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Crypto

Democratic Party says it will prepare digital asset framework act within year, hold hearing soon

South Korea\'s Democratic Party reiterated its intent to enact a digital asset framework act within the year, saying a legal basis should come first and be supplemented later. Lawmaker Min Byung-deok said delays are leaving the country without adequate rules as global markets move quickly. Another lawmaker, Ahn Do-geol, called for formalising digital asset-linked products with investor protections and cited issues such as volatility, trading-hour gaps and on-chain risks. He also highlighted stablecoin legislation and plans for hearings.

Industry

SK hynix cuts daily water use by 170,000 tonnes, targets 600 million tonnes by 2030

SK hynix said it cut average daily water use by 170,000 tonnes at its domestic sites last year. The company presented its water management results at Korea International Water Week 2026, held in Daegu from Sept. 9 to 11. SK hynix said cumulative water savings reached 303.37 million tonnes by last year, exceeding an earlier target of 264 million tonnes. It raised this year’s target to 329 million tonnes and aims for 600 million tonnes by 2030.

Mobility

Kakao Mobility says Gangnam late-night autonomous driving data is competitive edge, to integrate E2E model this year

Kakao Mobility is shifting its autonomous driving development focus from collecting large volumes of driving data to selecting data from difficult situations, it said. Based on the data it has secured, the company plans to integrate perception and decision-making into a single end-to-end model within this year. An executive said the latest AI competition hinges on efficiently picking out hard data. The firm is classifying driving situations into five levels and prioritising rare edge-case data from higher levels.