Japan Relations President Yoon Seok-yol has previously rejected the Moon Jae-in administration's policy of a Korean peninsula peace process toward North Korea, declaring that "peace based on the other party's goodwill is false and unsustainable," and calling it a "policy of bowing down to North Korea."
  • Yoon Seok-yol, chairman of the Democratic Party of Korea, did not attend the inauguration ceremony of the 22nd National Assembly on Monday. This marks the first time since democratization in 1987 that Yoon has not attended the opening ceremony of the National Assembly. A Blue House official who explained Yoon's non-participation to reporters on Sunday said: "It would be right to invite (the president) after normalizing the National Assembly, which has submitted a series of special investigation and impeachment (legislative) bills."
  • "It could happen to me": Seoul residents nervous about sinkhole danger. After a sinkhole opened up on a road in Yeonhee district, Seodaemun-gu, leaving two people seriously injured, a spate of sinkholes and collapsed roads have been discovered in central Seoul, raising concerns among local residents. In some areas, sinkholes appeared just three months after city authorities found no problems, leaving people worried despite thorough inspections by the city.
  • New South Korean history textbook downgrades Syngman Rhee from "dictator" to "long-term ruler"
  • The results of official evaluations of new public history textbooks have come out, at a time when interest is growing in how textbooks portray Korean history amid a heated debate over history itself. Among the textbooks approved for use in schools is the Korea Institute for Learning and Evaluation (KILE) high school history textbook, which passed the evaluation for the first time.
  • [Column] Advice for young South Koreans about ancestral capitalism
  • No country takes their children's education more seriously than South Korean parents. Getting accepted into a university that requires high entrance exam scores (or a high GPA) means your child has an important credential to lead a successful life. While it is true that not everyone who scores high on entrance exams and gets into a university will stay that way, it certainly increases the chances of a financially stable life.
  • [Column] Why Ukraine invaded Russia Russia has more weapons and soldiers. Its military spending is more than twice as much as Ukraine's. It has also endured global economic sanctions. It has plenty of energy compared to Ukraine, which is experiencing frigid winters as a result of Russia's attack on its vital energy infrastructure. Russian leader Putin's approval rating is about 85%.
  • Can President Yoon make South Korea safer by realizing the US-Japan alliance? However, both parties seem to have removed the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula from their foreign policy goal list. Meanwhile, domestically, President Yoon Seok-yol calls for an "end to the North Korean regime," while the US and South Korean militaries continue to conduct joint exercises. Is the Republic of Korea safe?
  • Reforms always causes resistance. ": President Yoon is becoming more and more unpopular policies, and South Korea's President Yoon Sokuyol is concerned about the rebound from a special profit organization at a policy briefing and a press conference. Despite the confusion, he repeatedly said that he intends to move forward with the characteristic policy initiative, including a plan for enrolling in medical school. "Reform always causes resistance," said Briefing.
  • [Editorial] Climate Change Litigation South Korean ruling, recognizing the rights of future generations, the Korean Constitutional Court violates the basic rights of the people that the government does not set the greenhouse gas reduction target of the future generation. I gave it. This ruling is a de facto decision to amend the current law to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 to protect the basic rights of future generations. The current administration must take the ruling of the Constitutional Court seriously and take measures as soon as possible so that the future generations will not be forced to burden the climate crisis.
  • Korean women gather again at Gangnam Station and demand countermeasures against sexual crimes "Politicians should take measures so that they will never degrade us." A member of a student group who was interested in gathering in front of Gangnam Station Exit 10, held an emergency press conference, and demanded the government and the Diet to take measures against online crimes that distribute pornography deep fake.
  • Sexual offenders in telegrams who laugh and increase deep fake and increase the number of illegal pornography using AI's deep fake technology on a platfor m-like platform, Korean authorities are responsible. He declared that he would respond strongly to punish the person. However, the perpetrators simply upgrade the games by adding the "authentication" process to the chat room members, diving underground and deeply in the dark web. < SPAN> Reform always causes resistance ": President Yoon is becoming more and more unpopular, and on Thursday, Korea's President Yoon Sokuyol is a policy briefing and a press conference from a special interest organization. Despite concerns and confusion due to rebellions, he repeatedly said that he intends to move forward with characteristic policy initiatives, including plans to enroll in medical school enrollment. "Reform always causes resistance," said Briefing.
  • [Editorial] Climate Change Litigation South Korean ruling, recognizing the rights of future generations, the Korean Constitutional Court violates the basic rights of the people that the government does not set the greenhouse gas reduction target of the future generation. I gave it. This ruling is a de facto decision to amend the current law to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 to protect the basic rights of future generations. The current administration must take the ruling of the Constitutional Court seriously and take measures as soon as possible so that the future generations will not be forced to burden the climate crisis.
  • Korean women gather again at Gangnam Station and demand countermeasures against sexual crimes "Politicians should take measures so that they will never degrade us." A member of a student group who was interested in gathering in front of Gangnam Station Exit 10, held an emergency press conference, and demanded the government and the Diet to take measures against online crimes that distribute pornography deep fake.
  • Sexual offenders in telegrams who laugh and increase deep fake and increase the number of illegal pornography using AI's deep fake technology on a platfor m-like platform, Korean authorities are responsible. He declared that he would respond strongly to punish the person. However, the perpetrators simply upgrade the games by adding the "authentication" process to the chat room members, diving underground and deeply in the dark web. Reforms always causes resistance. ": President Yoon is becoming more and more unpopular policies, and South Korea's President Yoon Sokuyol is concerned about the rebound from a special profit organization at a policy briefing and a press conference. Despite the confusion, he repeatedly said that he intends to move forward with the characteristic policy initiative, including a plan for enrolling in medical school. "Reform always causes resistance," said Briefing.
  • [Editorial] Climate Change Litigation South Korean ruling, recognizing the rights of future generations, the Korean Constitutional Court violates the basic rights of the people that the government does not set the greenhouse gas reduction target of the future generation. I gave it. This ruling is a de facto decision to amend the current law to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 to protect the basic rights of future generations. The current administration must take the ruling of the Constitutional Court seriously and take measures as soon as possible so that the future generations will not be forced to burden the climate crisis.
  • Korean women gather again at Gangnam Station and demand countermeasures against sexual crimes "Politicians should take measures so that they will never degrade us." A member of a student group who was interested in gathering in front of Gangnam Station Exit 10, held an emergency press conference, and demanded the government and the Diet to take measures against online crimes that distribute pornography deep fake.
  • Sexual offenders in telegrams who laugh and increase deep fake and increase the number of illegal pornography using AI's deep fake technology on a platfor m-like platform, Korean authorities are responsible. He declared that he would respond strongly to punish the person. However, the perpetrators simply upgrade the games by adding the "authentication" process to the chat room members, diving underground and deeply in the dark web.
  • [Edit] President Yoon's briefing, who ignored the national sentiment, revised that President Yoon Sokuyol's policy briefing and a press conference showed that President Yoon's view of the reality was far from the national sentiment. 。 The suspicion that he was involved in the marine investigation of the Corporal of the martyrs, and the prosecutor's judgment was not prosecuted to receive a bag under the name of President Yoon's wife, Kim Go n-hee. President Yoon could not dispel the doubt. Instead, he kept his mouth closed on the big controversy around him.
  • According to a survey of school students, teachers, and staff from Korean kindergarten to high school, where students and school staff are also affected by the spread of Deep Fake Porn in Korea, more than 20 % of respondents Respond to Deep Fake Porn's direct or indirect victim. The Korean Teachers and Staff (KTU), who conducted this survey, published a statement, recognized the government as "national disaster" and said, "deleted all illegal content online and impose strict disciplinary action. He asked me to take measures.
  • [Correspondent Column] Berlin, known as the remnant of the German colonial rule and the fate of peace prayer in Berlin, has an area that shows the past of the German Empire: a wedding area in the Mitte district of Berlin. A certain African town. There are traces of the German Empire, which created an idea of ​​creating a "human museum" that exhibits colonized people.
  • In the SNU Deep Fake Incident, the victim's suffering was a fiv e-year prison sentence in the first trial of the Deep Fake Porn case at the Seoul University (SNU). The case was created and distributed, using a few photos of the victims, including classmates from university, and a porn deep fake.
  • [Interview] A scholar should be responsible for the Allies in World War II, which did not treat the Japanese "comfort women" system as a war crime. Kim Ussil, one of the authors of this book, Kim Ussil, Professor Emeritus Rika Women's University. < SPAN> [edit] President Yoon's briefing Thursday, who ignored the national sentiment, was held on Thursday of President Yoon Sokuyol's policy briefing and a press conference that President Yoon's view was far from the national sentiment. I showed it again. The suspicion that he was involved in the marine investigation of the Corporal of the martyrs, and the prosecutor's judgment was not prosecuted to receive a bag under the name of President Yoon's wife, Kim Go n-hee. President Yoon could not dispel the doubt. Instead, he kept his mouth closed on the big controversy around him.
  • According to a survey of school students, teachers, and staff from Korean kindergarten to high school, where students and school staff are also affected by the spread of Deep Fake Porn in Korea, more than 20 % of respondents Respond to Deep Fake Porn's direct or indirect victim. The Korean Teachers and Staff (KTU), who conducted this survey, published a statement, recognized the government as "national disaster" and said, "deleted all illegal content online and impose strict disciplinary action. He asked me to take measures.
  • [Correspondent Column] Berlin, known as the remnant of the German colonial rule and the fate of peace prayer in Berlin, has an area that shows the past of the German Empire: a wedding area in the Mitte district of Berlin. A certain African town. There are traces of the German Empire, which created an idea of ​​creating a "human museum" that exhibits colonized people.
  • In the SNU Deep Fake Incident, the victim's suffering was a fiv e-year prison sentence in the first trial of the Deep Fake Porn case at the Seoul University (SNU). The case was created and distributed, using a few photos of the victims, including classmates from university, and a porn deep fake.
  • [Interview] A scholar should be responsible for the Allies in World War II, which did not treat the Japanese "comfort women" system as a war crime. Kim Ussil, one of the authors of this book, Kim Ussil, Professor Emeritus Rika Women's University. [Edit] President Yoon's briefing, who ignored the national sentiment, revised that President Yoon Sokuyol's policy briefing and a press conference showed that President Yoon's view of the reality was far from the national sentiment. 。 The suspicion that he was involved in the marine investigation of the Corporal of the martyrs, and the prosecutor's judgment was not prosecuted to receive a bag under the name of President Yoon's wife, Kim Go n-hee. President Yoon could not dispel the doubt. Instead, he kept his mouth closed on the big controversy around him.
  • According to a survey of school students, teachers, and staff from Korean kindergarten to high school, where students and school staff are also affected by the spread of Deep Fake Porn in Korea, more than 20 % of respondents Respond to Deep Fake Porn's direct or indirect victim. The Korean Teachers and Staff (KTU), who conducted this survey, published a statement, recognized the government as "national disaster" and said, "deleted all illegal content online and impose strict disciplinary action. He asked me to take measures.
  • [Correspondent Column] Berlin, known as the remnant of the German colonial rule and the fate of peace prayer in Berlin, has an area that shows the past of the German Empire: a wedding area in the Mitte district of Berlin. A certain African town. There are traces of the German Empire, which created an idea of ​​creating a "human museum" that exhibits colonized people.

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Last modified: 27.08.2024

An English version of the website was introduced in as the Al-masry Al-youm English Edition, which later evolved into Egypt Independent. The Hankyoreh is. All: News: The Hankyoreh. This paper examines two tendencies in the use of the English language in South Korea. On the one hand, English is actively used.

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