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Early admissions competition at four Korean institutes of science and technology hits record high, applicants up 36.5 percent

Early admissions competition for undergraduate programmes at South Korea’s four institutes of science and technology, including KAIST, reached a record high for the 2027 academic year, data showed. A total of 33,349 people applied for 2,067 places, a competition rate of 16.1 to 1. Applicant numbers rose 36.5 percent from a year earlier. DGIST posted the highest competition rate, while KAIST, UNIST and DGIST also recorded their highest rates on record.

People & Profiles

Vice Chair Ha Jung-woo visits Daegu manufacturing AX sites, checks robots and mobility

The presidential National AI Strategy Committee said its standing vice chair, Ha Jung-woo, visited Daegu on Oct. 21 to inspect artificial intelligence transformation (AX) sites in manufacturing, robotics and mobility. Ha attended the opening of FIX 2026 at Daegu EXCO and toured an AI-based process innovation simulation center supporting small and midsize firms. He also reviewed manufacturing AX applied to cathode active material production at L&F Plus. He is set to visit Pohang on Oct. 22.

Industry

Coupang sells about 1,200 Gyeongbuk agri-food items at \'Good Stores\'

Coupang said cumulative sales by companies taking part in its Gyeongsangbuk-do agri-food promotion under the \"Good Stores\" programme have surpassed 34 billion won. The e-commerce firm said it has run the promotion with the Gyeongsangbuk-do Institute for Agricultural Food Distribution Education and Promotion since 2022. From 2022 to 2025, about 110 companies sold about 1,200 agri-food products through the programme.