Finance

Webcash to hold AX seminar for public institutions\' finance and funds managers

Webcash will hold a nationwide seminar series to introduce ways to apply artificial intelligence to finance and fund operations at public institutions. The company said it will host the \"Public Finance AX Strategy Seminar\" in Naju, Seoul, Daejeon and Busan from Sept. 1. The programme includes sessions on using OPERIA and AXPort, case studies and guidance on responding to management evaluations, followed by Q&A and one-on-one consultations.

Industry

South Korea to add 230,000-plus homes in capital region, to announce 100,000 new sites this year

South Korea plans to add 230,000-plus homes in the Seoul capital region by speeding up public land development, raising the pace of redevelopment and urban housing projects, and expanding non-apartment supply and public sale and rental housing. The government will cut the time from announcing candidate public sites to starting construction and will announce 100,000 homes in new public housing districts this year. It also plans to ease rules for redevelopment and provide new public rental and lease-support programs for young people.