South Korea\'s government and telecom and platform companies will strengthen service stability ahead of the Chuseok holiday with measures including free video calls and expanded network capacity. The steps also ease service restrictions linked to overdue telecom bills to reduce burdens on vulnerable users. Telecom operators will improve connectivity on key rail routes and add base stations at major hubs. Platforms will provide holiday information, while authorities step up cyber threat monitoring.

South Korea\'s Ministry of Science and ICT and the Korea Foundation for the Advancement of Science and Creativity selected lead institutions for two university education innovation programmes to strengthen science and engineering students\' practical problem-solving and basic maths and science skills. Busan National University and Yonsei University will run an industry-linked engineering training project, supported by the Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology. POSTECH and Chonnam National University were chosen to reform basic curricula and lab training with up to 13.5 billion won in support.