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President Lee Jae Myung shared a video on social media, Friday, alleging that Israeli soldiers abused a Palestinian child and then threw him off a rooftop.

“The shortage stems from a lack of wafer capacity, and securing additional wafers takes at least four to five years,” he said. “We expect the industry-wide supply shortfall to persist at over 20 percent through 2030.”

Zeekr, Xpeng set to make brand debut here

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The nation’s antitrust watchdog also ordered the carmaker to rectify its deceptive marketing practices. According to the authority’s investigation, the carmaker concealed the actual battery supplier for several models — the EQE and EQS EVs — and promoted as if all of the vehicles were equipped with batteries from CATL, the world’s largest battery maker.

South Korean industrial giant Samsung said Friday it would shut down its last remaining television production plant in Slovakia, its largest factory in Europe, threatening hundreds of jobs.

Data from SEIBro, a portal operated by the Korea Securities Depository, showed that Korean retail investors bought $507 million worth of Hong Kong-listed shares and $154 million of mainland-listed shares between Jan. 2 and Feb. 23.

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China has a considerable competitive edge over Korea in robotics, electric vehicles (EVs), battery and also semiconductor industries, excluding the memory chip sector, the Korea Institute for Industrial Economics & Trade (KIET) said in its latest report on the countries’ competitiveness in advanced industries. The report is based on a survey conducted on industrial experts in September.

Data from the Korea Automobile and Mobility Association showed that EVs produced in China accounted for roughly one-third of newly registered EVs in Korea last year, a sharp increase from about 1 percent in 2021. Last year, a total of 220,177 EVs were registered here, and the number of EVs produced in China reached 74,728 out of them.

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jackpots in 2025 averaged 2.06 billion won ($1.41 million), which falls to 1.4 billion won once taxes are deducted.

Former Teen Top member Bang Min-su, better known by his stage name C.A.P, has been appointed head of the preparatory committee for Korea’s first-ever idol labor union — a move that could reshape how the K-pop industry addresses artists’ rights.