The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced that it will appoint Daelim University professor Hwang Geum-suk as director of the National Library for the Disabled, effective the 31st. The new director's term is two years. The new di…
The three mobile carriers—SK Telecom (SKT), KT and LGU+—announced on the 31st that the 'Mobile Driver's License Verification Service' on their identity verification app 'PASS' now carries the same legal effect as a physical driver's license…
The National Intelligence Service announced on the 31st that it provided prosecutors and police with information on Lee (in his 30s, Chinese national) and Choi (in his 30s, South Korean national), the ringleaders of two China-based voice ph…
The Ministry of the Interior and Safety announced that it will open a public comment period on the 31st for a revised bill to the Official Information Disclosure Act, aiming to minimize unfair, malicious requests for information disclosure …
Rep. Lee Dal-hui of the National Assembly's Public Administration and Security Committee recently revealed that as phishing crimes using text messages become more sophisticated and damage spreads, the number of smishing crimes has tripled o…
Rep. Song Ok-ju, a member of the National Assembly's Agriculture, Food, Rural Affairs and Fisheries Committee, visited the site of the Aricell plant fire in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi on the 25th to meet with bereaved families of the victims and ho…
Gyeonggi Global announced on the 26th that it held a "360° Smart Video Center construction kickoff briefing" in the Disaster Safety Situation Room on the 25th. According to the province, it is constructing the '360° Smart Video Center,' an …
Incheon Metropolitan City announced on the 26th that it held a kickoff briefing meeting for the '2029 Incheon Smart City Planning Service' on the 25th, aiming to realize a next-generation smart city for balanced development of old and new c…
◆ Section Chief-level transfers: ▲ Communications Resources Policy Section Chief Kim Jang-ho, ▲ R&D Feasibility Review Team Leader Lee Jeong-su, ▲ Digital Inclusion Policy Team Leader Lee Eun-gyu
LAVARWAVE (CEO Kim Jun-yeop), a company specializing in digital crime response, announced on the 26th that an employee in charge of its webcam phishing response and victim protection solutions has been selected as a member of the government…
◆ Director-general-level promotions ▲ Lee Eun-yeong, Director of Research Outcomes Innovation Bureau ▲ Kim Dong-ju, Head of Postal Savings Business Group, Korea Post
AliExpress, which failed to notify users of information required by the Personal Information Protection Act, such as "the country to which personal information is transferred" and "the name (corporate name) and contact information of the re…
The Defense Acquisition Program Administration announced on Oct. 24 that it will appoint Shin Sang-beom, director of the Security and Disaster Safety Research Institute at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), as head of DTa…
The battlefield domain is expanding beyond the traditional physical realm into cyberspace and the cognitive domain. Experts from a wide range of defense-related fields gathered together to explore ways of protecting citizens' lives and prop…
The Institute for National Security Strategy (INSS) recently published an Issue Brief report (No. 576) titled "Cybersecurity Implications and Lessons of the New Russia-North Korea Treaty." In the report, Kim So-jeong, a senior research fell…
