The Korea Fintech Industry Association on April 28 held a forum on building an inclusive digital economy and fostering a sustainable digital asset industry through public tokenised securities (STO) models. Participants said STOs could improve investment access and strengthen transparency through blockchain-based trading. Speakers called for stronger institutional foundations such as investor protection and disclosures. Proposals included linking public development gains to households and tokenising jeonse deposits to improve liquidity.

A student without formal mathematics training drew attention after solving a problem that had remained unsolved for 60 years with help from ChatGPT. Liam Price (리엄 프라이스), 23, took a different approach from traditional proof-first methods, letting the AI propose ideas and then selecting and refining workable leads. Mathematician Terence Tao (테런스 타오) said people often started in a slightly wrong direction. The case highlights AI as an aid that broadens human thinking, not a replacement.