Archive

October 2026

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Google faces scrutiny over outsourced reviews of victims' removal requests Boston Dynamics unveils four-finger robot hand that can drill K-MEDI hub-supported Clickless selected for new medical technology assessment deferral

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Daegu-Gyeongbuk named Korea's first robot-specialized industrial complex Domestic particle accelerator supports Korea radioisotope exports

September 2026

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Strong Winds Could Delay Nuri's Fifth Launch Korea Launches Dedicated Institute for Numerical Weather Models KMA Starts High-Resolution Forecasts for Solar and Wind Power

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Four in Ten Working-Age Koreans Now Use Generative AI

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Korea Prepares Nationwide AI Service for 2026 Launch AI Glasses Expose New Gaps in Exam and Privacy Rules

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Gyeongbuk Moves to Build Quantum Supply Chain With IonQ and SDT Gwangju Semiconductor Cluster Faces Calls to Ease Land-Transaction Rules Former Team Leader Jailed for Taking Semiconductor Equipment Software to Rival

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AI Moves Into Korean Hiring and Performance Reviews Korean AI Agent Scores 100% in Google Mobile Task Test AI Watermark Fines Target Providers, Leaving a User Gap AI-Forged Receipts Add New Layer to Record Secondhand-Fraud Losses

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AI Data Centers Lift Regional LFP Battery Orders Gwangju Plans Two Semiconductor Fabs for 2030 Output South Gyeongsang Wildfire AI Error Rate Hits 79%Lee Sets Goal to Double Korea's Chip Output in Five Years

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Hyundai and Boston Dynamics expand Atlas factory training LS Electric puts Spot robots into regular operation at Busan plant LG and Microsoft deepen partnership around AI data centers Daegu University to open North Gyeongsang AI gifted institute Korea Railroad Research Institute expands European AI cooperation

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Kakao Brand Message spam complaints top 132,000 Factory AI delivers measurable productivity gains at Korean manufacturers Cooking robots spread to 103 expressway rest areas Samsung starts Gwangju HVAC line for AI data-center demand

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National Assembly report raises water-supply questions for Honam semiconductor cluster Labor inspections find 338 safety violations at semiconductor workplaces

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AI data-center buildout lifts attention on Korean optical-network suppliers Survey finds 57.1% of Korean AI users have shared worries or emotions with AI

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Korean researchers find two recurring brain patterns in autism models Study links North Korean nuclear tests to years of fault activity Humanoid robots assist surgeons in Samsung Medical Center demo Korea’s first food-robot research center opens in Pohang Daegu launches 420.7 billion won robotics and healthcare AX program LG executives map AI investment priorities as Nvidia partnership deepens Shinhan Bank joins Kakao consortium for public AI project

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Drone crashes disrupt Korea defense demonstration SK Telecom plans task-running AI service for December Samsung's Gumi AI data center moves toward construction Yeongju to test orchard harvesting and transport robots

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National young farmers festival opens in Daegu

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Korea cuts space-risk planning cycle from 10 years to five Chungbuk reaches funding deal on free school meals and AI-BIO gifted school Microsoft publishes interim behavior code for its next generation of AI

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Hanwha Ocean brings a 60MW floating data center concept to Gastech

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Leading mathematicians warn AI benchmark race could harm the field

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Korea raises data-breach fines to as much as 10% of sales SK and AWS push ahead with W7tn Ulsan AI data center

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Samsung opens Yokohama chip R&D hub for advanced packaging

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Gangnam Unni breach exposes sensitive treatment data of about 220,000 users Gwangju Sanjeong residents press for faster semiconductor development

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LG Uplus and GS partners develop modular AI data-center model

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Korea posts record July current-account surplus Gachon University expands AI education across every major GIST-Arm School opens as semiconductor training hub in Gwangju

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Nvidia unveils PAIR to use idle PC power for local AI Posco hiring drive puts AI and robotics talent at center

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AI smart glasses explicitly banned from CSAT Keimyung University gives students access to more than 70 generative AI models

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SK On secures 1.5 trillion won US energy-storage battery deal

August 2026

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SKT, Kakao and KT picked for nationwide free AI services Korea unveils K-Fold, an open drug-design AI aimed at reducing reliance on foreign models

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SK Hynix starts Indiana HBM plant with 2029 production target Daegu-Gyeongbuk picked for four strategic growth industries

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Pangyo tests Korea’s first remote-driving demonstration Baekseok University plans AI Korean-learning tools for foreign students

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KAIST plans AI-free zones for humanities and basic science classes Semiconductor special account opens a funding route for the Honam chip cluster

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Korea sets new national AI ethics principles

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Nvidia signals AI server price increases of more than 15%Jeonbuk sets Korea’s first school guidelines for generative AI Korean report argues sovereign AI should focus on operational control, not total self-reliance

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Service robots are moving into Korean apartment complexes Incheon targets autonomous-driving rollout in Cheongna, Yeongjong and Songdo Samsung sets record shareholder-return range as AI chip profits surge

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LS Electric's all-DC factory points to a new power model for the AI era

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AI services will reach 120,000 vulnerable and rural high-school students Gangwon industrial electricity prices are set to fall 8%

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Six teams enter Korea's 'Everyone's AI' race as telecom and platform groups form alliances LG and Nvidia target 100,000 hours of humanoid training data

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Busan Indie Connect opens with hundreds of games and a bigger job than simply entertaining fans