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“We are finished”···Hollywood feels its livelihood threatened by the ‘Sidance shock’ The video-generation artificial intelligence (AI) ‘Sidance 2.0’ from the Chinese company ByteDance, the parent of TikTok, is facing backlash amid allegations that it may have infringed the copyrights of works from the United States and Japan. On the 14th (local time), according to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), Axios, and the BBC, the Motion Picture Association (MPA) issued a statement saying, “the Chinese service Sidance used, without authorization, a large number of works protected by U.S. ...

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Has ‘crypto winter’ really arrived? “Market sentiment has cooled… it is no longer even ‘cool’”
The price of bitcoin fell below the 100 million won range on the 5th, dropping by about 40 percent so far this year. It has declined to roughly half of last year’s peak (180 million won). Not only bitcoin but a wide range of virtual assets, including various altcoins, are trending lower. Opinions are sharply divided over whether this is a temporary plunge or the arrival of a ‘crypto winter’.There is also a view that cryptocurrencies, whose ‘boom’ a little over a decade ago was led by ‘early ...

2026.02.13 22:09
Chloe Kim’s class: “Choi Ga-on is my baby… I’m proud of her”
Chloe Kim (26, United States), who yielded the gold medal to Choi Ga-on (18) in the women’s snowboard halfpipe at the 2026 Milano·Cortina d’Ampezzo Winter Olympics, offered her congratulations, saying, “I’m very proud of Choi Ga-on.”At the halfpipe final held on the 13th at Livigno Snowpark in Italy, Chloe Kim scored 88 points to finish second on the podium behind Choi Ga-on, who scored 90.25.After the competition, Kim laughed in an interview and said, “Choi Ga-on is my baby,” adding...

2026.02.13 22:09
New York Fed “Ninety percent of Trump tariffs are borne by the U.S., not foreign countries”
Research finds that 90% of the tariffs imposed last year by the administration of Donald Trump were borne by U.S. companies and Americans. This runs counter to the claim by President Donald Trump that foreign companies would shoulder the tariff burden.The Federal Reserve Bank of New York said in a research report released on the 12th (local time) that 94% of the tariff burden from January to August last year fell on U.S. importers. The share declined to 92% in September to October and to 86%...

2026.02.13 22:09
Is the universe a minefield?…‘quietly formed’ black hole discovered in the Andromeda Galaxy
A star that transformed into a ‘black hole’ without triggering a massive explosion at the end of its life has been discovered. This is the first time the existence of such a black hole has been confirmed in the universe, suggesting that quietly formed black holes may be scattered throughout space beyond Earth.A U.S. research team led by scientists at Columbia University announced on the 12th (local time) that in the Andromeda Galaxy, 2.5 million light-years from Earth, they had found a sta...

2026.02.13 22:09
Laughing with Choi Ga-on, crying together, exiting together… Chloe Kim·Ono Mitsuki ‘The Dignity of the Defeated’
On the 13th, as Korean snowboarding made new history, Livigno Snow Park in Italy also saw shining sportsmanship from the snowboarders. Scenes of the athletes in the women's halfpipe final congratulating and encouraging one another when runs succeeded or failed left a deep impression.A representative example was the third run of the women's snowboard halfpipe final at the Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo Olympics held at Livigno Snow Park on the 13th.Choi Ga-on (18, Sehwa Girls' High School) was...

2026.02.13 22:09
Fled after a botched contract killing···The ‘attempted murderer’ who escaped to Cambodia caught after 18 years
An attempted murderer who fled to Cambodia after failing to carry out a contract killing has been apprehended and referred for trial 22 years after the case.On the 13th, Criminal Division 3 of the Gwangju District Prosecutors Office (Chief Prosecutor Kim Jin-hee) announced that it had indicted Mr. A in custody on a charge of attempted murder for trying to kill the victim after being commissioned to carry out a contract killing.Mr. A is accused of ramming the victim with a passenger car o...

2026.02.13 22:09
Iranian reporter says “Death to Khamenei” on air···after the channel director is fired, faces disciplinary action
An Iranian journalist faces disciplinary measures after mistakenly making a remark criticizing Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran, during a live broadcast.According to state-run IRIB on the 13th (local time), in connection with the erroneous remark by the presenter that occurred during the live broadcast of nationwide events on the 11th marking the 47th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, the head of the regional broadcaster Hamun Network in Sistan and Baluchestan P...

2026.02.13 22:09
IOC faces controversy over selling Berlin Olympics T-shirts from the ‘Nazi propaganda stage’
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is facing controversy for selling a commemorative T-shirt for the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics, which is widely regarded as having been used as a propaganda stage by Nazi Germany.According to the BBC and others on the 13th (local time), the IOC recently sold on its official online shop a T-shirt printed with the official poster of the Berlin Olympics. The product is part of a ‘Heritage Collection’ commemorating select past Olympics and is priced at 39...

2026.02.13 22:09
A mother water deer faces off against the apex predator, the yellow-throated marten, to protect her fawn···Everyday life of national park wildlife revealed
In time for the Lunar New Year holiday, diverse scenes of wildlife inhabiting national parks have been made public.The National Park Service released on the 13th videos showing wildlife, including Category I endangered species such as Asiatic black bears, foxes, and otters, as well as water deer and roe deer.Through unmanned monitoring cameras installed in national parks across the Jirisan·Seoraksan·Sobaeksan,·Gyeryongsan,·Palgongsan·Mudeungsan·Gayasan·Gyeongju areas, the National Park Ser...

2026.02.13 22:09
Bangladesh sees first change of power in 20 years after authoritarian rule under Hasina; former opposition alliance sweeps general election
In Bangladesh's first general election since former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stepped down in 2024 amid anti-government protests, the alliance of the former main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) scored a landslide victory.On the 13th (local time), the Election Commission of Bangladesh said the BNP-led alliance had won 212 of the 300 constituency seats in the vote held the previous day. Voter turnout was 59.44%, surpassing the roughly 42% recorded in the 2024 election.The...

2026.02.13 22:08