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Lee Gyu-lee is a business writer at The Korea Times, focusing primarily on IT & telecommunications, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and KOTRA. Prior to this, she has covered a wide range of cultural news, from film, television and K-pop to lifestyle and fashion.

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Korea imposes 2-day driving ban for public sector amid Middle East supply risks

The government said Wednesday that starting next week, it will tighten the public sector’s rotating vehicle ban from once in five days to a two-day odd-even schedule to curb energy demand, following the elevation of the crude oil alert to alert amid supply strains caused by the prolonged Middle East conflict. The previous five-day rotation, which has been in effect since March 25, will remain voluntary for the private sector. Under the new system, vehicles in public institutions will be restricted from operating every other business day based on the last digit of their license plate numbers, while public parking lots run by government agencies will continue to follow a separate five-day rotation schedule, the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment said. The announcement came as Industry Minister Kim Jung-kwan chaired the fifth resource security council meeting on the same day, where the government raised the crude oil alert level from caution to alert and natural gas from attention to caution, effective at the start of Thursday, signaling a heightened approach to managing potenti

Apr 1, 2026By Lee Gyu-lee
Korea imposes 2-day driving ban for public sector amid Middle East supply risks
Tech & Science

LG CNS launches robot transformation consulting team to accelerate robotic push

LG CNS is stepping up its robot transformation (RX) business, launching a dedicated unit to help enterprises design and execute their robot adoption strategies. The company announced Wednesday that it has established the RX Innovation Lab, a new specialized team that provides consulting services for customized robot deployment. The lab supports the full RX adoption process, from identifying optimal use cases based on a company’s work environments and goals to redesigning workflows and validating productivity through proof of concept (PoC) testing. With the newly launched unit, the company offers a three-stage program — insight, design and proof — to help clients develop the most effective robot transformation strategies. In the insight stage, it will analyze the client’s industry characteristics, on-site conditions and business processes to identify areas where robots can be implemented. As for the design phase, it selects the most suitable robotic solutions, such as autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and humanoids, and redesigns workflows that balance human and robot roles and tha

Apr 1, 2026By Lee Gyu-lee
LG CNS launches robot transformation consulting team to accelerate robotic push
Tech & Science

KT appoints new CEO, eyes AI-driven reshuffle

KT appointed Park Yoon-young as its new CEO at a shareholders meeting Tuesday and announced a sweeping organizational restructuring and executive reshuffle aimed at strengthening its core telecom business and accelerating growth in artificial intelligence (AI) transformation (AX). The overhaul includes a 30 percent cut in executive-level officials and a full replacement of key department heads, as the company seeks to rebuild trust, streamline management and boost operational agility. Particularly in business-to-business, AX and AI divisions, it said it appointed younger, performance-driven leaders, naming two new vice presidents: former KT Engineering chief Kim Bong-gyun to oversee the enterprise division and former IT Platform Senior Director Ok Kyung-hwa to lead the overall IT division. The company also reorganized its research and development division into the AX-dedicated institution to focus on AI development, while a newly created IT division will oversee platform operations and infrastructure modernization. The newly launched AX business division that focuses on its business-to-b

Mar 31, 2026By Lee Gyu-lee
KT appoints new CEO, eyes AI-driven reshuffle
Society

Gov’t unveils 3-year road map for AI, 6G push

The Ministry of Science and ICT has approved a three-year national road map to pivot from an ICT powerhouse to the world’s top three artificial intelligence (AI) leader by 2028, anchoring the push on 6G commercialization, strengthening AI technologies and AI transformation across all industries. The ministry announced Sunday the approval of a basic plan to promote ICT and convergence, along with a comprehensive plan for an intelligent information society for 2026 to 2028, at an Information Communications Strategy Committee meeting held Friday. Jointly developed with related ministries, the strategy outlines four key pillars: expanding national digital infrastructure, strengthening digital capabilities, advancing national intelligent informatization and fostering an inclusive digital environment. On the infrastructure side, the government will upgrade nationwide 5G networks to standalone mode and accelerate development of next-generation 6G technologies, aiming for commercial rollout in 2030. It will also tighten information security management, bolster public and private cyber defense

Mar 29, 2026By Lee Gyu-lee
Gov’t unveils 3-year road map for AI, 6G push
Companies

Gov’t affirms tariffs on Chinese, Japanese industrial robots

The Korea Trade Commission (KTC) has decided to recommend the imposition of duties on industrial robots imported from Japan and China to battle oversaturation, concluding that unfair pricing practices have caused serious harm to the domestic industry. At its plenary session on Thursday, the commission reached a final affirmative ruling recommending duties of 17.45 percent to 18.64 percent on Japanese products and 15.96 percent to 19.85 percent on Chinese imports. The recommendations followed an investigation launched in March last year at the request of HD Hyundai Robotics, covering Japan’s Fanuc and Yaskawa Electric Corp. and the Chinese branches of three companies: Kuka Robotics, Kawasaki Heavy Industries and ABB Engineering. The review included overseas site inspections and visits to local customer industries. Based on the findings, the commission voted to approve a proposal to levy tariffs to mitigate the oversaturation of industrial robots. Since November last year, provisional duties ranging from 21.17 percent to 43.6 percent have been in place on the affected products. The measu

Mar 26, 2026By Lee Gyu-lee
Gov’t affirms tariffs on Chinese, Japanese industrial robots
Tech & Science

Kakao CEO secures 2nd term, sets 10% growth target on AI push

Kakao is doubling down on artificial intelligence (AI) as its core growth engine, with CEO Chung Shin-a securing a renewed mandate through March 2028 and setting an ambitious revenue growth target of over 10 percent this year. During the company’s annual shareholders’ meeting at its headquarters on Jeju Island Wednesday, Chung was voted to serve another two-year term as Kakao’s chief. Her renewed leadership comes as the company accelerates major restructuring efforts while pivoting toward AI-led growth centered on its flagship messenger platform, KakaoTalk. “Kakao has set a target of achieving more than 10 percent year-over-year annual revenue growth and a 10 percent operating profit margin by 2026,” the CEO said. “This year will mark a strategic turning point for Kakao Group to deliver growth worthy of a growth stock, and as CEO, I will focus on continuous short‑term improvements while ensuring that the company’s growth potential translates into tangible performance.” The company has been streamlining its business portfolio, cutting the number of affiliates from 147 to

Mar 26, 2026By Lee Gyu-lee
Kakao CEO secures 2nd term, sets 10% growth target on AI push
Tech & Science

From robots to defense alliances: Companies pivot to physical AI

After a few years of a generative artificial intelligence (AI) boom, a new phase is emerging that extends AI beyond screens and into the physical world. Across industries, companies are accelerating their shift toward physical AI, embedding intelligence into robots, autonomous systems, manufacturing and even defense infrastructure. A machine with physical AI is designed to perceive its surroundings, make decisions in real time and execute tasks autonomously as adaptive, decision-driven systems. The International Federation of Robotics expects installations of industrial robots to return to growth this year after a post‑pandemic slump, giving physical AI a wider factory footprint worldwide. Korean conglomerates, including Samsung, LG, Hyundai Motor Group and Hanwha, are moving quickly to stake out positions in this emerging landscape, leveraging their strengths in manufacturing, components and hardware integration, positioning physical AI as a long-term growth engine. LG targets components, home robotics LG Group’s affiliates are also repositioning around physical AI, declaring 2026 a

Mar 26, 2026By Lee Gyu-lee
From robots to defense alliances: Companies pivot to physical AI
Tech & Science

LG Uplus faces possible sign-up suspension amid SIM security backlash

LG Uplus is scrambling to contain backlash over its subscriber identity module (SIM) security practices, which could escalate into a temporary suspension of new customer sign-ups as the company faces mounting pressure from lawmakers. The controversy arose after the company was found to have partially embedded customers’ phone numbers in its international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) stored on SIM cards, rather than randomizing the values as most carriers globally do. After concerns were raised about potential personal data leaks, LG Uplus announced it will provide free SIM replacements or software-based security updates to all users starting April 13, covering up to 17 million lines, including subscribers, secondary devices and budget phone users. The company said it identified the need to randomize its IMSI scheme following SK Telecom’s massive hacking incident in 2025 and has been preparing countermeasures since the second half of last year. Questions have arisen over why the company is waiting until April 13 to fully initiate the replacements, whether its preparations are suf

Mar 25, 2026By Lee Gyu-lee
LG Uplus faces possible sign-up suspension amid SIM security backlash
Tech & Science

LG Innotek CEO pushes physical AI as new growth engine

LG Innotek is accelerating its transition from a component supplier to a full-fledged solutions provider that integrates hardware and software capabilities, as it bets on physical artificial intelligence (AI), including robotics and autonomous driving, as a key driver of future growth. During the company’s shareholders' meeting at its headquarters in Seoul on Monday, CEO Moon Hyuk-soo outlined a strategy to place physical AI as a core pillar of LG Innotek’s future business with a goal of delivering meaningful results in the next few years. “A business model where we simply win bids to supply developed components is losing its competitiveness,” he said, speaking to the press after the meeting. “Based on the innovative technologies and product lineup we have built over time, LG Innotek aims to shift its business paradigm toward becoming a company that provides optimal ‘solutions’ tailored to customer needs.” LG Innotek holds scalable technologies, such as sensing, substrate and control, that have been refined through years of collaboration with global tech clients. Identify

Mar 23, 2026By Lee Gyu-lee
LG Innotek CEO pushes physical AI as new growth engine
Tech & Science

Samsung SDS debuts Korea’s 1st Nvidia B300 GPU service subscription

Samsung SDS has rolled out Korea’s first Nvidia B300-based graphics processing unit-as-a-service (GPUaaS) on its Samsung Cloud Platform (SCP). The launch comes as enterprises move beyond developing artificial intelligence (AI) models into applying trained models to real world services, driving surging demand for high-performance computing. The B300 GPU is equipped with 12-layer high-bandwidth memory 3E, delivering 288 gigabytes of memory per unit and bandwidth of up to 8 terabytes per second. This represents a 3.6-fold increase in memory capacity and a 2.4-fold improvement in bandwidth over the previous generation H100, significantly boosting performance for computing-intensive AI inference workloads. The company has been building out its GPUaaS ecosystem since introducing A100-based services in 2021 and H100-based offerings in 2023, supporting cloud-based infrastructure and AI adoption across enterprise operations. With the latest launch, it aims to minimize latency and unlock greater efficiency for large-scale AI applications such as agents; image, video and code generation; and anal

Mar 23, 2026By Lee Gyu-lee
Samsung SDS debuts Korea’s 1st Nvidia B300 GPU service subscription
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