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Seoul’s next leader will prioritise global ambitions

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SOUTH KOREA

Moon Jae-in’s preoccupations in his final year as president will remain local -- not least, coordinating policy on North Korea with the Biden administration. However, his…

K-pop contributes to South Korea’s soft power strategy

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SOUTH KOREA

President Moon Jae-in described this industry as an “important future growth engine” with “infinite growth potential”. His government aims to expand content industry exports from…

China-South Korea trade relationship will transform

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CHINA/SOUTH KOREA

New developments in China-South Korea economic relations.

Trump’s ban on China’s WeChat may carry a heavy price

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CHINA/US

President Donald Trump issued two executive orders on August 6 that effectively ban the Chinese-owned apps TikTok and WeChat. The impact of the TikTok ban will be limited, but…

Hi-tech competition will colour EU-US friendly ties

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EU/US

Earlier, on August 30, the Commission said the Irish government's tax arrangements with Apple constituted illegal state aid that required a payment of 13 billion euros (14.4…

Africa forms part of China’s development plan

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CHINA

It is still one goal, but Beijing also aspires to transform African economies to create opportunities for an increasingly diverse range of Chinese exporters and investors, and to…

Generative AI carries serious online risks

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INTERNATIONAL

These models are fed huge datasets of media content and trained to generate new content following a short thematic prompt. The most hyped -- and feared -- models include OpenAI’s…

Saudi Arabian funding will change the business of golf

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SAUDI ARABIA

LIV Golf is Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund’s expansion into the world of men’s professional golf, launched in 2022. The US PGA Tour and the European Tour have dominated…