Technology
Solving Agricultural Challenges with Agri-Food Public Data and AI… Startup Competition Awards Ceremony Held
The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (Minister Song Mi-ryung) held the awards ceremony for the 11th Agriculture and Rural Public Data + AI Startup Competition at 10…
Science Ministry Visits Young AI Startups to Hear Their Challenges… Plans New Competition for First Half of Next Year
The Ministry of Science and ICT (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister Bae Kyung-hoon) visited Ventureum, a young AI startup incubator run by the Korea Telecommunications Operators Association (KTOA), on…
Incheon Startups Accelerate Global Expansion With Big Tech Backing
The I-Startup Unicorn Dream Program, through which the city of Incheon partners with world-class information technology (IT) companies to sharpen the technological edge of local startups, is now producing…
Government Launches ‘7 SEED’ Projects for Future Growth Engines… Bold Investment in Advanced Technologies
The government is launching the '7 SEED Projects' to nurture seven future advanced-technology fields — including small modular reactors (SMR), nuclear fusion, quantum, space and aviation, and advanced biotechnology…
AI Proposes Drug Candidates While Labs Verify Them… Ministry of Science and ICT Launches First Innovation Hub for AI-Based Drug Development
A circular research system in which artificial intelligence (AI) proposes new drug candidate substances, automated laboratories verify them, and the results are in turn used to train the AI…
Deep-Tech Young Founders Take the Stage at the 「2026 Science and Technology Startup Competition」… 14 Teams Selected
The Ministry of Science and ICT held the 「2026 Science and Technology Startup Competition」 at the ST Center in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, on August 12, selecting 14 outstanding (prospective) startup…
Public Procurement Service Visits AI Surgical Robot Development Site … Backing Market Access Through Innovation Procurement
The Public Procurement Service (PPS), led by Administrator Baek Seung-bo, visited RoEn Surgical Inc. (CEO Kwon Dong-soo) at the KAIST Munji Campus in Daejeon on the 13th to inspect…
Land Ministry pushes for ‘Mobile Robot Special Act’…paving the way for commercializing robots in everyday spaces
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (Minister Kim Yun-deok) is pushing to enact a 'Mobile Robot Special Act' to promote the safe use and commercialization of service robots…
Four Homegrown Sovereign AI Models All Listed Among US Epoch AI ‘Notable Models’
The Ministry of Science and ICT (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister Bae Kyung-hoon) announced on the 11th that Epoch AI, a US nonprofit AI research organization, has listed all…
Science Ministry Launches Korea’s First Industry-Academia-Research Consortium for ‘Self-Driving Labs’
The Ministry of Science and ICT (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Science and ICT Bae Kyung-hoon) announced that it held the launch ceremony for Korea's first industry-academia-research consortium…
