Regulation & Power
Korea may strip prosecutors of investigative powers, rerouting AI and platform cases to police and regulators. Raids, algorithm audits, and data probes could change—raising new risks for global firms.
Regulation & Power
Seoul is using a defense remembrance moment to knit AI procurement with export controls, elevating memory as a lever. That could change rules for Samsung, SK hynix, and foreign vendors targeting Korea’s defense AI stack.
Regulation & Power
Seoul is using a defense remembrance moment to knit AI procurement with export controls, elevating memory as a lever. That could change rules for Samsung, SK hynix, and foreign vendors targeting Korea’s defense AI stack.
Regulation & Power
Seoul is using a defense remembrance moment to knit AI procurement with export controls, elevating memory as a lever. That could change rules for Samsung, SK hynix, and foreign vendors targeting Korea’s defense AI stack.
Business Adoption
LG’s record Q2 pairs AI-infused appliances with vehicle electronics, revealing how embedded AI, data services, and OEM contracts can compound margins beyond hardware cycles.
Regulation & Power
Seoul is considering a law forcing delivery and ride-hailing apps to disclose job, pay, and deactivation logic. If enacted, it offers a concrete, enforceable model for algorithmic accountability that platforms may have to copy across Asia.
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
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.
Business Adoption
LG Chem is retooling for AI and electrification, expanding semiconductor packaging and advanced cathodes. The move offers a read on where value will accrue as compute and EV cycles converge.
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?