JEJU, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeju Island will begin deploying artificial intelligence–powered police drones in local law enforcement operations next year, marking South Korea’s first application of AI drone technology in autonomous policing, officials said on Thursday. The Jeju Autonomous Police Committee held a public demonstration of the new “AI public safety drones” at the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s National Assembly took a major step toward expanding climate protections on Thursday, approving a bill that formally defines “climate-vulnerable populations” and requires the government to prioritize their safety in national climate policy. The Special Committee on the Climate Crisis passed a bipartisan amendment to the country’s Carbon Neutrality [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s ruling Democratic Party said Thursday it would push for a joint parliamentary hearing involving multiple standing committees to investigate a massive data breach at e-commerce giant Coupang, stepping up pressure after the company’s founder repeatedly failed to appear before lawmakers. Kim Hyun-jung, a spokesperson for the Democratic Party’s [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s financial regulator on Thursday raised its consumer alert level to “warning” after confirming secondary damages—including voice phishing and smishing—linked to last month’s massive personal data leak at e-commerce giant Coupang. The Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) said the escalation follows a rise in reported fraud attempts exploiting public anxiety [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The government said Thursday it plans to allocate some 10,000 graphics processing units (GPUs) procured from Nvidia Corp. to small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs), startups and academic and state artificial intelligence (AI) projects starting in February. The plan was unveiled as part of the government’s broader strategy to foster [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of foreign workers in South Korea surpassed 1.1 million in 2025 to reach a record high, with the proportion of employed international students also sharply up, a survey showed Thursday. As of May, there were 1.69 million foreigners aged 15 or older residing in Korea, up 8.4 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to provide artificial intelligence (AI) job-training to more than one million people by 2030, the government announced Thursday, outlining an expansive workforce initiative aimed at preparing the labor market for rapid technological change. The Ministry of Employment and Labor unveiled the plan — titled the “AI+ Competency-Up [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The Supreme Court said Thursday it would install a dedicated tribunal to handle charges of insurrection, treason and mutiny amid the ruling party’s push to create a special bench for insurrection cases stemming from former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s failed imposition of martial law. The announcement comes as the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The government said Thursday it will form an interagency task force to handle the recent large-scale data breach at e-commerce giant Coupang Corp. The decision was made at a meeting of science and technology–related ministers chaired by Science Minister Bae Kyung-hoon, the government said. Led by Ryu Je-myung, second [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The ceiling for no-show penalties at reservation-based fine dining restaurants will be raised to 40 percent of the preordered menu, the antitrust regulator said Thursday. From now on, advance reservation-based upscale restaurants, such as omakase establishments, will be allowed to charge a no-show fee of up to 40 percent [...]