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President Lee Jae-myung and First Lady Kim Hae-kyung attend a ceremony to receive a letter of “light appointment” from 80 national representatives, at the Gwanghwamun Plaza in Sejong the Great Boulevard in Seoul on Aug. 15, symbolizing popular sovereignty coming from people on the occasion of the …
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(from left) PCPP Chmn. Lee Han-joo, PCPP Vice Chmn. Jin Sung-joon.The Presidential Committee on Policy Planning (PCPP) under the control of President Lee Jae-myung held a national briefing session at Cheongwadae on Aug. 13 and unveiled a five-year national administration plan draft, the P…
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Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon replies to a question during a meeting with reporters to mark his three years in office on July 16. (Photos: SMG)Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon said the Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) will introduce a public housing promotion fund to speed up the supply of public housing and rais…
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Gyeongsangbuk-do Gov. Lee Cheol-woo convenes over a meeting on the preparation process of the APEC 2025 Korea on Aug. 14.With over two months until the opening of the APEC 2025 Korea, Gyeongsangbuk-do has shifted into a field-center preparation with the governor inspecting major facilities and servi…
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Incheon Mayor Yoo Jeong-bok announces Incheon’s AI innovation vision at the AI vision announcement and contract signing ceremony at Incheon Startup Park in Yeonsu-gu, Incheon, on Aug. 4. (Photo: Incheon City)The Incheon City government said the municipal government plans to explore future developme…
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Export and import container cargoes that have filed up at wharves of Busan Port. (Photo: BPA)Pig hair was once one of the nation’s top 10 export items, but Korea has now become a powerhouse in advanced technology categories like semiconductors. The “miraculous development” of Korea was evide…
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The IFEZ Authority holds a ceremony in honor of the completion of the IFEZ Smart City Infrastructure Project’s Phase 1 at Songdo G-Tower on Aug. 1. Its Commissioner Yoon Won-seok and staff members pose for a commemorative photo during the ceremony. (Photo: IFEZ)The Incheon Free Economic Zone (IFEZ)…
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Gyeongju Mayor Joo Nak-young explains Gyeongju’s vision at a meeting of ranking city officials ahead of the APEC 2025 Korea. (Photos: Gyeongju City)Mayor Joo Nak-young said the municipal government has been concentrating administrative capabilities on successfully hosting the APEC 2025 Korea, slate…
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K-water President Yun Seog-dae, KITA Chmn. Yoon Jin-sik, President Jang Jae-hoon of Lotte Property and Development and COEX President Cho Sang-hyun attend a groundbreaking ceremony for a hydrothermal energy project for the World Trade Center at COEX in Samseongdong, Seoul, on July 30. (Photo: K-wate…
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한국수자원공사 관계자가 경기도 화성에 있는 AI 정수장에서 약품주입동에 구현된 ‘스마트 미러’(터치형 화면)를 보며 정수처리에 필요한 약품주입 자율공정 현황 등을 살펴보고 있다.AI 정수장은 수돗물 생산과 공급 전 과정에 인공지능(AI)을 융합한 것으로 자율 운영을 통해 자원과 에너지의 최적화를 가능케 만드는 …
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President Hong Beom-sik of LG Uplus. (Photos: LG Uplus)LG Uplus said on Oct. 23 that a paper on its in-house developed Generative AI technology “ixi-GEN” was recognized by EMNLP 2025, one of the world’s top natural language processing (NLP) confer…
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LG Uplus CISO and CPO Hong Kwan-hee explains security-first strategies at a meeting on security strategies at LG Uplus office building in Yongsan, Seoul, on July 29. (Photo: LG Uplus)LG Uplus has unveiled “U-Dok Pick AI,” combining a variety of AI …
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CEO Kim Young-shub of KT. (Photos: KT)KT said on June 12 that Palantir Chief Revenue Officer Ryan Taylor visited Korea and executives and staffers from both sides discussed the direction of specific strategies. Palantir is a software platform de…
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President Park Yoon-kyu of the National Industry Promotion Agency poses with WIS Innovation Awards winners at an awards ceremony on the sidelines of 2025 World IT Show, which took place at COEX in Seoul from April 24 to April 26. (Photo: NIPA)2025 Wo…
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