Latest Cyberattacks Surge Across South Korea’s Public Sector

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18 Sept 2026

South Korean public agencies confirmed more than 353,000 cyberattacks in the first seven months of 2026, as mounting incidents across government and business sharpen concerns over national digital security.

18 Sept 2026

Researchers from South Korea and China found prolonged seismic activity around North Korea’s Punggye-ri test site, with more than 1,300 earthquakes recorded after the country’s largest nuclear test in 2017.

17 Sept 2026

KAIST researchers developed two navigation systems that help robots verify whether they have reached the correct destination and infer social rules in unfamiliar environments, earning top placements in international challenges.

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Cyberattacks Surge Across South Korea’s Public Sector

Study Links North Korea’s 2017 Nuclear Test to More Than 1,300 Earthquakes

KAIST Robot Systems Learn to Verify Destinations and Read Unwritten Rules

South Korea Prepares New Security Guidelines for Autonomous AI Agents

A robotics and computing laboratory representing artificial intelligence research. AI-generated illustrative image; not a photograph of the event.

Korea Makes Power Grid Expansion Central to AI and Semiconductor Push

Transmission infrastructure and an industrial campus representing power-grid investment. AI-generated illustrative image; not a photograph of the event.