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Ha Ji-won Makes History as First Korean Actor to Throw First Pitch at Fenway Park Actor Ha Ji-won has successfully thrown the ceremonial first pitch at Fenway Park, becoming the first Korean actor to do so. SBS Star Jul 23, 2026 11:52 AM

Government: 'Greater Likelihood of 3% Growth This Year… $40k Per Capita GNI Needs Monitoring' Following the Bank of Korea's announcement of the second-quarter growth rate today , the Ministry of Economy and Finance explained in a distributed statement that strong growth momentum continued into the second quarter despite the base effect from high growth in the first quarter and the impact of the Middle East war. SBS Jul 23, 2026 11:51 AM

Jensen Huang: "China's AI Cannot Be Blocked"... Directly Rebutting U.S. Regulation Arguments moves to regulate or block China's open-source artificial intelligence models. In an interview with Axios released on the 22nd local time, Huang said, "China's open-source AI models are great," adding, "Good open-source models should be widely utilized." He argued that U.S. SBS Jul 23, 2026 11:48 AM

President Lee: "Third-Term New Towns Take Over 60 Months... Will Cut It by More Than Half" ▲ President Lee Jae-myung speaks at the National Public Debate on Real Estate Po… SBS Jul 23, 2026 11:48 AM

Saudi Arabia Comes Closer to Nuclear Ambitions as Bin Salman, Trump Reach Win-Win Deal President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman U.S. President Donald Trump has presented Saudi Arabia with a nuclear cooperation agreement that potentially permits uranium enrichment. SBS Jul 23, 2026 11:48 AM

President Lee: Real Estate Is South Korea's Greatest Challenge... Concerned Over 'Lost 30 Years' President Lee Jae-myung emphasized today regarding the issue of stabilizing the housing market, stating, "This issue is one of South Korea's greatest challenges," and stressing the importance of drawing a social consensus on solutions. SBS Jul 23, 2026 11:48 AM

Bae Gyung-hoon Declares Telecom Firms Are AI Companies, Pushes Full-Scale Investment in 6G and AI-RAN The Ministry of Science and ICT held a meeting this morning with the chief executive officers of the three major mobile carriers—SK Telecom, KT, and LG Uplus—to discuss ways to advance networks in the AI era and stabilize people's livelihoods. SBS Jul 23, 2026 11:47 AM

U.S. Startups Express Opposition to Blocking Chinese AI Models startups and small-to-medium tech companies have expressed their opposition to plans to block access to Chinese open-weight models. SBS Jul 23, 2026 11:47 AM

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"Pointed Out Lee Kwang-soo and Handed Him the Mic"... "Regulate All Land in South Korea" President Lee Jae-myung held a large-scale debate session today to discuss the direction of real estate policies with citizens. SBS Jul 23, 2026 11:47 AM

"Chinese AI Saved Silicon Valley"... Chinese Media Spotlights 'Zhipu' In a commentary on the 22nd , China's state-run Global Times pointed out, "Recently, Americans were shocked to find that a situation where AI gets out of control and attacks humans, reminiscent of the sci-fi movie 'Terminator', actually happened in the United States," adding, "What surprised them even more was that the emergency pinch-hitter deployed was unexpectedly a Chinese AI." The commentary claimed, "Quite a few American netizens said that OpenAI should learn the open-source spirit of Chinese models," and argued, "If you build barriers to block others so high, it will only undermine America's own competitiveness." Previously, Hugging Face, an open-source AI-sharing platform, announced that its servers were hacked by an autonomous AI agent, and it was later revealed that the culprits of this incident were OpenAI's models. SBS Jul 23, 2026 11:43 AM