South Korea\'s Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) will unveil a new AI-centred research and development vision and a national AI innovation strategy as it marks its 50th anniversary. ETRI said it will hold ETRI Conference 2026 on Sept. 1 in Seoul to review 50 years of ICT achievements and present R&D directions for an era of AI transformation. It also plans to concentrate on five priority fields including AI and physical AI.

The government will reopen applications to fill the project director post for the AI scientist mission under the K-Moonshot project, which had become vacant. The National Research Council of Science and Technology is reported to have tabled a recruitment plan at a recent written meeting. It plans to run an open hiring process for about two weeks and expects the selected director to start around September. The role became vacant after a resignation citing conflicts of interest.