South Korea will expand cooperation on quantum technologies with Canada, Britain and the European Union, including joint research, talent exchanges, industrialisation, trials and standardisation. The Ministry of Science and ICT said it held government-to-government dialogues and roundtables around Quantum Korea 2026 to discuss cooperation. It reviewed existing programmes with Canada, discussed links between initiatives with Britain, and talked with the EU about Horizon Europe participation and stronger ties among quantum clusters.

Samsung Electronics will directly link biometric data collected via its wearable devices to clinical trials for new drug development. The company said it has signed a partnership with Germany-based digital clinical trial specialist Alcedis to use health data collected by Galaxy Watch in clinical research. The partners aim to convert real-world biometric data into clinical metrics to assess drug efficacy and safety and cooperate across the full clinical research process.