South Korean media report that SK Hynix and its union have reached a preliminary wage agreement.

Russia's ambassador to Sweden Sergey Belyayev told RIA on the 18th that Sweden has detained multiple cargo ships serving Russian interests since late 2025, calling the actions politically motivated and in breach of international maritime law. He said Sweden has relied on allegations the vessels flew false flags but has produced no substantive charges and that the detentions are intended to pressure commercial operators involved in Russia's foreign trade. AFP reported earlier this month that Swedish court documents show a previously detained freighter will be handed over to Ukraine, accused of transporting grain from Russian-occupied areas.

OpenAI said it has paused inference of Frontier models capable of executing code in its research cluster following the Hugging Face incident.