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South Korea Reopens Alaska LNG Talks, Putting U.S. Energy Investment in Focus

South Korea Reopens Alaska LNG Talks, Putting U.S. Energy Investment in Focus

Photo=Motionelements South Korea’s renewed review of Alaska LNG is putting a potentially multibillion-dollar U.S. energy project back on the radar for American energy companies and investors, as Seoul weighs the strategic value of diversifying natural-gas supplies against concerns over the project’s commercial returns. President Donald Trump said on Oct. 1 that an Alaska LNG pipeline would be built as part

Oct 1 2026
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South Korea Bets on Free AI Agents as Telecom Giants Build a Domestic Alternative to U.S. Platforms

South Korea Bets on Free AI Agents as Telecom Giants Build a Domestic Alternative to U.S. Platforms

Photo=msit South Korea is preparing to make AI agents a mass-market utility, with SK Telecom, Kakao and KT set to launch free services in October that could reshape the country’s consumer-AI market and create new opportunities for U.S. chipmakers, cloud providers and investors watching the global AI infrastructure race. The initiative, backed by the South Korean government, is designed to

Oct 1 2026
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YENA’s 100 Million Spotify Streams Show K Pop’s Global Reach Is Widening

YENA’s 100 Million Spotify Streams Show K Pop’s Global Reach Is Widening

(Photo=YH Entertainment) A South Korean solo singer little known to the American mainstream has crossed a milestone that would have been difficult to imagine before K pop became a global streaming business. YENA’s “Catch Catch” surpassed 100 million streams on Spotify on Sept. 30. YENA, who first gained attention as a member of the Korean Japanese project girl group IZ*ONE

Oct 1 2026
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Hyundai Steel Sells Idle Pohang Capacity as Auto Steel Takes Priority

Hyundai Steel Sells Idle Pohang Capacity as Auto Steel Takes Priority

(Photo=hyundai steel) Hyundai Steel, a major South Korean steelmaker and the steelmaking affiliate of Hyundai Motor Group, is putting the core production equipment from an indefinitely idled plant on the global market as it accelerates a shift away from low return capacity and toward higher value steel used in industries such as automobiles. Hyundai Steel joined Hyundai Motor Group alongside

Oct 1 2026
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Hyundai Looks to Turn Thailand’s Auto Base Into a Regional EV Hub

Hyundai Looks to Turn Thailand’s Auto Base Into a Regional EV Hub

(Photo=Hyundai Motor) Hyundai Motor, the automaker from South Korea whose Hyundai and Genesis vehicles compete in the U.S. market, is looking to make Thailand a much bigger part of its electric vehicle strategy by moving beyond local assembly and adding research, advanced manufacturing and a deeper network of local parts suppliers. The move offers a look at how Hyundai is

Oct 1 2026
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