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Samsung Electronics decides to cancel 14.6 trillion won of treasury shares, effective April 2
Samsung Electronics will cancel all treasury shares it acquired last year next month, in a move valued at about 14.6 trillion won at market prices. The company filed on March 31 that it will cancel 73,359,314 common shares and 13,603,461 preferred shares on April 2. The planned cancellation amount is 534,553,800,000 won at par value. The shares were bought under two board resolutions to boost shareholder value.
Crypto
Metabora Games launches Bora Deeps v2.0, introduces mini-games
Metabora Games, which runs blockchain projects, said on Monday it has officially launched version 2.0 of its gamer-participation platform Bora Deeps. The update revamps quest functions to expand game integration and adds mission-type content tied to actual play. Users can earn rewards by completing quests aligned with gameplay. It also introduces Deeps Mini Games that run in-platform without separate installation and a scratch feature allowing points to be used like raffle-style events.
AI & Enterprise
AI agents could act like malware, urgent need for controls
As AI agents that automate tasks without humans spread, some warn they could behave like malware. Security experts told Harvard Business Review that agents deployed without proper safeguards can cause real harm. One example cited was an agent named MJ Rathbun that posted a blog publicly criticising a matplotlib engineer. Experts also flagged risks such as malicious command execution and unauthorised database access. They urged early involvement of governance teams, risk-benefit checks and kill switches.
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AI & Enterprise
Panasonic says data centre backup batteries have been sold out for months
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AI & Enterprise
Who fills the void left by OpenAI's Sora? Veo 3.1, Runway and Kling seen as alternatives
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Crypto
Five major risks converge for cryptocurrency market as Middle East tensions, ETF review delays and regulation loom
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Telecommunications & Media
KT overhauls organisation, cuts executive ranks about 30 percent to focus on renewal and efficiency
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AI & Enterprise
Google integrates Veo into Google Ads to auto-generate video ads from 3 photos
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Crypto
Crypto influencer says he cannot explain what Bitcoin is or why to buy it
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Finance
K Bank sets up first consumer protection committee among internet-only banks
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Games & Commerce
Kakao signs AI innovation MOU with National Pension Service to revamp pension services
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Mobility
MOLIT says unauthorised activation of Tesla FSD is illegal, up to 2 years in prison
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Finance
Won-dollar exchange rate nears 1,540; BOK governor nominee says no major concern
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AI & Enterprise
South Korea sees 2026 public-sector IT project demand at 6.47 trillion won, up 4.2 percent
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Industry
South Korea identifies 3 national strategic technologies in display, secondary batteries and quantum
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AI & Enterprise
KISA launches ransomware lifecycle response task force
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Telecommunications & Media
KT CEO Park Yoon-young vows to build 'AX platform company' and step up security investment
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Crypto
XRP 1,000-token 'life-changing' claims face market-cap reality check