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Another Child Dies in Clinical Trial Involving Gene Editing in China, Sparking Safety and Transparency Concerns Following the recent revelation that a 6-year-old child died after receiving gene-editing treatment, another death has come to light, bringing the safety and information-disclosure issues of researcher-initiated clinical trials under scrutiny. SBS Aug 7, 2026 1:37 PM

North Korean Hackers "Reverse-Hacked" by US Security Firm... Scale of Cybercrime Across 57 Countries Exposed Vangelis Stykas, Chief Technology Officer of the US security firm Qumio, has secured 5 terabytes of hacking data from a North Korean hacking organization's server over the past 22 months, US tech media outlet Wired reported on August 6 . SBS Aug 7, 2026 1:32 PM

Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin Takes Helm of AI Strategy, Accelerating Profit-Driven Push Demis Hassabis, the former CEO of Google DeepMind who has led AI development until now, is stepping back from front-line management to oversee long-term research. SBS Aug 7, 2026 1:25 PM

New Mexico Court Orders Meta to Pay $567 Million in Public Nuisance Lawsuit 800 billion won) in damages after ruling that the company had a negative impact on children's mental health. SBS Aug 7, 2026 12:02 PM

Trump Administration to Exclude Open-Source Models from AI Pre-Release Review media reports. Citing online outlet Axios and CNN on August 6 , the AI review system being prepared by the White House is set to apply only to powerful "closed-source" models whose underlying source code is not publicly disclosed, such as Anthropic's Claude and OpenAI's ChatGPT. SBS Aug 7, 2026 11:42 AM

Japan Hit by Extreme Heat Waves... Heat-Related Illness Insurance Surges Amid Spike in Emergency Room Visits According to the Tokyo Shimbun on the 7th, the number of subscriptions for "heat-related illness condolence money," an insurance product sold by Sumitomo Life Insurance Group, has surpassed 70,000 this year. SBS Aug 7, 2026 11:40 AM

Scientists Create 16 New AI-Designed Viruses That Can Reproduce This achievement has been hailed as a major milestone in AI-driven biotechnology. SBS Aug 7, 2026 11:37 AM

"ROK-Singapore Cooperation is Not a Choice, but a Shared Survival Strategy" "I want to send a strong message to the world that like-minded countries like South Korea and Singapore are cooperating for mutual benefits, as well as for regional growth and stability." Gan Siow Huang, Singapore's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Trade and Industry, made the remarks on the 6th during a meeting with a delegation of South Korean journalists visiting Singapore through a journalist exchange program organized by the ASEAN-Korea Centre at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Singapore. SBS Aug 7, 2026 10:37 AM

"US Political Support for Israel Shaking... Concern It May Become Permanent" politics regarding support for Israel is shaking, heightening concerns within Israel that this shift could become entrenched, the Washington Post reported on August 6 local time. SBS Aug 7, 2026 10:36 AM

"Yemen's Rebels Attack Southern Saudi Arabia," Injuring 11 Civilians Citing a Saudi military spokesperson, the outlet added that 11 civilians were injured in the attack, including seven Saudis, two Egyptians, one Yemeni, and one Pakistani, as well as a four-year-old child. SBS Aug 7, 2026 10:18 AM