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Seoul Economic Daily Reaches Finals in 3 Categories at Global Media Innovation Awards

Seoul Economic Daily has been named a finalist in three categories at the 2026 Digital Media Awards (DMA) hosted by the World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA). WAN-IFRA announced the finalis...

Published 2026.03.20. 20:52:46 | By Seungho Woo

Seoul Economic Daily's AI Newsletter Challenges FT's 1.6M-Subscriber Empire

Seoul Economic Daily's AI newsletter "AI PRISM (Personalized Report & Insight Summarizing Media)" has been named a finalist in the Best Newsletter cat...

Published 2026.03.20. 20:31:00 | By Seungho Woo

Seoul Economic Daily's AI Tool Reaches Global Innovation Award Finals

SEOUL — Seoul Economic Daily's newsroom AI tool "AI NOVA (News Orchestrating Vivid Agent)" has been named a finalist in the "Most Innovative Digital P...

Published 2026.03.20. 20:06:37 | By Seungho Woo

Seoul Economic Daily's AI LINK Reaches Global Media Award Finals

Seoul Economic Daily's AI journalism ecosystem "AI LINK (Let News Flow)" has been named a finalist in the "Best AI-driven News Product" category at th...

Published 2026.03.20. 19:29:20 | By Seungho Woo

Privacy Commission Appoints Ko Nak-jun as Prevention Mediation Director

The Personal Information Protection Commission announced the following personnel appointment: △Prevention and Mediation Review Director: Ko Nak-jun...

Published 2026.03.20. 16:12:18 | By Lee Jin-seok

Uber Launches Custom Pick-up Service for BTS Comeback Concert

Uber Taxi announced on the 20th that it will provide various services in preparation for a large influx of domestic and international tourists at the ...

Published 2026.03.20. 15:48:40 | By Lee Jin-seok

Korea Extends Facial Recognition Phone Activation Pilot Through June

The Ministry of Science and ICT announced on the 20th that it will extend the pilot operation of facial authentication procedures for mobile phone act...

Published 2026.03.20. 15:48:06 | By Kim Ki-hyuk

Krafton Chairman Chang Buys $7M in Company Stock

Krafton Chairman Chang Byung-gyu, the company's founder and board leader, is purchasing approximately 10 billion won ($7.2 million) worth of company s...

Published 2026.03.20. 11:36:48 | By Kim Tae-young

KAIST Professor Becomes First Asian Fellow of European Academy of Microbiology

KAIST Distinguished Professor Lee Sang-yup has been elected as a Fellow of the European Academy of Microbiology (EAM). KAIST announced on the 20th th...

Published 2026.03.20. 11:33:44 | By Seo Ji-hye

Kakao Mobility Ramps Up Hiring for Autonomous Driving Engineers

Kakao Mobility is recruiting R&D talent to internalize next-generation autonomous driving core technologies. The company announced on the 20th that i...

Published 2026.03.20. 10:59:00 | By Kim Tae-young

Genians to Showcase Security Solutions at RSA Conference 2026

Cybersecurity firm Genians will participate in RSA Conference 2026, the world's largest cybersecurity exhibition. Genians announced on the 20th that ...

Published 2026.03.20. 09:36:08 | By Kim Tae-young

LG Uplus Wins Minister Award for 'Simple. Lab' Ad Campaign

LG Uplus (032640) announced on the 20th that its brand campaign advertisement 'Simple. Lab' won the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Award (Dig...

Published 2026.03.20. 08:59:44 | By Kim Ki-hyuk

Pearl Abyss Launches 'Crimson Desert' After Seven Years of Development

Pearl Abyss (263750) globally launched its new title 'Crimson Desert' on May 20 (Korea time). The game is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S...

Published 2026.03.20. 08:06:36 | By Roh Hyun-sub

Uijeongbu City Launches Three-Stage Startup Support System

**AI PRISM* Customized Economic Briefing** *Editor's note: 'AI PRISM' (Personalized Report & Insight Summarizing Media) is an AI-based customized new...

Published 2026.03.20. 06:58:01 | By Kang Do-won

BOK July Rate Hike Scenario Emerges Amid War-Driven Inflation Fears

**AI PRISM Customized Economic Briefing** *Editor's note: 'AI PRISM' (Personalized Report & Insight Summarizing Media) is an AI-based customized news...

Published 2026.03.20. 06:55:43 | By Kang Do-won

Teletubbies Launch TikTok Live 'Gift Master' Event in Korea

Global beloved characters Teletubbies are appearing on TikTok Live with various events. TikTok announced on the 20th that it will hold the TikTok Liv...

Published 2026.03.20. 06:30:05 | By Kim Tae-young

Korea Space Agency Sends Delegation to Brazil to Expand Aviation Cooperation

Korea Aerospace Administration (KASA) announced it dispatched a public-private delegation to Brazil from the 16th to the 19th to discuss ways to expan...

Published 2026.03.20. 06:16:05 | By Kim Ki-hyuk

CJ OliveNetworks Launches First-Half Recruitment Drive Across 12 Job Categories

CJ OliveNetworks announced on the 20th that it will conduct open recruitment for new employees in the first half of 2026. The recruitment covers 12 a...

Published 2026.03.20. 06:01:05 | By Kim Tae-ho

Bespin Global Partners with KB Life for AI-Powered Insurance Underwriting

Bespin Global, a company specializing in artificial intelligence services and solutions, announced it is partnering with KB Life to improve insurance ...

Published 2026.03.20. 05:30:05 | By Kim Ji-young

AMD CEO Signals Priority GPU Supply to Korea, Challenging Nvidia's Dominance

AMD CEO Lisa Su said on May 19 that priority supply of the company's latest GPUs to Korea is "possible," as the world's second-largest graphics proces...

Published 2026.03.19. 19:59:05 | By Kim Tae-ho