Why South Korea's AI rollback in classrooms is a cautionary tale for the US

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South Korea rolled back an effort to put AI textbooks in classrooms.

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Starbucks is asking customers in South Korea to stop bringing monitors, printers, and desk dividers into their stores

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Customers are seen at the American multinational chain Starbucks Coffee store seen in Hong Kong's Tung Chung district.
Starbucks South Korea has urged customers not to bring heavy work equipment to its stores.

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A South Korean shipyard just picked up a new repair job from the US Navy as it turns to allies to help fix the fleet

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OpenAI is opening a new office in South Korea to serve its booming consumer base in the country

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The Lotte Tower in Seoul.
OpenAI's chief strategy officer, Jason Kwon, said South Korea has the highest number of paid ChatGPT subscribers outside the US.

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A plane carrying 181 people crashed in South Korea, killing almost everyone on board. Here's what we know.

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The wreckage of the Jeju Air crash.
The wreckage of the Jeju Air plane that crashed on Sunday, killing 179 people.

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The South Korean president's party says he needs to go — and that he tried to arrest its leaders during martial law

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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol takes questions during a press conference.
South Korea's president, Yoon Suk Yeol, faces calls for impeachment from his own party's leader.

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The top arms dealers in South Korea and Japan are growing almost as fast as those in Russia

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The KH178, a South Korean 105mm light self-propelled howitzer, is on display at the Eurosatory Defense and Security expo in June.
South Korean firm Hyundai Rotem is producing the KH178, a self-propelled howitzer. Such artillery guns have particularly been in demand among European nations like Poland.

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South Korea's economy would boom if its president is impeached, research firm says

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President Yoon of South Korea

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The leader of South Korea's opposition first thought the president's martial law declaration was a deepfake

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Main opposition Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung (C) speaks during a rally against President Yoon Suk Yeol at the National Assembly in Seoul on December 4, 2024, after martial law was lifted in South Korea
Main opposition Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung thought the declaration was initially a deepfake.

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Inside the chaos in Seoul after South Korea's president sprang 6 hours of martial law on his people

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A protester holds a placard during a rally to condemn South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's surprise declaration of martial law last night, which was reversed hours later, and to call for his resignation, in Seoul.
Protesters now call for South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's surprise declaration of martial law last night, which was reversed hours later, and to call for his resignation, in Seoul.

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