Quebec upgraded its Seoul office to a full delegation in 2024, aiming to deepen partnerships with Korea in AI, batteries, aerospace, and innovation. The province views Korea as a key strategic partner…
Korea must look beyond current record profits from Samsung and SK hynix in the AI boom to build new economic strengths, as the early internet era shows such booms are not indefinite. Politicians risk …
An elderly woman in Seoul unknowingly sends her bank statement to a server in California when using ChatGPT to explain a transaction, highlighting a widespread data sovereignty risk in Korean finance …
Woori Bank and other financial institutions are adopting AI-driven transformation, but without tight governance, machine learning models risk automating social exclusion by embedding historical biases…
Han Seong-sook, Korea's soon-to-be prime minister, is expected to accelerate the country's AI transformation as President Lee Jae Myung pushes to make Korea a top-three AI power. The parliamentary com…
South Korea faces intensified summer labor disputes as unionized workers demand profit-sharing from AI and semiconductor sectors, compounded by the new 'yellow envelope law' that expands bargaining ri…
President Lee Jae Myung on Monday was set to unveil large-scale investment plans in advanced tech, including a new chip cluster, as Korea seeks to secure competitiveness in the AI era. Samsung Electro…
Casimir Agossou, a foreign entrepreneur from Benin, founded Acafo, an AI-based platform to help international job seekers navigate Korea's competitive employment landscape, drawing from his own decade…
OpenAI has expanded its ChatGPT advertising pilot program to Korea, making it the sixth market to feature ads. Ads will appear only for free and Go tier adult users, while paid plan users remain ad-fr…
Korea's Institute of Information & Communications Technology Planning & Evaluation (IITP) recognized the growth of the domestic AI chip ecosystem as the country's top R&D achievement in IT. IITP Presi…
Korea's drug safety watchdog completed its first international joint review of a biopharmaceutical product alongside European and global regulators under the OPEN framework, easing regulatory bottlene…
Slovakia is positioning itself as a key hub for Korean investment in Europe, shifting focus from traditional manufacturing to high-value sectors like robotics, AI, and semiconductors, according to Slo…
President Lee Jae Myung left Italy on Tuesday for Evian-les-Bains, France, to attend the G7 summit, after holding talks with Italian leaders and the Pope. The trip aims to expand Korea's diplomatic ou…
U.S. and Israeli forces used AI, data fusion, cloud computing and decision-support systems to rapidly identify and strike targets across Iran during Operation Epic Fury, signaling a shift in military …
Anthropic banned foreign nationals from accessing its advanced AI models Fable 5 and Mythos 5 following a U.S. government order, citing export control measures to prevent misuse. The restriction has i…
Card companies and financial regulators in Korea are responding to a surge in fraudulent charges for OpenAI's ChatGPT Pro subscription service, with 858 of 1,368 transactions this month—worth about 25…
SK Telecom plans to build a gigawatt-scale AI Cloud in Korea using the NVIDIA DSX platform, with the first AI factory scheduled to come online in 2027. The infrastructure will power sovereign, physica…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang arrived in Seoul on a four-day visit Monday, declaring robotics and physical AI as Korea's next major growth sector. The visit aims to expand Nvidia's relationship with Korea b…
South Korea’s trade surplus with China surged to $3.8 billion in May, swinging from a $764 million deficit in December 2025, driven by a 243 percent jump in semiconductor exports amid booming AI deman…
Deputy Prime Minister and Science and ICT Minister Bae Kyung-hoon on Friday touted expanded AI infrastructure, record R&D spending of 35.5 trillion won, and regulatory reforms as key first-year achiev…