Nam Hyun-woo has worked as a staff writer at The Korea Times since 2013, mostly covering business and politics. He currently belongs to the Business Desk where he covers topics such as emerging tech, AI, ICT and Korea's chaebol community. Prior to joining the team, he was the paper's correspondent for the presidential office of Korea during the Yoon Suk Yeol and Moon Jae-in administrations.
PHOTO Marking 10th anniv. of legendary AI-human Go match
Lee Se-dol, right, a world-renowned Go master and professor at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, poses after receiving an appreciation plaque from Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis during the Google for Korea 2026 event in Seoul, Wednesday. The event commemorated the 10th anniversary of the five-game Go match between Lee and Google DeepMind’s artificial intelligence (AI) system AlphaGo in March 2016. The match is remembered for Lee’s dramatic victory in the fourth game and for heralding the remarkable pace of advances in AI programs. Yonhap
By Nam Hyun-woo