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South Korea's Former First Lady Jailed for Bribery; UK Government Launches Free AI Training; Texas Mother Mourns Sons Lost in Frozen Pond
Kim Keon Hee, the former first lady of South Korea, was sentenced to 20 months in jail for accepting bribes from the controversial Unification Church, according to BBC World News. The sentencing marks the first time in South Korea's history that a former first lady has been jailed. In other news, the UK government launched a series of free AI training courses aimed at helping adults learn how to use the technology at work, BBC Technology reported. Meanwhile, in Bonham, Texas, a mother is mourning the loss of her three young sons who died after falling through ice on a private pond, according to BBC World News.
Kim Keon Hee, 52, was also ordered to return a diamond necklace and pay back 12.85 million won (approximately $9,400 USD). The court cleared her on charges of stock price manipulation and receiving free opinion polls from a political broker before the 2022 presidential election, which her husband, Yoon Suk Yeol, won. Yoon Suk Yeol has already been sentenced to five years in jail for abusing power and obstructing justice in relation to his failed martial law bid in 2024.
In the United Kingdom, the government's AI training initiative aims to reach 10 million workers by 2030. The online lessons will provide advice on how to prompt chatbots and use them to assist with administrative tasks. The government called it the most ambitious training scheme since the launch of the Open University in 1971. However, the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) warned that workers will need more than just chatbot prompting skills as the workforce adapts to the growth of AI. "Skills for the age of AI can't be just how to prompt a chatbot," the IPPR stated, according to BBC Technology.
The tragedy in Bonham, Texas, unfolded on Monday when three brothers, aged six, eight, and nine, fell through the ice on a private pond. Cheyenne Hangaman, the boys' mother, told CBS News, the BBC's US partner, that she tried to rescue them but the ice kept breaking. "There was three of them and only one of me... that's why I couldn't save them," she said. Hangaman urged families to "make sure that you hold your kids tight, always tell them that you love them," according to BBC World News.
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