Technology
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
AI Proposes Drug Candidates While Labs Verify Them… Ministry of Science and ICT Launches First Innovation Hub for AI-Based Drug Development
A circular research system in which artificial intelligence (AI) proposes new drug candidate substances, automated laboratories verify them, and the results are in turn used to train the AI has been established in Korea for the first time.…
- Startup Ecosystem
Deep-Tech Young Founders Take the Stage at the 「2026 Science and Technology Startup Competition」… 14 Teams Selected
The Ministry of Science and ICT held the 「2026 Science and Technology Startup Competition」 at the ST Center in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, on August 12, selecting 14 outstanding (prospective) startup teams built on the achievements of public rese…
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Public Procurement Service Visits AI Surgical Robot Development Site … Backing Market Access Through Innovation Procurement
The Public Procurement Service (PPS), led by Administrator Baek Seung-bo, visited RoEn Surgical Inc. (CEO Kwon Dong-soo) at the KAIST Munji Campus in Daejeon on the 13th to inspect the development site of an artificial intelligence (AI)-ba…
- Mobility (EVs, Autonomous Driving)
Land Ministry pushes for ‘Mobile Robot Special Act’…paving the way for commercializing robots in everyday spaces
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (Minister Kim Yun-deok) is pushing to enact a 'Mobile Robot Special Act' to promote the safe use and commercialization of service robots employed in everyday living spaces such as delivery…
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Four Homegrown Sovereign AI Models All Listed Among US Epoch AI ‘Notable Models’
The Ministry of Science and ICT (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister Bae Kyung-hoon) announced on the 11th that Epoch AI, a US nonprofit AI research organization, has listed all of the AI models developed in the first half of 2026 by the fo…
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Science Ministry Launches Korea’s First Industry-Academia-Research Consortium for ‘Self-Driving Labs’
The Ministry of Science and ICT (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Science and ICT Bae Kyung-hoon) announced that it held the launch ceremony for Korea's first industry-academia-research consortium on self-driving labs at Orche Hall in…
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Park In-kyu, Head of Science and Technology Innovation Office, Discusses Strengthening Korea-U.S. Science and Technology Cooperation at UKC 2026
Park In-kyu, Head of the Science and Technology Innovation Office at the Ministry of Science and ICT, attended the 2026 U.S.-Korea Conference on Science, Technology and Entrepreneurship (UKC 2026) held in Orlando, U.S., where he encouraged…
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
MSIT’s 12 K-Moonshot Mission PDs Formally Launch as National Special-Assignment Researchers
Koo Hyuk-chae, First Vice Minister of the Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT), met with related agencies on August 10 to mark the transition of the Program Directors (PDs) leading the 12 missions of the K-Moonshot Program into national spec…
- Sustainable Technology
Choi Seok-ho and Choi Yun-hwa Named August Winners of the Korea Engineer Award
The Ministry of Science and ICT and the Korea Industrial Technology Association announced that Choi Seok-ho, a principal research engineer at LG Electronics Inc., and Choi Yun-hwa, CEO of JMJ Korea Co., Ltd., have been selected as the Augu…
- Big Data
Incheon’s Digital Twin Spatial Information Named a Top National Spatial Data Project
Incheon Metropolitan City's project to build a digital twin-based spatial information platform has been selected as an outstanding project in the 2025 national spatial data implementation review. It earned high marks for applying cutting-e…
