- First MSIT budget under the Lee Jae Myung administration totals KRW 23.7 trillion, up 12.9% from this year’s budget; R&D budget set at KRW 11.8 trillion, up 21.6% - Four investment priorities: ...

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources (MOTIR, Minister JK Kim) will host InterBattery 2026, Korea’s largest international battery exhibition, at COEX in Seoul from March 11 to 13, 2026. Now in ...

The Financial Services Commission announced that the Act on the Protection of Virtual Asset Users, which intends to establish a sound order in the virtual asset market and ensure protection for users, ...

Parasite, Oldboy, Squid Game, BTS, Blackpink. They may seem like isolated phenomena, but they are all examples of a cultural frenzy that has propelled South Korean pop entertainment to the center of ...

The highly anticipated grand event in the K-POP dance world is back again this summer holiday, and everyone’s eagerly waiting to see it! All you K-POP dancers out there — are you ready?!! Co-hosted by ...

May 1, aka May Day or International Labor Day, celebrates the value of work around the world. Yet the occasion honors something else: the day when a massive landfill on the small island Nanjido in ...

The launch of the K-Humanoid Alliance seeks to make the nation a global superpower in humanoid robots by 2030 through active government support. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy on April 10 ...

Korea's largest theme park Everland through Dec. 31 runs a "KPop Demon Hunters" zone and stamp event. I took part in the latter event on Nov. 3. The theme zone was created through the collaboration ...

- All participating teams demonstrated strong capabilities and meaningful ambition, and are expected to help expand Korea’s AI ecosystem across multiple fronts - The project now moves into full-scale ...

Ministry of SMEs and Startups Announces Fabless Startup Comprehensive Support Project SEJONG – On February 11, the Ministry of SMEs and Startups (MSS) announced the launch of the Fabless Startup ...

The Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT, Minister Bae Kyunghoon) announced that, at the plenary session of the Presidential Advisory Council on Science and Technology (PACST, chaired by the President) ...

The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (MOF; Minister Kang Do-hyung) announced that Korea’s trade ports handled a record-breaking container volume of 31.73 million TEUs. The figure represents a 5.3% ...