South Korea Technology & Innovation News

Telecom Carriers Turn to Physical AI Trials for New Growth

SK Telecom and KT have begun building next-generation "Hyper-AI Networks" to run physical AI robots at high-risk industrial sites such as shipyards an...

Korea Overhauls Cybersecurity Industry Law After a Decade

KISA launches a comprehensive review of Korea's Information Security Industry Act after a decade, targeting the security disclosure system amid rising...

Daewoong Pharmaceutical's Parental Leave Return Rate Hits 96% on Career Support System

SKT, KT Launch AI-RAN Project at Core of Korea's 'AI Highway'

SK Telecom and KT were selected to build AI-RAN pilot networks for Korea's "AI highway" initiative, with 17.2 billion won invested over two years to t...

Seoul Science High Sweeps Gold at International Physics Olympiad, Tops Overall

Five Seoul Science High School students won gold at the 56th International Physics Olympiad in Colombia, with Oh Ju-ha ranking No. 1 overall. Korea al...

Proteina Invests 3.4 Billion Won in ABX to Expand AI-Based Antibody Design

Proteina will invest 3.4 billion won in ABX Biosciences and become its largest shareholder to expand AI-based de novo antibody drug design and large-s...

SAP Unveils 'Autonomous Enterprise' Vision at Korea AI Tour 2026

SAP Korea introduced its new "Autonomous Enterprise" business model at SAP NOW AI Tour Korea 2026, featuring AI agents and client cases from Samsung E...

Celltrion Retains Top 'AAA' Grade in Customs Trade Safety Certification

Celltrion retained the top "AAA" grade in the Korea Customs Service's AEO renewal review, the only pharmaceutical and bio company among 20 firms to ho...

CJ Olive Networks Wins Next-Generation UHD, AI Broadcast Van Project

CJ Olive Networks won a project to build a next-generation UHD and AI broadcast van for sports marketing firm Next Creative, integrating ultra-high-de...

ESTsoft Joins Korea's National 'AI for All' Project

ESTsoft (047560) joins Korea's national "AI for All" project, leveraging its Perso AI, Alan, ALTools, ALYac, and zum services and over 30 million soft...

Kwangdong Pharmaceutical Trains Nationwide Staff in First Aid, CPR

Kwangdong Pharmaceutical conducted first aid and CPR training for about 770 employees at its headquarters and nationwide branches to strengthen emerge...

Peptron CEO Buys 10,000 Shares on Open Market

Peptron CEO Choi Ho-il is buying 10,000 shares on the open market, raising his stake to 7.19%, in a move to boost shareholder value amid controversy o...

Wemade Max Invests in Indie Game Publisher to Boost IP Portfolio

Wemade Max has made a strategic investment in Redbrick House, Korea's first indie game publisher, to discover promising developers and secure new IP f...

Innogrid Launches Development of Integrated Quantum Computer Monitoring System

Innogrid, SDT, and Korea University have launched a consortium to develop an integrated monitoring system for superconducting quantum computers under ...

NHN Launches Recruitment-Linked Hackathon to Find AI Game Talent

NHN launches "NAN 2026," a recruitment-linked hackathon to find AI game talent. Open to anyone aged 19+, with 50 million won grand prize and jobs for ...

Com2uS Teams Up With Hosigi Chicken for Summoners War Event

Com2uS is running a four-week collaboration event between "Summoners War" and chicken franchise Hosigi Two-Chicken through next month's 10th, offering...

iPhone 18 Prices May Rise Sharply on Memory Cost Surge

Apple's iPhone 18 series may see price hikes, with the Pro Max's component costs projected to rise $300 amid a global memory shortage driven by AI ser...

Samsung Adopts Google's Gemini Enterprise for Global DX Staff

Samsung Electronics is adopting Google Cloud's Gemini Enterprise AI service for its DX division employees worldwide, in what Google Cloud calls the la...

Young Civil Servants Use AI to Transform Government Work