{"slug": "jeonbuk-national-university-partners-with-sk-ax-to-become-leading-ai-hub", "title": "Jeonbuk National University partners with SK AX to become leading AI hub university", "summary": "Jeonbuk National University signed an MOU with SK AX to become a leading AI hub university, aiming to build an AI industry ecosystem and nurture industry-ready professionals. The partnership will drive innovation in AI education and industry-academia collaboration.", "body_md": "Jeonbuk National University has forged a strategic partnership with SK AX, an artificial intelligence (AI)-focused technology firm, to strengthen its position as a leading AI hub university and cultivate industry-ready AI professionals. The university said it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the company Monday to build an AI industry ecosystem and collaborate on the AI hub university initiative. The agreement was signed by Yang O-bong, president of the university, and Kim Wan-jong, president of SK AX, an affiliate of SK Group, at the university’s campus in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province. Under the MOU, the two sides will set up a cooperative framework to drive innovation in AI education and promote industry-academia collaboration. “AI capacity is a critical driver of a nation’s future competitiveness,” Yang said. “Building on this partnership, we will strengthen cooperation with SK AX to nurture industry-ready AI professionals and establish a new benchmark for innovation in education and industry-academia collaboration as a leading AI hub university.” The univers", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/jeonbuk-national-university-partners-with-sk-ax-to-become-leading-ai-hub", "canonical_source": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/education/20260707/jeonbuk-national-university-partners-with-sk-ax-to-become-leading-ai-hub-university?utm_source=rss", "published_at": "2026-07-07 02:27:03+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-07 02:31:10.360173+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Jeonbuk National University", "SK AX", "SK Group", "Yang O-bong", "Kim Wan-jong"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/jeonbuk-national-university-partners-with-sk-ax-to-become-leading-ai-hub", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/jeonbuk-national-university-partners-with-sk-ax-to-become-leading-ai-hub.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/jeonbuk-national-university-partners-with-sk-ax-to-become-leading-ai-hub.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/jeonbuk-national-university-partners-with-sk-ax-to-become-leading-ai-hub.jsonld"}}