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AMD to establish AI research center in Korea this year, hire hundreds

U.S. chip giant AMD announced Wednesday that it plans to establish an artificial intelligence (AI) research center in Korea by the end of this year and hire hundreds of researchers as part of broader AI cooperation between the company and Korea. The announcement came during a meeting between AMD CEO Lisa Su and Second Vice Minister of Science and ICT Ryu Je-myung in Seoul. AMD also plans to help develop graduate-level AI and AI transformation talent and collaborate with Korea on a reference model for heterogeneous AI computing. The model would combine AMD’s central processing units (CPUs) and graphics processing units (GPUs) with domestically developed neural processing units (NPUs). The meeting, arranged by the Ministry of Science and ICT, served as an interim review of AI cooperation agreed upon by the ministry and AMD during President Lee Jae Myung’s attendance at the San Francisco AI Summit in July. AMD also outlined plans to work with Korea’s private sector to create new business opportunities. At a subsequent roundtable with 13 Korean companies involved in AI infrastructure, c

Oct 7, 2026By Hyun Jin-hyeok

AMD to establish AI research center in Korea this year, hire hundreds

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SK Chemicals to turn discarded banners into new banner fabric

SK Chemicals said Tuesday it will establish a regional partnership network to recycle discarded banners into new banner fabric using its depolymerization technology as part of efforts to tackle the nation’s mounting waste problem. According to the company, it has formed a banner recycling consortium with four partners — MOA and Daehan Media in the Gyeongsang region, Upcloth in the Jeolla region and the resource-circulation team of Seogwipo City on Jeju Island — to establish a regional recycling system. The partnership comes as Korea generates about 6,000 tons of discarded banners annually, with around 70 percent ending up in landfills or being incinerated, according to the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment. Each of the targeted regions generates more than 1,000 metric tons of banner waste annually, according to the company. SK Chemicals will use its depolymerization technology as the core of the project, chemically breaking down plastic waste into molecular building blocks and converting it back into raw materials for producing new banner fabric. The technology can elimin

Oct 6, 2026By Hyun Jin-hyeok

SK Chemicals to turn discarded banners into new banner fabric

Others

Homer Hulbert to be honored with bust in his Vermont birthplace

Homer Hulbert (1863-1949), an American educator and missionary who devoted his life to Korea independence, will be honored with a bust in his home state of Vermont, the Hulbert Memorial Society (HMS) said Wednesday. According to HMS, the unveiling ceremony will take place Saturday in New Haven, Vermont. The bust will be flanked by two stone monuments bearing inscriptions in Korean and English. "We hope they will serve as a lasting reminder of what Hulbert did for Korea and of friendship between Korea and the U.S.," HMS Chairman Kim Dong-jin said in a press release. Korean sculptor Kwon Chi-gyu made the 180-centimeter-tall bronze bust in Korea, which was then shipped to Vermont. The monuments were made with stones native to the area. Vermont Governor Philip Scott, state Sen. Ruth Hardy and state Rep. Jubilee McGill are expected to attend the ceremony, along with about 150 local residents and members of the Korean community. The program will also feature a rendition of “Arirang," which Hulbert transcribed into Western musical notation 130 years ago. Born in 1863, Hulbert first arrived in K

Oct 1, 2026By Hyun Jin-hyeok

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