South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT announced a call for private cloud service providers to bid for supplying and operating advanced GPUs, with the aim of boosting domestic AI infrastructure. The program targets cloud-based GPU services that can be deployed and run in Korea. GPUs are the core

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon says he will not skip the June 3 local elections or run as an independent, but he cannot yet register as a People Power Party candidate because the party has not produced an “Innovation Campaign Committee” and other reform measures he considers essential. Oh told reporters

South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT announced the next year’s direction for national R&D funding, focusing on securing strategic technologies such as artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and quantum computing. The plan was approved at the National Science and Technology Advisory Council’s 80th operating committee meeting,

Seoul announced a bold shift in its 2027 national R&D investment plan, designating artificial intelligence, advanced biotechnology, quantum technology, and space as strategic priorities. The Science Ministry’s plan aims to deliver tangible benefits to citizens by concentrating public funding on mission-driven research and strengthening private-public collaboration to

South Korea’s main opposition Democratic Party (DP) leader Jeong Cheong-rae said on Tuesday that the party will mobilize every available means to respond strongly to rumors of a “deal to drop charges” that circulated around a media program. Jeong spoke first at an on-site DP leadership meeting in Incheon,

Incheon City announced on the 12th that it signed a memorandum of understanding with ten local medical institutions to activate an integrated discharge-care system linked to the community. The signing brought together public and private hospitals operating in the Incheon area, including Gilh Hospital, Inha University Hospital, Incheon St. Mary’

Seoul — The Supreme Court of South Korea has finalized the verdict in the case against Rep. Yang Moon-seok of the Democratic Party, who had been convicted in the first and second trials on charges linked to an illegal loan totaling around 1.1 billion won. The court upheld most of

NCSoft unveiled its 2026 management strategy at a briefing at the Pangyo R&D Center in Seongnam on March 12, outlining a broad pivot from a MMORPG-heavy lineup toward new genres and a stronger mobile casual business as the main growth engine. Co-CEO Park Byung-mu said the company aims

A Tokyo-based newspaper reported on December 12 that the THAAD system installed in Seongju, North Gyeongsang Province, has been removed and is expected to be redeployed to the Middle East, citing South Korean sources. THAAD, installed in Korea since 2017, is a U.S.-led missile defense system intended to

The Korea Meteorological Administration says that Friday the 13th will bring differing conditions across the peninsula. Central regions are expected to be mostly clear, turning cloudy in the afternoon, while southern regions and Jeju Island will see occasional cloudiness. Morning rain is forecast for Busan and Ulsan, with rain or