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South Korea to spend 7.54 trillion won on AX Sprint to commercialise 229 AI products and services

The South Korean government will invest 7.54 trillion won to commercialise 229 artificial intelligence products and services aimed at labour shortages in farming, caregiving and industrial safety. The AX Sprint programme, overseen by the Office of Planning and Budget with 11 ministries involved, received 1,604 submissions across 246 projects. Most selected projects formed consortia with demand-side companies. Small firms made up 82.1 percent of selected companies.

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Baemin Bmart direct purchases of domestic farm products up 53 percent in Jan-May, to expand this year

Baemin’s quick commerce platform is expanding its role as a sales channel for regional farms, Woowa Brothers said. Sales of domestically sourced farm and livestock products bought directly from producing areas through Baemin Bmart rose 53 percent in January to May from a year earlier, outpacing last year’s full-year growth rate of 21 percent. Fruit sales led gains, with strong increases for strawberries, melons, watermelons and blueberries.

AI & Enterprise

MSIT holds joint briefing on 10 AI projects for livelihoods, to roll out services sequentially

South Korea\'s Ministry of Science and ICT said on Thursday it will hold a joint briefing in Seoul on its \"10 AI projects for livelihoods\" to quickly introduce services people can experience in daily life. The projects span consumer life, public convenience and social safety, and involve 10 ministries and agencies and participating companies. The ministry plans to sequentially launch 4 services within 2026 and start the remaining 6 projects in the first half of 2027.