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Telecommunications & Media
Tving hack to AI character chat: parliament panel calls 29 witnesses for state audit
South Korea\'s National Assembly science, ICT, broadcasting and communications committee approved a list of 29 witnesses and 13 reference witnesses for the 2026 state audit. The list includes executives from Tving and its parent CJ ENM, security chiefs at the three telecom carriers, and representatives of Meta Korea, Coupang, Apple Korea, Google Korea, Telegram and X Korea. Scatter Lab\'s CEO was also called over risks linked to its AI character chat service Zeta.
AI & Enterprise
Public-private deepfake response R&D working group launched
South Korea\'s Ministry of Science and ICT on Wednesday formed a Deepfake Response R&D Working Group and held its first meeting to prevent and respond to deepfake 피해. Government agencies, research institutes and companies including Kakao and Naver are taking part. The meeting reviewed progress on deepfake-related R&D, cooperation plans and ways to verify and spread results. The ministry and IITP are also 추진 this year a new project to develop core technologies to respond to digital deepfake crime through 2030.
Telecommunications & Media
‘Data peace-of-mind option’ reshapes 5G plans, but market remains sceptical
South Korea is moving to overhaul mobile plans by adding a “data peace-of-mind option” that guarantees unlimited data at 400 Kbps after allowances are used up and by introducing 5G plans in the 20,000-won range. The Ministry of Science and ICT expects 7.17 million users to benefit and estimates annual savings of 322.1 billion won. Users and civic groups question the effectiveness, citing slow speeds and limited data on the new low-cost plans.
