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People & Honors
KB Financial sponsors South Korea's first Humanoid Challenge
KB Financial Group has sponsored the 2026 Humanoid Challenge, a competition focused on proving humanoid robot technologies. KB Financial said it provided a total prize fund of 30 million won for the event, which was hosted by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and co-organised by two robotics institutions. Teams demonstrated precision work capabilities and autonomous control. Seoul National University’s ROBI team won the top prize.
Industry
Samsung Electronics Service ranks No. 1 in national customer satisfaction for after-sales service for third straight year
Samsung Electronics Service has been named No. 1 in the electronics after-sales service category of the National Customer Satisfaction survey hosted by the Korea Productivity Center, it said on Sunday. The result extends its top ranking for a third consecutive year since the category was launched in 2024. The company has also ranked first in other service quality assessments this year, and is focusing on boosting engineers’ capabilities and using an AI-based diagnostic programme, HASS.
AI & Enterprise
SKT wins CSAP certification for Nvidia GPU-based Haein cluster
SK Telecom's AI data centre infrastructure, the Haein cluster, has obtained Cloud Security Assurance Program (CSAP) certification. It is the first time in South Korea that an AI cloud provider based on Blackwell GPUs has received CSAP certification. SKT said Haein won the Infrastructure as a Service certification under CSAP, overseen by the Korea Internet & Security Agency. The company plans to expand AI infrastructure business for the public and financial sectors.
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Games & Commerce
Baemin, Baskin Robbins join forces to boost online business cooperation
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Finance
Toss Bank debit card customers top 10 million
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Finance
Kple lists loan refinancing product on Naver Pay and KB Alda
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Crypto
Coinone launches 'financial innovation' campaign with Korea Investment Securities and OKX
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Finance
Mobile banking, not ATMs, behind drop in U.S. bank teller staff
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Crypto
Bitcoin recovers to $63,500 range as market's 'Monday caution' draws attention
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Crypto
U.S. Clarity Act approval odds rebound to 55 percent, August recess seen as key test
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Crypto
SK Hynix tokenisation in focus ahead of ADR Nasdaq listing
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AI & Enterprise
Neocloud market shifts as SoftBank and Meta enter
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Telecommunications & Media
SKT, KAIST develop AI video compositing technology InsertAnywhere
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Crypto
Litter revamps tokenomics, shifts staking funding to ecosystem reserve
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Crypto
Binance weekly net outflows triple to $1.23 billion; Ethereum withdrawals highest in three years
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AI & Enterprise
BNB Chain launches BNB Agent Studio on mainnet
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Crypto
EtherFi proposes deploying dedicated Aave V4 instance on OP Mainnet
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Crypto
Tokenised stock monthly trading volume tops $34 billion