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Games & Commerce

Coupang supports digital shift for traditional seafood market merchants

Coupang said on April 26 it is helping merchants at traditional seafood markets expand online sales channels and shift to digital operations, driving growth into 10 billion won-revenue small and medium-sized businesses. Ten small businesses from major seafood markets and ports have joined Rocket Fresh, including sellers in Busan’s Jagalchi market and Noryangjin. Coupang said some merchants increased sales through direct transactions and early-morning delivery, while its seafood origin-direct purchasing volume rose in 2025.

Industry

Korea Post says aluminium cans reborn as steel through post office network

Aluminium cans collected in South Jeolla Province will be gathered through the post office network and recycled into carbon-reducing steel, Korea Post said. The Ministry of Science and ICT’s Postal Service signed a business agreement on April 21 in Gwangyang with POSCO M-TECH and the Jeollanam-do Volunteer Center to improve resource circulation. The programme will begin in earnest in May, with cans converted into deoxidiser for steel production.

AI & Enterprise

National AI Strategy Committee checks Jeonbuk physical AI innovation hub

South Korea\'s National Artificial Intelligence Strategy Committee said its standing vice chair, Lim Moon-young (임문영), visited Jeonju and Saemangeum in North Jeolla province on April 15 to review the status of physical AI demonstrations and ways to link them with private investment. He toured a manufacturing technology test lab at Jeonbuk National University and discussed results and next steps for a physical AI proof-of-concept project. He also heard Hyundai Motor Group’s Saemangeum investment plan.