Feb 24, 2026 Seoyoung Kang www.bloomberg.com The race to the Moon is back. SpaceX and Blue Origin are putting their Mars and Space dreams on hold. Instead, they are working hard to meet a 2028 deadline set by the U.S. government. Both companies are now using all their resources to build lunar landers. The battle between Musk and Bezos has moved from the stars to the Moon’s surface. Faced with the Trump administration's 2028 moon landing deadline, NASA partners SpaceX and Blue

Feb 24, 2026 Woojin Nam www.starnewskorea.com The U-23 Asian Cup ended with Japan defeating China 4–0 in the final. The Korean national soccer team finished in fourth place after losing to Vietnam in the third-place match. Korea was dominant in terms of the number of players compared to Vietnam, but they struggled to score goals. It was the first time the Korean national team had lost to Vietnam at the U-23 level. After the game, Korea’s goalkeeper Hwang Jae-yun posted an apo

Feb 24, 2026 Hajin Kim www.koreatimes.co.kr Seoul, South Korea — K-pop star and actor Cha Eun-woo is under investigation for alleged tax evasion worth nearly ₩200 billion (about $150 million USD). The Seoul Regional Tax Office suspects that a one-person company, founded by Cha’s mother, was used to divert his entertainment income. Authorities claim the company signed contracts with his agency, Fantagio, but provided no real services, functioning instead as a “paper company.”

Feb 24, 2026 Seoyoung Kang www.sciencealert.com Researchers at Stanford University in the United States have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model called SleepFM that can predict future disease risks using data from just one night of sleep testing. The findings were published in the international medical journal Nature Medicine in January 2026. SleepFM analyzes brain waves, heart rate, breathing patterns, and muscle movements recorded during sleep to estimate the ri

Feb 24, 2026 Woojin Nam www.chosun.com The Samsung Lions finished re-signing 68 players on January 26. Won Tae-in renewed his contract with a salary of 1 billion won, which is the highest on the team. It has been eight years since he debuted in the KBO. He is one of the best starting pitchers in the league, recording the most wins in 2024. In 2025, he recorded 20 quality starts and 12 wins. Won Tae-in has pitched more than 150 innings each season since 2021, showing great con

Jan 25, 2026 Yul So www.theatlantic.com The year 2026 is expected to become a major turning point in the history of space exploration. For the first time in more than 50 years, humans will fly around the Moon. Spacecraft will enter Mercury’s orbit, collect samples from a moon of Mars, and closely study asteroids, the Sun, and space weather. Government agencies and private companies will undertake ambitious missions simultaneously, marking what many scientists call a new golde

Jan 25, 2025 Gyeonghyun Cho dukeghic.org When Covid19 broke out in 2020, most people visited the hospital to have a shot of Covid19 vaccine to prevent the spread of the virus. However, vaccine exemption rates for school-required childhood immunization have increased across much of the United States after Covid pandemic, mainly due to nonmedical exemptions based on personal religious beliefs. Most experts assume that misinformation, political debates, and vaccine hesitancy con