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With 260,000 New GPUs, South Korea Tries to Redraw the Global AI Map

With 260,000 New GPUs, South Korea Tries to Redraw the Global AI Map

SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has taken another step toward remaking itself as a global center of artificial intelligence. On Thursday, the government convened the first meeting of a new working group made up of officials and senior executives from Samsung Electronics, Hyundai Motor Group, SK Telecom and Naver Cloud. The mission: figure [...]

SK Telecom Rejects Government-Backed Compensation Plan for Data Breach Victims

SK Telecom Rejects Government-Backed Compensation Plan for Data Breach Victims

SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) —  SK Telecom has decided not to accept a government-recommended settlement that would require the company to pay 300,000 won (about US$220) to each victim of a major personal-data breach, a move that could expose the telecom giant to prolonged civil litigation. According to industry officials on Nov. 20, the company [...]

SK Telecom Restructures to Rebuild Trust and Accelerate AI Transition

SK Telecom Restructures to Rebuild Trust and Accelerate AI Transition

SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s largest mobile carrier, said Thursday it has conducted a major reorganization and personnel reshuffle aimed at restoring customer confidence and strengthening its focus on artificial intelligence (AI). The company said its organization has been regrouped into two main pillars — telecommunications and AI — [...]

Hack Fallout Deepens: Regulators Order SK Telecom to Forgive All Penalties

Hack Fallout Deepens: Regulators Order SK Telecom to Forgive All Penalties

SK Telecom Faces Mounting Pressure as Regulators Order Full Penalty Waivers for Customers After Hacking Breach SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s telecom regulator has ordered SK Telecom to waive all early termination penalties for subscribers who wish to cancel their contracts by year’s end following the company’s massive hacking incident, intensifying the financial [...]

Korea Watchdog Orders SK Telecom to Ease Cancellation Fees After Massive Data Breach

Korea Watchdog Orders SK Telecom to Ease Cancellation Fees After Massive Data Breach

SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s telecom watchdog on Thursday ordered SK Telecom Co. to partially waive cancellation fees for non-mobile services following a major data breach that affected its 25 million mobile service users. The move came after the country’s top carrier decided to limit the waiver of cancellation fees to mobile [...]

SK Telecom’s Deep Discounts Spark Membership War Among Korean Carriers

SK Telecom’s Deep Discounts Spark Membership War Among Korean Carriers

SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A steep expansion of SK Telecom’s membership discounts — part of its compensation plan following a major hacking incident — has triggered a price war among South Korea’s mobile carriers, shifting competition from subsidies for new sign-ups to perks aimed at retaining existing customers. Since August 11, SK Telecom [...]

Telecom Giants’ Q2 Performance Divided: SK Telecom Struggles, KT and LG U+ See Gains

Telecom Giants’ Q2 Performance Divided: SK Telecom Struggles, KT and LG U+ See Gains

SEOUL, Aug.11 (Korea Bizwire) – In a stark contrast to SK Telecom’s sharp decline, KT and LG U+ posted strong financial results for Q2 2025, despite the ongoing challenges in the telecom sector. SK Telecom’s operating profit dropped by 37.1% year-on-year, falling to 338.3 billion won, largely due to the aftermath of a major hacking [...]

SK Telecom Launches ‘Haein’ GPU Cloud Service to Power South Korea’s AI Ambitions

SK Telecom Launches ‘Haein’ GPU Cloud Service to Power South Korea’s AI Ambitions

SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) —SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s leading telecommunications company, said Tuesday it has launched its graphics processing unit (GPU) infrastructure, Haein, as a cloud-based service for on-demand GPU access. Haein, a sovereign GPU-as-a-Service (GPUaaS), is powered by more than 1,000 Blackwell 200 (B200) GPUs, the latest artificial intelligence (AI) chip developed [...]