The Ministry of Strategy and Finance said that Deputy Prime Minister and MSF Chief Choi Sang-mok chaired a meeting of senior economic officials at the Government Seoul Complex in Jongno District, Seoul, on the 10th. The agenda included regu…
AI technology company Upstage announced on the 10th that it has signed a contract with FriendliAI to build translation model infrastructure based on its large language model (LLM) 'Solar'. According to Upstage, the company has released a Ko…
ICEYE, a company that operates Synthetic Aperture Radar, SAR satellites for Earth observation, announced on the 10th that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Ukraine's Ministry of Defence to strengthen cooperation in the field …
LS Cable & System announced on Oct. 10 that it will invest about 1 trillion won (about $730 million) to build the largest subsea cable factory in the United States. According to LS Cable & System, the plant will be located in Chesapeake, Vi…
The Korea Information Technology Research Institute (KITRI) received the Prime Minister's Commendation (for organizations) on the 10th at the commemorative ceremony for 'Je13hoe Jeongbo Boho Ui Nal (The 13th Information Security Day),' in r…
Everspin (CEO Ha Yeong-bin), a mobile threat defense (MTD) solutions company, announced on the 10th that its anti-hacking solution 'Eversafe Web' has been introduced at the Korea Federation of Savings Banks. According to Everspin, Eversafe …
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has laid the groundwork to push ahead with autonomous freight transport on long-distance and wide-area routes, including highways. The ministry announced on the 9th that, under the revised …
The National Intelligence Service announced on the 9th that it, along with ASD's ACSC, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the National Security Agency (NSA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the UK's…
A bill requiring building designers and construction supervisors to receive cooperation from ICT engineers during the design and supervision of ICT facilities has been submitted to the National Assembly. Rep. Kim Jeong-ho, a member of the N…
Biometric security solutions firm Union Community (CEO Shin Yo-sik) said on the 9th that its integrated security solution, UBio Alpeta, has earned a Grade 1 certification — the highest rating — from the Telecommunications Technology Associa…
The Digital Platform Government Committee said it held an "Expert Seminar for Realizing Digital Twin Korea" on the 9th at The-K Hotel Seoul in Seocho-gu, Seoul, with about 70 digital twin experts from industry, academia and research institu…
The government is moving to ease the requirements for policy loans to reduce the interest burden on victims of jeonse fraud. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport recently announced that, starting on the 10th, it will ease the …
The government will prevent the creation of illegal spam accounts, the activation of burner phones, and identity theft — all exploited as tools of voice phishing crime — while expanding ways for the public to recognize and avoid voice phish…
The Anti-corruption & Civil Rights Commission said on the 7th that it will push to integrate the administrative appeal agencies scattered across various institutions and build a government-wide one-stop online system that allows citizens to…
▲ Bae Jong-in, Director General for Planning and Coordination
