South Korea named a combined-cycle gas power plant in Encinal, Texas, as the first project under its $350 billion US investment package, with the government projecting a return of up to $45 billion ov…
South Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said Monday it will co-host a forum Tuesday at the National Assembly on copyright and licensing challenges for AI-assisted music, organized with t…
South Korea proposed a record 821 trillion won ($597 billion) budget for 2027, a 12.8% increase, including 2.6 trillion won ($1.9 billion) for semiconductor funding to bolster its AI chip industry. Th…
The Korea Music Copyright Association (KOMCA) withdrew its AI-assisted music registration rule on 25 August, when its board voted to rescind the amendments governing work registration and related trus…
South Korea's Ministry of Planning and Budget announced Friday the launch of a 'Future Fund' financed by 'windfall revenue' from increased tax collection driven by the AI boom, aiming to boost long-te…
France is channeling over €109 billion into domestic AI infrastructure and excluding US providers like OpenAI from key public-sector contracts, instead awarding work to homegrown companies such as Mis…
South Korean lawmakers are moving to criminalize AI-generated sexual content featuring entirely fictional personas after the Uijeongbu District Court acquitted a man who distributed deepfake nude imag…
South Korean lawmakers proposed a bill to criminalize AI-generated pornography featuring fictional characters after a court in Goyang acquitted a man accused of distributing deepfake images in a Teleg…
South Korea's National Assembly referred Bill 2212918, which would criminalize AI-generated sexually explicit depictions of realistic fictional people, to a subcommittee on July 27, 2026. The proposal…
South Korea's National Assembly is reviewing a bill, introduced by Rep. Huh Young and nine other lawmakers of the Democratic Party of Korea, that would criminalize the creation, distribution, and poss…
South Korea's government is considering a Future Response Fund to finance technologies for the next economic cycle, leveraging the current AI-memory boom that has boosted exports and tax revenue. The …
South Korea's government proposed a 2027 official development assistance (ODA) budget of 6.3 trillion won ($4.6 billion), an increase of 871.2 billion won from this year, during a meeting chaired by P…
South Korea's ruling Democratic Party and the government agreed Tuesday to use additional tax revenue from a semiconductor boom to invest in youth and regional development under the 2027 budget plan. …
Han Seong-sook was sworn in as South Korea's first female prime minister in two decades, succeeding Kim Min-seok. She pledged to ease regulations for AI and tech innovation, and to promote shared econ…
Newly appointed Prime Minister Han Seong-sook vowed to fast-track South Korea's artificial intelligence push on her first day in office, aiming to position the country as a leader in the AI era. She p…
SPHERE AX signed an MOU with Blaize Holdings to collaborate on edge AI products, targeting smart cities, factories, security, robotics, and mobility. The partnership aims to combine Blaize's AI semico…
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung nominated Han Seong-sook, currently minister of SMEs and startups, as prime minister nominee, citing her IT and startup experience as suited to lead an 'AI transfo…
Prime Minister nominee Han Seong-sook faced a confirmation hearing at the National Assembly on Thursday amid controversies over a personal data leak and multiple homes. Han pledged to focus on AI tran…
SPHERE AX signed a memorandum of understanding with Blaize Holdings to jointly develop and commercialize edge AI semiconductor products, targeting smart cities, factories, robotics, and mobility. The …