South Korea Technology & Innovation News

AMRs Break Free From Fixed Rails to Reshape Mobility's Future

Hyundai Motor Group's MobED and Neubility's Neubie lead Korea's autonomous mobile robot (AMR) industry, expanding beyond fixed-route AGVs into flexibl...

Workplace Platforms Expand into SNS and B2B Solutions

Korean workplace platforms Remember and Blind are expanding services, with Remember's Connect SNS topping 1 million users and Blind growing its B2B an...

Mitochondria-Based Therapy Opens New Path for Bone Regeneration

Professor Lee Yun-sil of Seoul National University has discovered that mitochondria secreted from osteoblasts promote bone regeneration, opening the d...

Korea Develops Manufacturing-Specialized Agentic AI for Factory Automation

KERI and Changwon National University developed a manufacturing-specialized agentic AI that enables multiple robots to collaborate autonomously, cutti...

Seoul National University Professor Lee Yun-sil Wins May Science Award

Seoul National University Professor Lee Yun-sil has been named the May recipient of the Korea Science and Technology Award for identifying how mitocho...

KETI Leads World's First International Standard for Autonomous Robot Charging

KETI is developing the world's first international standards for charging communications of autonomous mobile machines, with three proposals approved ...

iPhone 17 Becomes World's Best-Selling Smartphone in Q1

Apple's iPhone 17 topped global smartphone sales in Q1 with 6% market share, while the iPhone 17 Pro Max and Pro ranked second and third, according to...

Korea Grants Regulatory Exemption for AI Analysis of Severe Trauma Patients

South Korea's MSIT granted four ICT regulatory sandbox exemptions, including AI-based severe trauma patient care systems allowing CCTV footage collect...

Kakao Partners With Korean Police to Combat Phishing Crimes

Kakao signed an MOU with the Korean National Police Agency to combat phishing crimes by sharing criminal data and blocking suspected accounts to prote...

One in Six Japanese Say They Have Felt Love for AI

One in six Japanese AI users say they have felt love for AI, according to a survey of 8,200 people, as generative AI increasingly replaces human roman...

Korea Expands Post-Quantum Cryptography Pilot to Telecom, Finance, Defense

Korea's science ministry expands its post-quantum cryptography pilot to telecom, finance, transportation, defense, and space sectors, aiming for full ...

SKT Joins Global Sustainability Index for 17th Straight Year, Only Korean Telecom

SK Telecom has been included in the 2026 Dow Jones Best-in-Class Indices (DJ BIC) World Index for the 17th consecutive year, the only Korean telecom a...

Dinotisia Unveils Beta of AI-Powered Legal Search Service

Dinotisia has launched the beta of legalQ, an AI-powered natural language legal search service using agentic RAG and its Seahorse vector database, aft...

Kakao Mobility Opens Applications for AI Junior Lab 6th Cohort

Kakao Mobility is recruiting 50 middle school students nationwide for its sixth AI Junior Lab, a four-day camp focused on Physical AI, running July 29...

Samsung SDS to Build Korea Securities Depository's STO Platform

Nvidia Offers Chips, Training to Nurture SNU Robot Talent

Nvidia is providing AI chips and free training to Seoul National University engineering students in its first such initiative at a Korean university, ...

Korea's Science Awards Budget Slashed from 2.1 Billion to 1.6 Billion Won

Seoul Forum 2026 Gathers Global AI Experts to Chart Industrial Future

Korean Auto Tech Firms Race to Capture India, World's No. 3 Market

Korean auto tech firms StradVision and Telechips are expanding into India, the world's third-largest auto market, targeting trucks and motorcycles wit...