Regulation & Power
Upstage’s Solar Open 2, a state-backed open-weight MoE model, blends efficiency and permissive access to cut reliance on U.S. clouds—signaling Korea’s distinct AI sovereignty play.
Regulation & Power
Vietnam just ran a nationwide, non-profit film week across every state-run cinema. It’s more than commemoration—it’s scaffolding for AI-era content governance that platforms and studios must understand.
Regulation & Power
Hanoi’s revival of the Dien Bien Phu narrative across cinemas and festivals is doubling as a template for AI-era information governance—reshaping platform obligations and enterprise risk.
Regulation & Power
South Korea’s new Fake News Act sets rapid takedowns and steep damages for manipulated content amid a surge in AI deepfakes. Its enforcement—and court tests—may set a template or warning for speech governance beyond the EU and US.
Regulation & Power
Vietnam’s 14th Central Committee is revising Party member prohibitions. Internal discipline often becomes state policy—raising near-term risk for AI content, data flows, and platforms operating in Vietnam.
Regulation & Power
Anthropic’s $1.5B U.S. settlement is now the price tag in Seoul’s AI debate. Korea’s regulators weigh TDM rules, creator compensation, and provenance duties—raising cross‑border compliance stakes.
Regulation & Power
Hanoi just framed AI-amplified “cognitive warfare” as a national security threat. Expect tighter platform duties, faster takedowns, and new AI content rules—an approach other emerging markets may copy.
Regulation & Power
A multi-day blaze at Coupang’s Incheon warehouse is a stress test for Korea’s AI-age safety regime, from SAPA executive liability to black-box data access and design rules for automated sites.
Regulation & Power
Vietnam is moving from statute to enforcement on data localization and cross‑border transfers, pushing AI workloads toward domestic clouds and changing risk for foreign platforms.
Regulation & Power
Korea’s first hosting of UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee in Busan is not just ceremony—it’s an opening to steer digital heritage, IP, and AI norms with global knock-on effects.