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KB Kookmin Bank recommends Yeon Tae-hoon as new outside director

KB Kookmin Bank said on Thursday its outside director nomination committee recommended 1 new outside director and 3 outside directors for reappointment. The bank recommended Yeon Tae-hoon, a senior research fellow at the Korea Institute of Finance, as the final candidate for the new post with a two-year term. Yeon studied economics at Seoul National University and earned master’s and doctoral degrees at the University of Michigan, and has researched financial markets including capital markets and consumer protection.

AI & Enterprise

Anthropic to take legal action over Pentagon supply chain risk designation

Anthropic plans to take legal action after the U.S. Defense Department designated the company a supply chain risk, TechCrunch reported. CEO Dario Amodei said the decision was legally unreasonable and would be challenged in federal court. The designation follows escalating friction over control of AI systems. Anthropic opposed use of its Claude AI for mass surveillance or fully autonomous weapons, while the Defense Department said AI should be usable for all lawful purposes.

Mobility

Tesla Model Y keeps top spot in Q1 2026 EV sales despite year-on-year decline

The global electric-vehicle market lost momentum in January 2026 as U.S. and Chinese tax incentives were reduced or ended, cutting plug-in registrations 6% from a year earlier to about 1.2 million, a report cited by Cleantechnica showed. Tesla’s Model Y remained the top-selling model with 53,074 units, down 7%, while Model 3 sales fell 47% to under 15,000. Growth remained strong in parts of Asia and some emerging markets as Chinese exporters expanded overseas.