Feb 24, 2026 Woojin Nam www.starnewskorea.com The K League has revealed a new design for its champion patch ahead of the 2026 season. In the 2025 season, the league concluded with Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors crowned as champions, marking the club’s 10th league title, known as La Décima. Previously, the champion patch design was based on the K League’s title sponsor, Hana Bank, and was differentiated by the use of gold color. However, the new design focuses on each team’s unique ch

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

Jan 25, 2026 Seoyeon Kim cm.asiae.co.kr Venezuela secretly exported more than 100 tons of gold to Switzerland during the early years of President Nicolás Maduro’s rule as the country struggled to prevent a total economic collapse, according to newly released customs data and international investigations. Records from Swiss customs authorities show that between 2013 and 2016, Venezuela shipped approximately 113 to 127 metric tons of gold to Switzerland. The total value of the

Jan 25, 2026 Joanne Lee biz.chosun.com The Women’s Korean Basketball League (WKBL) has issued an official apology for a game delay caused by referees. Follow-up reports revealed that the incident happened because referees were not properly assigned in advance. On January 16, 2026, a women’s professional basketball game between the Cheongju KB Stars and Incheon Shinhan Bank, held at Cheongju Gymnasium, was delayed by 30 minutes. At 7:09 p.m., fans were informed that the game w