AI & Enterprise

South Korea AI investment should focus on building moats in infrastructure bottlenecks

Cho Yong-min (조용민), CEO of venture investment firm Unboundlabdev, said South Korea should concentrate AI investment on infrastructure bottlenecks to expand its stake in the global AI market, rather than competing with big tech on general-purpose model performance. He identified four key bottlenecks: memory, interconnect, thermal management and power. Cho said competitiveness comes from deep integration into customers’ work, and urged government policy to target value chains where Korea is strong and future bottlenecks.

Games & Commerce

KakaoGames to publish Kong Studio\'s \'Guardian Maiden\' globally

KakaoGames said on Monday it has signed a global publishing deal for Kong Studio\'s upcoming title \'Guardian Maiden\'. Under the agreement, KakaoGames secured publishing rights for South Korea and global markets excluding Greater China. The companies plan to prepare the game for an official launch later this year. \'Guardian Maiden\' is a dot-graphics, collectible action role-playing game being developed for mobile and PC.