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Automation Anxiety Drives New Labor–Government Pact in South Korea
New consultative body marks first structured channel between the government and KCTU, as policymakers confront the social impact of robotics and AI-driven industrial change. South Korea has launched a new labor–government consultative body amid rising concern that artificial intelligence and automation could disrupt employment across key industries. The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), which represents more than one million workers, has partnered with the Ministry...
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Automation Anxiety Drives New Labor–Government Pact in South Korea
New consultative body marks first structured channel between the government and KCTU, as policymakers confront the social impact of robotics and AI-driven industrial change. South Korea has launched a new labor–government consultative body amid rising concern that artificial intelligence and...
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Why Korea Is Absorbing Tech Infrastructure Costs to Drive Regional Investment
By raising subsidy limits for regional investments, Seoul is trying to offset higher infrastructure costs and ease concentration in the capital. The shift signals a recalibration of industrial policy as advanced manufacturing becomes more capital- and resource-intensive. The South Korean...
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KT Installs Solar-Powered IoT Weather System to Support Wetland Research
How a telecom-led pilot reflects a broader shift toward data-driven biodiversity monitoring South Korea’s KT Corp has installed an automated weather observation system at Wondong Wetland, applying its Internet of Things (IoT) communication technology to a wetland environment for the...
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Hyundai Motor, Kia unveil UWB-based ‘Vision Pulse’ safety system
Technology aims to improve real-time detection in urban and industrial environments Hyundai Motor and Kia Corporation have announced the development of Vision Pulse, a new driver safety technology that uses ultra-wideband (UWB) signals to detect nearby obstacles in real time....
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Samsung Health becomes Korea’s first certified digital medical support system
New framework signals closer oversight of AI-based health services Samsung Electronics said Friday that Samsung Health has received South Korea’s first certification under a newly introduced regulatory framework for digital health products. The approval was granted by the Ministry of...
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