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Go champion Lee Sedol (right) faces off against AphaGo program.

Mar 14, 2016 PM EDT - Jesse L.

After Falling 3-0 Against Google's Go-Playing Computer Algorithm AlphaGo, Lee Sedol Battles Back

Lee Sedol, world champion of the Chinese abstract strategy board game Go, may have lost his best-of-five tournament against Google's AlphaGo computer algorithm, but he has eliminated the possibility of a sweep.

A European tourism giant considers Busan for a new business opportunity.

Mar 14, 2016 PM EDT - Jesse L.

South Korea's Tourism Industry Encourages More Citizens To Vacation Inside The Country Following Overseas Travel Boom

South Korea's travel agents have a message for local citizens considering traveling abroad--consider supporting tourism in your own country.

Lee Hi

Mar 14, 2016 PM EDT - Jesse L.

Lee Hi Wants A World Tour Like K-Pop Superstars Big Bang And Epik High To Promote Her New Album 'Seoulite'

The 19-year-old South Korean singer Lee Hi doesn't have to look far for role models; they're already either on her record label YG Entertainment or on her new album "Seoulite," released on Wednesday.

North Korea's “supreme leader” Kim Jong Un

Mar 14, 2016 AM EDT - Jesse L.

North Korea Threatens New York City With Nuclear Annihilation In New Round Of Rhetoric

On Sunday, the North Korean government once again threatened to launch a nuclear attack, in a report on the state-run media outlet DRPK Today, bragging that their military arsenal could wipe out New York City.

South Korean actress Lee Min Jung poses for a photo with LG TROMM's washing machine at an autograph session for LG Electronics in Seoul.

Mar 11, 2016 PM EST - Jesse L.

South Korean Government Considering Adding Washing Machine Motors To Watch List

The South Korean government is considering including motors from washers on a "watch list" of items that would ban exports that could potentially aid the efforts of Kim Jong Un's regime

Hooni Kim, chef and restaurateur, poses for a portrait in the doorway of Hanjan restaurant in NYC on Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. Kim owns two Korean restaurants in New York, Hanjan and Michelin-starred Danji, his first restaurant.

Mar 11, 2016 PM EST - Jesse L.

Chef Hooni Kim Of Danji And Hanjan Brings His Take On Korean Fine Dining To NYC: 'I Wanted To Show New Yorkers That Korean Food Isn't Always Cheap'

"I wanted to show New Yorkers that Korean food isn't always cheap and that we are about quality and ingredients, values and philosophy," Hooni told the Korean news agency Yonhap in an interview Friday.

Poster for the offbeat South Korean drama “Blood.” Series co-stars Ahn Jae Hyeon and Ku Hye Sun have announced they are dating.

Mar 11, 2016 PM EST - Jesse L.

YG Entertainment Claims Ku Hye Sun And Ahn Jae Hyeon Did Not Start Dating Until After They Had Completed 'Blood' Series

11 months after they wrapped their 20-epidode run of the offbeat South Korean drama "Blood," co-stars Ahn Jae Hyeon and Ku Hye Sun have announced they are dating.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon makes comments to the media on the situation in North Korea at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on Jan. 6.

Mar 11, 2016 AM EST - Jesse L.

North Korea Orders More Nuclear Weapons Tests: U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon Demands Pyongyang 'Cease Destabilizing Acts'

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon implored North Korean leaders to listen to reason on Friday, following a report that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had ordered more nuclear tests.

 A man walks past at Cyber Terror Response Center at National Police Agency on March 21, 2013 in Seoul, South Korea.

Mar 10, 2016 PM EST - Jesse L.

Editors Of South Korean Newspaper JoongAng Daily Plead For More Cyber Security To Defend Against North Korea's Hackers In Impassioned Op-Ed

In an editorial published Thursday, the the editors of the JoongAng Daily newspaper demanded that South Korea country needs to start taking the threat of a cyberterrorist attack from the North seriously.

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Mar 10, 2016 PM EST - Jesse L.

How South Korean Drama 'Descendants Of The Sun' Used Early Filming To Become An International Sensation

Wednesday's episode of "Descendants Of The Sun" received nearly a third of viewers in its 10 p.m. slot. It has also racked up more than 120 million views on the Chinese online video platform IQiyi.

 A woman walks past a public television screen showing file footage of a North Korean missile, at a railway station in Seoul on March 4.

Mar 10, 2016 PM EST - Jesse L.

North Korea Fires 2 Short-Range Ballistic Missiles Into The Sea In Defiance Of New U.N. Resolutions

North Korean government officials vowed to "liquidate" all assets and commercial projects with the South on Thursday, firing two short-range missiles into a nearby body of water linking the two countries.

dinosaur replicas on the way to the Gyeongnam Goseong Dinosaur World Expo

Mar 09, 2016 PM EST - Jesse L.

Giant Replicas Make Their Way To Goseong For South Korea's Dinosaur World Expo

Residents of the rural county of Goseong, located in South Korea's in South Gyeongsang Province roughly 300 miles outside of Seoul, are expecting some rather oversized visitors on April 1.

Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge smartphones during their launch on March 8, 2016 in New Delhi, India.

Mar 09, 2016 PM EST - Jesse L.

Samsung Announces New 1.2 Megapixel Image Sensor For Galaxy S7, Claims Users Can Shoot Video 'Regardless Of Lighting Conditions'

On Wednesday, the South Korean tech giant Samsung announced that the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge smartphones will soon be outfitted with a 1.2 megapixel image sensor with dual pixel technology.

U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Policy Sung Kim

Mar 09, 2016 PM EST - Jesse L.

U.S. Special Representative for N. Korea Policy Shoots Down Rumors Of Clandestine Peace Talks: 'There Are No Secret Dealings With The Chinese'

On Tuesday, U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Policy Sung Kim shot down that the US was secretly locking South Korea out of negotiations with Pyongyang and China.

South Korean chess champion Lee Se Dol faces off against Google's AlphaPro computer at the Four Seasons Hotel in Seoul on Wednesday.

Mar 09, 2016 PM EST - Jesse L.

Google's AlphaGo A.I. Software Beats South Korean Go Champion Lee Se Dol In 3-Hour Match [VIDEO]

In a three-hour match, Google's AlphaGo artificial intelligence software handed South Korean go champion Lee Se Dol a stunning defeat at the Four Seasons Hotel in Seoul on Wednesday.

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