A NONPOLAR WORLD: Korea's AI Bet and a New Arms Race [STB Global Insight]

[1] Korea breaks ground on its National AI Computing Center in Haenam, a 2.4-trillion-won bid to build the nation's largest AI cluster on renewable power. [2] A scholar warns the world has entered a "nonpolar age" with no single leader, as Japan passes a backup-capital law to survive a catastrophic Tokyo earthquake. [3] A 35-year-old woman leads Ukraine's Fire Point, whose cheap, mass-produced Flamingo missiles — a fraction of a Tomahawk's cost — are reshaping the war with Russia. [4] Forecasters fear a record-breaking El Niño, as Korea-Japan favorability hits an all-time high and Europe's drought halts Hungary's reactors for the first time in 44 years. #KoreaAI #NationalAIComputingCenter #ArtificialIntelligence #AIInfrastructure #Haenam #SouthKorea #AIDataCenter #RenewableEnergy #NonpolarWorld #Japan #TokyoEarthquake #Ukraine #FlamingoMissile #RussiaUkraineWar #ElNino #ClimateChange #KoreaJapan #EuropeDrought #EnergyCrisis #WorldNews