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AI & Enterprise
IT, telecom industry rushes AI-centric rebranding
A rebranding wave highlighting artificial intelligence is spreading across South Korea\'s IT and telecom industries. Companies are adding AI to corporate names or attaching it to service brands to redefine their identities. Industry groups are also changing their names. The trend is expanding into products and services and is being framed as a survival strategy as value chains shift after generative AI. Critics warn that firms lacking real technical capabilities may lose market trust.
Crypto
Criticisms mount over digital asset phase two legislation direction
Concerns are growing that the government’s planned second phase of digital asset legislation could impose excessive regulation that hinders innovation and weakens global competitiveness. Critics targeted a proposed 15 to 20 percent cap on major shareholders’ stakes in digital asset exchanges and a requirement that banks hold 51 percent equity when issuing stablecoins. Lawmakers and experts at a forum debated legal and economic issues, including property rights and alternative regulatory approaches.
Industry
MSIT, defense ministry and SMEs ministry hold civil-military technology cooperation pitch day
South Korea\'s Ministry of Science and ICT said it held a civil-military technology cooperation pitch day on Monday with the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of SMEs and Startups in Daejeon. The event reviewed how privately developed advanced technologies could be linked to military needs and used in the field. Ten unmanned mobility technology and product projects were introduced, alongside discussions on feedback and additional improvements for use in military operating environments.
