Telecommunications & Media

Six information security international standards finally approved, Korea speeds push to lead AI, 6G security standards

South Korea\'s Ministry of Science and ICT said 6 international standards and 2 technical reports proposed by Korea were finally approved at an ITU-T SG17 meeting in Geneva held from June 1 to 10. It said 14 new standardisation items were also approved and 7 international standards were pre-adopted. The approved standards include software supply chain security threats and security guidelines for digital collection services using distributed ledger technology.

Industry

South Korea to spend 49.5 billion won on AI-native autonomous bio labs

South Korea\'s Ministry of Science and ICT held a launch briefing on June 12 for a project to build AI-native autonomous laboratories for advanced bio research. The ministry plans to invest 49.5 billion won from 2026 to 2028 to establish 1 general-purpose autonomous lab and 5 specialised labs. The project aims to ease bottlenecks in bio R&D, promote lab-level AI transformation and create a closed-loop environment.