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KT CEO Park Yoon-young checks AI infrastructure, urges group to boost competitiveness

KT CEO Park Yoon-young inspected AI infrastructure operations on Wednesday at KT Cloud\'s Mokdong 2 data centre in Seoul. The visit reviewed the status of KT\'s AI data centre business and the group\'s data centre operating and technology capabilities under its AI transition platform strategy. Park toured the integrated control centre and key facilities and checked data centre interconnection operations. He also visited the AI Innovation Center to review development and verification of next-generation AI data centre technologies.

Games & Commerce

Game industry expands in-house payment networks to cut fees and reach users directly

South Korean game companies are accelerating efforts to build in-house payment systems that sell directly to users without going through app markets. The goal is to cut platform fees and improve profitability while securing payment data and direct user touchpoints. Krafton completed a strategic investment in Neon Commerce, which supports web stores, payments and tax and regulatory compliance. Major publishers are widening off-app payment routes, but success depends on whether users actually switch to them.

Games & Commerce

Cafe24 D2C shopping malls\' AI-driven visits up 72 percent year on year

Cafe24 said visits to its platform-based direct-to-consumer shopping malls via generative AI services rose 72 percent from a year earlier to about 850,000 in the second quarter of 2026. ChatGPT accounted for 73 percent of the traffic. Gemini traffic surged 686 percent, lifting its share to 20 percent. Cafe24 said AI-driven visits also boosted conversion rates and orders, and it is adopting GEO tools to help AI better understand mall and product information.