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It comes after South Korea became the latest nation to limit access to the China-based AI chatbot.

South Korean officials have temporarily restricted new downloads of DeepSeek.

South Korea's privacy commission removed the DeepSeek app from local app stores over data privacy concerns. Authorities are reviewing the app’s data

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This is the all-new Kia EV4 in hatchback and sedan forms. The photos were published by Kia today, despite the South Korean automaker saying yesterday that it would reveal the EV4 alongside the EV2 and PV5 on February 27 during its annual EV Day event.

Personal Information Protection Commission says Chinese start-up accepted proposal to suspend downloads of AI chatbot.

DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence startup, has temporarily paused downloads of its chatbot apps in South Korea while it works with local authorities to address privacy concerns, according to South Korean officials on Monday

While other automakers welcome global policy shifts as a chance to back off their electric vehicle investments, Korea's Hyundai Motor Group is on a roll lately—and doesn't seem intent on losing momentum. And in two weeks' time, we'll see more all-electric offerings from Kia, including of the more affordable sort.

Smoke billows from chimneys as factories churn in South Korea's steelmaking heartland, now under threat from Washington's swingeing new tariffs on the port city's largest export.