SEOUL, Jun. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – In a legal dispute surrounding the planned closure of Myongji University’s Go department, the only such program in the world, a court has rejected a request by professors and students to suspend the university’s admission plan that would discontinue new student enrollment. According to legal circles, the Seoul Southern District [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The world’s only college department for the game of Go, known as “baduk” in South Korea, is about to disappear, sparking a protest from the Go community. The Korea Baduk Association released a statement signed by 408 professional Go players, asking Myongji University to reconsider its plan to shut [...]
SINAN, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean Go icon Lee Se-dol closed out his illustrious career on Saturday with a second consecutive loss to home-developed artificial intelligence (AI) program HanDol. HanDol, developed by South Korea’s NHN Entertainment Corp., took down the 36-year-old master after 181 stones in Lee’s final match, held in his hometown [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean Go master Lee Se-dol dropped a match against home-developed artificial intelligence (AI) program HanDol on Thursday, as his retirement match series became knotted at one game apiece. Lee had defeated HanDol, developed by South Korea’s NHN Entertainment Corp., in Wednesday’s match after opening with a two-stone advantage. [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — In the first match of his retirement series, South Korean Go master Lee Se-dol defeated home-developed artificial intelligence (AI) program HanDol on Wednesday. Lee secured the victory after 92 stones thanks to an early blunder by HanDol, a program developed by South Korea’s NHN Entertainment Corp. Lee announced his [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — When South Korean Go master Lee Se-dol plays his retirement match later Wednesday against an artificial intelligence (AI) program, an amateur player will be behind the computer to place stones. Lee, who famously defeated AlphaGo of Google’s DeepMind in 2016, will be up against HanDol, a program developed by [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean Go master Lee Se-dol, who retired from professional Go competition last week after gaining worldwide fame in 2016 as the only human to defeat the artificial intelligence (AI) Go player AlphaGo, said his retirement was primarily motivated by the invincibility of AI Go programs. “With the debut [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean Go master Lee Se-dol, who is the only human to score a win against the artificial intelligence (AI) Go player AlphaGo, retired Tuesday. The 36-year-old officially retired from Go competition by submitting his letter of retirement to the Korea Baduk Association, which overseas Go professionals in South [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean Go master Lee Se-dol, who was famously defeated by Google’s artificial intelligence program AlphaGo, said Tuesday that he might retire at the end of this year. Lee, 36, made the surprising announcement after he fell to his Chinese rival Ke Jie in a special match at a [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Baduk, the Korean term for the Chinese board game “go”, is experiencing heightened popularity in Turkey, especially among female players. This was evidenced by the 77-strong female turnout for a baduk tournament hosted at the Middle East Technical University from December 23 to 24. The competition was hosted with [...]