Shinhan Bank was selected as the No. 1 bank in the 2026 Korea Service Quality Index, marking its 13th consecutive year at the top. The index is a service quality evaluation indicator jointly developed by the Korean Standards Association and Seoul National University’s Management Research Institute and is published annually based on surveys of service quality and customer satisfaction. The bank was highly rated for customer-focused checks and improvements, and for strengthening preventive systems and fraud prevention efforts.

The government plans to localise physical AI full stack technology and expand its applications to manufacturing, agriculture, defence and caregiving. The Ministry of Science and ICT unveiled a strategy to build a cross-government data collection and use system and develop key technologies such as physical AI foundation models and world models. It also plans to develop specialised devices, networks, security and AI chip-based computing platforms, and to support investment, talent and standards and certification systems.