Regulation & Power
Yangcheon’s skywalk-and-fireworks program looks like tourism—but it concentrates data, real-time authority, and vendor access where Seoul’s municipal AI power will sit.
Regulation & Power
Vietnam is rewriting FDI rules to prioritize AI, semiconductors, and green data centers. Resolution No. 10 pairs richer incentives with stricter tech-transfer, R&D, and ESG obligations—shaping entry risk for global investors.
Regulation & Power
Vietnam is racing to digitize fisheries control to clear the EU’s IUU ‘yellow card.’ A unified, AI-enabled traceability stack could reset seafood compliance—and export AI mandates via trade.
Regulation & Power
Korea’s AI Act will matter only if watchdogs can enforce it. Fragmented mandates, thin budgets, and procurement choices now shape compliance risk for global firms.
Regulation & Power
Illinois’ 2028 audit mandate spotlights Korea’s looming gap: if Seoul mirrors audit-style rules for AI, who accredits and runs them—and how does this reshape compliance and geopolitics?
Regulation & Power
Kookmin University’s sweep of an OEM-backed AV hackathon shows how Korea’s university–industry pipeline may prefigure road-testing rules. For global OEMs, it’s a readout on coming software safety metrics.
Regulation & Power
Da Nang’s hotel-tech forum is more than matchmaking: it previews how Vietnam will enforce AI in data-heavy tourism—procurement, localization, and safety included.
Regulation & Power
U.S. Section 301 tariffs tied to forced-labor findings now cover Korea at up to 12.5%. That changes costs and routing for chips and AI server parts—and Seoul is already gaming responses.
Regulation & Power
VietnamPlus spotlighted Indonesia’s heritage repatriation and creative economy plans. That editorial choice signals how Hanoi may frame AI-era cultural data, provenance rules, and platform obligations—without new laws.
Regulation & Power
South Korea’s Navy ran a combat experiment with KAIST’s PIBOT humanoid helmsman. It signals how demographics are wiring AI into defense—and how rules on safety, data, and exports will follow.