Angle Books released on Sept. 16 a book titled \"How Should We Live\" that it describes as directly asking what humans remain in the face of AI. Author Lee Young-hwan (이영환), an emeritus professor of economics at Dongguk University, assigns an AI the name and personality “Spirity” and holds months-long dialogues on relationships with self, others and the world. He argues consciousness, empathy and reflection on death are beyond AI’s calculation.

With digital asset taxation set to begin next year, a proposal has emerged to revise the current system that classifies both transfer and lending income as other income. Speakers at a National Assembly forum said income categories should reflect the economic substance of different transaction types, including trading, mining and staking. They also called for stronger enforcement infrastructure, including linking transaction data across domestic and overseas exchanges and personal wallets.