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MV Faust can carry up to 8,000 cars across her multiple decks, making her one of the largest roll-on/roll-off vehicle carriers ever built. Launched by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in 2007, she has weathered rogue waves and icy seas while ferrying vehicles for Wallenius Wilhelmsen.

Jungsik Yim opened Jungsik in Seoul in 2009 with an argument to make: that Korean cooking belonged in fine dining on its own terms rather than as a set of borrowed French techniques. The restaurant went on to hold two Michelin stars in Seoul and opened a New York sibling that earned three, making it one of the few Korean names to carry that weight abroad.

Zaha Hadid Architects' fluid, BIM-engineered Dongdaemun Design Plaza opened to the public in Seoul, South Korea, transforming a former stadium site into a landmark arts and design hub.

The harsh-environment semisubmersible West Bollsta, bought by Northern Drilling for $400 million, was towed from a South Korean shipyard to Norway by the ultra-powerful tug ALP Striker.

The Korea Football Association's national training campus, designed by UNStudio around a 'total football' philosophy, officially opened.

Entry-level portable hi-fi player with an eight-DAC architecture and DSD256 support.

Powerful portable outdoor party speaker with a 36-hour battery and IP68 rating.

Samsung started pushing One UI 9 to the Galaxy S26, S26+ and S26 Ultra on 16 September 2026, after the software's debut on the Z Fold8 Ultra, Fold8 and Flip8. It adds My FanCam subject tracking, editable Now Brief cards and a Warranty and Care panel in Settings.

Samsung Thailand's schedule puts the Galaxy S25 series and the Galaxy Z Fold7 and Z Flip7 on One UI 9 from 28 September 2026, alongside the Galaxy S26, which it moved to the same day. Samsung's global announcement gave no date for older phones.

NeonSat-2 to 6 are part of the South Korean government's Earth observation micro-satellite constellation NeonSat (New-space Earth Observation Satellite). The NeonSat constellation is the first satellite system developed by the government using a mass-production approach for precise monitoring of the Korean Peninsula. Lifts off from LC-2, Naro Space Center, South Korea to Sun-Synchronous Orbit.

World Youth Day is held in Seoul from 3 to 8 August 2027, the first in South Korea and only the second in Asia after Manila in 1995.

Seoul's long-troubled giant Ferris wheel, now called Seoulling, is targeting a 2028 opening at Peace Park after two earlier wheel designs were scrapped.