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MSIT to spend 46.1 billion won on international cooperation R&D in 2026, expand talent recruitment

South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT held its first 2026 committee meeting on science and ICT internationalisation on Jan. 29 and approved seven agenda items, including the 2026 implementation plan. The ministry plans to 추진 international cooperation R&D focusing on national strategic technologies such as AI, quantum, materials and semiconductors, with about 330 new tasks worth 46.1 billion won. It also aims to strengthen full-cycle support to attract and settle overseas talent, launch research security support projects, and bolster participation in Horizon Europe and a Korea-led multilateral research programme.

Telecommunications & Media

KT says Genie TV evolves into conversational platform with AI agent

KT said on Jan. 29 that Genie TV is evolving into a next-generation AI platform that can freely converse with people after applying an AI agent. The company said the core technology is a Media Agent designed around a Master Agent and Sub Agents. Genie TV supports multi-turn dialogue, with voice recognition improved to more than 95 percent. It also uses short- and long-term memory and a multi-LLM strategy using Azure OpenAI Service and GPT-4o-based SOTA K.

AI & Enterprise

Yeomyeonggeori develops Autoke AI marketing agent

Yeomyeonggeori has developed Autoke, an AI marketing automation solution designed for small business owners facing rising costs and time demands for social media marketing. The tool is built to automate text and image creation, editing and scheduling in an integrated system. The company says Autoke can generate 100 social media posts in about 3 minutes and schedule monthly posting. It is developing three AI engines for analysis, prediction and value assessment and is running a beta service ahead of a planned second-half launch.