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Marine battery data hub buildout accelerates, push to meet international standards

South Korea is moving to build a national data infrastructure for marine batteries, aiming to strengthen competitiveness and respond to international standards. Korea Electronics Technology Institute said it held a kickoff meeting for a project to develop a marine battery data hub platform. The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries is 추진ing the project, supported by the Korea Institute of Marine Science & Technology Promotion. The five-year programme runs from 2026 to 2030 with 25 billion won in funding, backed by South Jeolla Province and Yeosu City.

AI & Enterprise

SKT steps up AX Innovation 2.0 drive to boost work efficiency with AI

SK Telecom will build an organisational system in which people and AI work together by giving AI agents employee ID numbers as well as affiliations, duties and authority. The company said it will implement AX Innovation 2.0 to create a work environment that lets employees focus on AI transformation. It will define AI as a new working entity, manage agents with procedures similar to employees and set governance for data and security access.

Telecommunications & Media

KT advances payments to suppliers to stabilise supply amid surging memory prices

KT said on Monday it provided advance payments to suppliers to help them secure memory amid global supply chain instability. The company said geopolitical risks in the Middle East, a strong foreign-exchange rate trend and higher raw material prices have heightened uncertainty, while expanding AI investment has lifted data centre demand and pushed up prices for key components. KT said the payments will allow set-top box suppliers to buy about six months’ worth of memory, and it may expand support depending on market conditions.