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  • Jeju Development Corporations Hong Kwan-hong Receives Government Award for Contributions to 80th Liberation Anniversary
    Jeju Development Corporation's Hong Kwan-hong Receives Government Award for Contributions to 80th Liberation Anniversary Jeju Special Self-Governing Province Development Corporation announced that Hong Kwan-hong received a government award for his contributions to the promotion of the 80th Liberation Anniversary on August 4.The government award for contributions to the 80th Liberation Anniversary is given to individuals and organizations that have contributed to the inheritance of the spirit of independence and the enhancement of national unity and pride. The award ceremony took place on August 3 at the Government Seoul Office, where Prime Minister Han Seung-soo personally presented the award.Hong was recognized for his role in establishing a public-private cooperation framework through the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the 80th Liberation Anniversary Promotion Planning Team.As part of this agreement, the Jeju Development Corporation launched a limited edition label product, '80th Liberation Jeju Samdasoo,' and conducted an online donation campaign titled 'A Sip of Samdasoo, Fundraising for the Nation' in collaboration with Naver Happy Bean. Additionally, various activities to promote veterans culture were carried out, including operating a promotional booth for Jeju Samdasoo at the 'Brilliant Liberation Festival' and setting up a pop-up store for Jeju Samdasoo and Airport Railroad.The corporation has been praised for raising awareness of the significance of liberation in the daily lives of citizens and for presenting a model of a national commemorative project that resonates with the public through the use of a public brand.Hong Kwan-hong stated, "This government award is not just a personal achievement but a result created by all employees of the Jeju Development Corporation. I want to share this joy with all employees who have done their best in their respective roles."Kang Seong-hoon, acting president of the Jeju Development Corporation, remarked, "This award will motivate us to repay the trust of the public as a public institution and to work with greater responsibility to enhance the value of Jeju."* This article has been translated by AI. 2026-08-04 11:12:00
  • Defense Ministry to Hold Public Hearing on Integrated Military Academy
    Defense Ministry to Hold Public Hearing on Integrated Military Academy The Defense Ministry will hold a public hearing at the end of this month to gather opinions on the establishment of an integrated military academy, which will combine the Army, Navy, and Air Force academies.The ministry announced on August 4 that the hearing, titled 'Public Hearing on the Establishment of the Military Academy,' will take place on the afternoon of the 26th at the Defense Convention Center in Yongsan, Seoul.During the hearing, the ministry will explain the basic plan for the military academy, which was made public on July 16, followed by discussions among experts on the necessity and methods for establishing the academy. There will also be a question-and-answer session with general participants.Reports indicate that the Defense Ministry is considering forming a panel of three experts each from both the pro and con sides regarding the establishment of the military academy.General participants will also have the opportunity to voice their opinions during the Q&A session. However, the ministry noted that the venue can accommodate only 300 attendees, and participants will be selected on a first-come, first-served basis. The hearing will also be broadcast live on the Defense Public Relations Agency's channels and YouTube.Last month, the Defense Ministry unveiled a basic plan for the establishment of a four-year military academy at Jowon-dae in Daejeon, which will integrate the Army, Navy, and Air Force academies, and has been seeking feedback through public hearings and other means.The ministry plans to review the opinions gathered during the hearing and establish and announce a detailed plan for the military academy by October.* This article has been translated by AI. 2026-08-04 11:12:00
  • Kookmin University, KOICA train 30 Palestinian AI researchers
    Kookmin University, KOICA train 30 Palestinian AI researchers SEOUL, August 04 (AJP) - A new fellowship program will bring 30 Palestinian researchers to Seoul for doctoral study in artificial intelligence, with the entire course built around what they do after they go home. Kookmin University's Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation and its Global Development Cooperation Institute said Monday that they would run the AI Ph.D. Fellowship Program together with the Korea International Cooperation Agency. Fellows will enroll in doctoral courses at the university's AI and Software Graduate School, studying core AI technology alongside applications in industry and the public sector. The program is the talent component of a $15 million South Korean aid project to strengthen research and development capacity for digital transformation in Palestine. Palestinian news agency Sada News reported that the project agreement was signed in August 2025 by the Palestinian ministries of planning and international cooperation and of education and higher education, and that the project runs through 2031. The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) is the grant aid arm of South Korea's foreign ministry. It has run education and vocational training programs in Palestine since 2009 and said in 2023 that it had spent $33.6 million on youth education there. Research topics will be selected in connection with problems Palestine currently faces, so that findings can be applied to local problem-solving rather than sitting in a journal. KOICA and the university will manage the teaching and research process with that outcome in mind. Fellows will take AI coursework, run joint research with South Korean teams, work on industry-academic projects, take internships, present at international conferences and go through technology commercialization programs. Kookmin University said the goal is to send them home with research ability, practical problem-solving skills, project planning and management experience, and a working international network. The design is what separates the program from a standard scholarship, the university said. Most degree support ends at graduation. This one treats graduation as the midpoint. Fellows are expected to return to Palestine and work as the connective tissue between universities, research institutes and industry, pushing research results toward products, services and new companies. "The AI Ph.D. Fellowship does not stop at giving talented Palestinians a chance to earn a degree," said Cho Hyun-kyu, who heads KOICA's Palestine office. "It lays the ground for them to lead research and development and digital transformation at home after they return. I hope South Korea's experience in AI research and education primes the pump for sustainable digital innovation in Palestine." The program also feeds into Kookmin University's medium- and long-term plan, KMU VISION 2035: EDGE, adopted as the school marks its 80th anniversary. The university, founded in 1946, has named AI+X one of eight priority fields and is expanding teaching and research that combine AI with industry, health care, education and public services. "The greatest strength of our AI and Software Graduate School is a curriculum centered on AX, or AI transformation, which does not confine AI to research or software implementation but extends it into real systems and industrial settings such as industrial innovation, health care, education and public services," said Lee Sang-hwan, a professor in Kookmin University's School of Software who is serving as project manager. "We will work to make sure the results of this program translate into better public services in Palestine, jobs for young people, industrial innovation and digital transformation." A KOICA notice recruiting consultants for the parent project, posted in March 2025, listed analysis of plans to establish an AI research institute in Palestine among the assigned tasks. Kookmin University did not say when selection of the 30 fellows would begin. 2026-08-04 11:10:49
  • South Korea moves to protect 3 century-old temple toilets
    South Korea moves to protect 3 century-old temple toilets SEOUL, August 04 (AJP) - Three wooden outhouses still in daily use at South Korean Buddhist temples are in line to become national heritage, a decision that pushes state protection past the golden halls and stone pagodas of temple life and into the buildings where monks actually lived. The Korea Heritage Service (KHS) issued advance notice Tuesday of the designation of three temple latrines as national folklore cultural heritage. They are the Cheukgan at Seonamsa in Suncheon, South Jeolla Province, the Haeuso at Bodeoksa in Yeongwol, Gangwon State, and the Haeuso at Gugiram, a hermitage within the Haeinsa complex in Hapcheon, South Gyeongsang Province. All three were built more than a century ago. They stand on their original sites in close to their original form, and they are still used by the monks who live there. Haeuso means the place where you set down your worries, and the name is more recent than the buildings. KHS credits the coinage to the monk Gyeongbong at Geungnagam, a hermitage at Tongdosa, in the years after the Korean War, and says it spread from there until it became the standard word for a temple toilet. Before that, temples used Cheukgan, the ordinary word for a latrine, or Dwitgan, or the scriptural Cheongcheuk. The building had status regardless of what it was called. In the Seon tradition, a monastery was organized around seven core structures. The latrine, known as Dongsa or the east hall, was one of them, alongside the Buddha hall, the lecture hall, the gate, the monks' quarters, the kitchen and the bath. Monastic codes set out how it was to be entered and used. For two of the three, the notice points to a promotion rather than a first recognition. Seonamsa's toilet has been listed as a South Jeolla provincial cultural heritage resource since June 2001, and Bodeoksa's has carried a Gangwon listing since January 2003. No equivalent provincial listing exists for the Gugiram building, which would enter the register directly at the national level. Moving up from a provincial list to the national one tightens the permit requirements for any repair or alteration and opens access to central government funding. Each building can be dated precisely, because Korean carpenters wrote the construction date in ink on the underside of the ridge beam when they raised the frame. Bodeoksa's toilet was built in 1882, and Gugiram's in 1910. Seonamsa's is harder to pin down. A 1704 temple record refers to a Cheongcheuk on the site, and a photograph from the Japanese colonial period shows the building in place, while an ink inscription records a repair in 1928. KHS dates it to sometime before the 1920s. Two of the three sit inside UNESCO World Heritage sites. Seonamsa was inscribed in 2018 as part of the Sansa group of mountain monasteries. Haeinsa holds the Tripitaka Koreana, the 13th century set of more than 80,000 carved woodblocks, in a depository that is itself World Heritage. Bodeoksa carries a different kind of weight. Founded in 668 by the monk Uisang, it was renamed and made the guardian temple of Jangneung, the tomb of King Danjong, the boy king deposed by his uncle and put to death in exile in Yeongwol in 1457. The buildings share a design logic. All three are cut into hillsides so that the front reads as a single story while the back drops away into a two-story pavilion, which lets waste fall clear and lets air move through the space underneath. There are no doors. Partitions rise to chest height, and slatted wooden windows sit at eye level, giving light, ventilation and a view of the mountainside at the same time. Bodeoksa's is the largest of the three, with 12 stalls in two rows of six, separated into sections for men and women, an arrangement that could handle a dozen people at once. Seonamsa's is the best known, familiar to Korean readers partly through a widely anthologized Jeong Ho-seung poem that instructs the grieving to travel there and weep. Outside the temple walls, the toilet occupied a different place in Korean life, and a more practical one. In a farming country with no sewers and no chemical fertilizer, human waste was an input. Households kept the Dwitgan at a distance from the living quarters, let the contents age for months, then carried them to the fields in an A-frame pack or in a squat earthenware jar called a Ttongjanggun. In cities, night soil collectors made the same journey on a larger scale, hauling buckets on carrying frames out to farmland at the edge of town. On Jeju Island, the latrine was built over a pigsty, and the pigs did the composting. Korean folk tales include the story of a miser who refused to relieve himself anywhere but at home, because the loss would have been real. Folk belief also placed a deity in the latrine, a bad-tempered one who had to be warned before anyone entered. Chemical fertilizer ended that economy. Ammonium sulfate and urea reached Korean farms in volume in the 1960s, and the value of night soil collapsed. Flush toilets and septic tanks spread through the 1970s and 1980s, first in apartment blocks and then almost everywhere else. Traditional latrines survived longest in rural villages and at temples, and they have been disappearing from both as buildings are modernized for hygiene, for visitor comfort and for the simple reason that a doorless structure with no plumbing is difficult to maintain. KHS describes the three buildings named Tuesday as heritage at risk of vanishing, and cites their continued use as part of what makes them valuable. At all three, the old cycle still runs. Waste is layered with rice hulls and fallen leaves, left to break down, and returned to temple fields as compost. The leaves also serve a more immediate purpose, which is to control the smell. KHS will take public comment for 30 days before the National Heritage Committee reviews the case and issues a final decision on designation. 2026-08-04 11:05:45
  • Icheon Mayor Seong Su-seok: Expanding Semiconductor Workforce Training System
    Icheon Mayor Seong Su-seok: Expanding Semiconductor Workforce Training System On August 3, Icheon Mayor Seong Su-seok visited the local Semiconductor Convergence Education Center to inspect the facilities and encourage students enrolled in the 'Gyeonggi Future Technology School's Full-Stack Engineer Training Course for Semiconductor Equipment.'This visit aimed to confirm the foundation for training local professionals who will lead the semiconductor industry and to gather feedback from the education site.The Semiconductor Convergence Education Center, which opened in April, is operated by Korea Polytechnic University’s Semiconductor Convergence Campus. It has established a training system for professionals, offering semiconductor education for elementary, middle, and high school students, as well as employment support programs for young and middle-aged job seekers, and customized training for companies.The second phase of the 'Gyeonggi Future Technology School' program, which commenced on the same day, focuses on practical training in semiconductor equipment maintenance and pre- and post-process operations, running for seven weeks for young and middle-aged job seekers.Students will receive hands-on training in semiconductor processes and equipment operation, mechanical design, system semiconductor design, field projects, and job mentoring.Mayor Seong stated, "The semiconductor industry is a key sector that will lead South Korea's future, and you are the talents who will thrive at its center. I hope you develop practical skills through this training to grow into professionals who will drive the development of local companies and the national semiconductor industry."He added, "As a city with a global semiconductor industry base, including SK Hynix, we will continue to expand the training system for professionals needed by companies."Additionally, Mayor Seong pledged in his inauguration speech last month to focus on training AI semiconductor professionals, establishing a semiconductor design research complex, and building a high-tech industrial ecosystem.* This article has been translated by AI. 2026-08-04 11:04:10
  • President Lee Declares National Disaster Amid Record Heatwave
    President Lee Declares National Disaster Amid Record Heatwave President Lee Jae-myung stated on August 4 that the ongoing record heatwave should be regarded as a national disaster. He urged officials to take swift and comprehensive measures to protect citizens' lives.During a government meeting at the Blue House, President Lee noted, "The country is experiencing unprecedented heat, with some southern regions exceeding 40 degrees Celsius for several consecutive days, making daily life difficult for many citizens."He expressed concern over the severe impact of the heat, reporting nearly 2,000 heat-related illnesses and 16 deaths since May. He also highlighted significant losses in livestock and crops due to the extreme weather."The bigger issue is the likelihood of extreme weather persisting for a considerable time due to climate anomalies," he added. He reiterated the need to treat the situation as a national disaster and called for urgent action to safeguard the public.President Lee emphasized that the top priority is to protect lives, urging careful consideration of support measures for vulnerable groups, such as residents of goshiwons (small, inexpensive rooms) and elderly individuals living alone. He also stressed the importance of ensuring the safety of workers in outdoor and confined spaces.Additionally, he called for focused inspections to ensure that workers' rights to stop work are effectively implemented and urged efforts to expand heat relief shelters and increase their usage.* This article has been translated by AI. 2026-08-04 11:04:10
  • KOTRA Launches Digital Support Package as ASEAN Exports Surge 53%
    KOTRA Launches Digital Support Package as ASEAN Exports Surge 53% The Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) announced on August 4 that it is launching the "2026 Export Market Expansion – Southeast Asia" initiative to comprehensively support domestic companies entering the Southeast Asian market.Following the Middle East initiative launched in June, the Southeast Asia program will involve 160 domestic companies. It includes a digital overseas marketing package that combines webinars, one-on-one online business-to-business (B2B) consultations, and follow-up support from AI trade support centers.In the first half of this year, exports to ASEAN countries surged 53% year-on-year to $88.27 billion (approximately 126.3 trillion won), making it the third-largest export region after China and the United States. Exports of consumer goods, particularly cosmetics and baby products, reached $3.2 billion, an 8% increase.KOTRA is implementing a multi-faceted support system to convert the heightened demand for K-branded consumer goods in Southeast Asia, spurred by the president's recent visit, into actual exports. The agency will assist with product photography and marketing content creation through 20 AI trade support centers nationwide, as well as provide access to the buyKOREA online exhibition and generative AI-based market analysis reports.Further support will include buyer discovery through 11 overseas trade offices in Southeast Asia, one-on-one video consultations, and follow-up sample deliveries.In response to the upcoming mandatory Halal certification in Indonesia in October, KOTRA will also focus on penetrating the $27 billion Muslim consumer goods market in Southeast Asia.Gu Bon-kyung, head of KOTRA's Southeast Asia and Oceania Regional Headquarters, stated, "Southeast Asia is a strategic market with a high preference for K-branded consumer goods and new opportunities such as Halal. We will actively support our companies to respond proactively to the changing environment."* This article has been translated by AI. 2026-08-04 11:04:00
  • Government Supports 170 AI Factories, Boosting Productivity by 30% and Reducing Defect Rates by 15%
    Government Supports 170 AI Factories, Boosting Productivity by 30% and Reducing Defect Rates by 15% The South Korean government is advancing its manufacturing artificial intelligence (AI) transition, known as M.AX, with the establishment of AI factories that are showing improvements in productivity and defect rates. The government aims to build 500 AI factories by 2030, converting manufacturing data and skilled workers' expertise into AI models to promote M.AX.On August 4, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced key achievements and future plans for the M.AX strategy during a business report. Last September, the government launched the M.AX Alliance, involving over 1,000 organizations, including manufacturing companies, AI firms, universities, and research institutions.In February, a new division called Sandan AX was established to promote regional AX initiatives centered around industrial complexes, creating a system with 11 divisions, including AI factories, AI semiconductors, and AI robotics. The number of participating companies and institutions has increased by 50% to over 1,500 within eight months of the launch.Concrete results have been confirmed in the field. The Ministry supported AX initiatives in over 170 business sites through its AI factory pilot projects. Among these, 42 sites that began to show visible results reported an average productivity increase of 30.1% and a 15.5% reduction in defect rates.Industry-specific examples have emerged. In the semiconductor sector, Shinhan Diamond implemented an AI automatic inspection system for CMP discs used in wafer polishing, reducing quality inspection time by 33%. Surplus Global integrated AI into the semiconductor equipment recycling process, boosting productivity by 66.7%.In the automotive sector, Asan Seongwoo High-tech reduced quality inspection time by 90% through an autonomous manufacturing system for electric vehicle batteries, while Hwasin lowered product defect rates by 20% by introducing a predictive maintenance system in the battery case production process.In shipbuilding, HD Hyundai Samho enhanced productivity by 50% by adopting an AI-based autonomous welding and inspection solution for rudder trunk welding and production processes. ENK utilized an AI vision inspection system to cut inspection time for high-pressure cylinders used in shipbuilding and special gases by 22%.The Ministry is expanding the application of M.AX from individual manufacturing processes to products and industrial complexes. In the product AX sector, it has begun developing and testing industry-specific humanoids for hazardous or repetitive tasks, such as fire monitoring and extinguishing in shipbuilding workplaces, valve operations in toxic gas environments in the chemical industry, and product packaging in logistics.The government also aims to support the establishment of 500 AI factories by 2030, focusing on high-quality manufacturing data collection and AI model development and testing. It plans to develop core technologies for full-stack AI factories that operate the entire manufacturing process autonomously without human intervention, with a goal of commercialization and export after domestic testing.Efforts will also be made to convert the experience and expertise of skilled workers into datasets. The Ministry plans to develop and validate AI models and solutions that learn from the tacit knowledge of master craftsmen and skilled workers, and to establish a national manufacturing data library for storing, managing, and utilizing high-quality manufacturing data.Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Kim Jeong-kwan stated, "The results of increasing productivity and reducing defect rates have been confirmed in the field, and we will ensure that verified models are rapidly disseminated to small and medium-sized enterprises and regional industrial complexes. We will actively support the accumulation and utilization of manufacturing data and the expertise of skilled workers, and implement full-stack AI factories operated by AI and robots, enabling our country to leap forward as a global leader in M.AX by 2030."* This article has been translated by AI. 2026-08-04 11:04:00
  • Crypto exchange Bithumb eyes IPO listing by 2028
    Crypto exchange Bithumb eyes IPO listing by 2028 SEOUL, August 4 (AJP) - Cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb has laid out a phased roadmap to pursue an initial public offering (IPO) by 2028. In a notice posted on X on Monday, the company said it has already begun IPO preparations by strengthening internal controls, improving accounting standards, and boosting transparency, with plans to file for a preliminary review in 2027 before completing the IPO in 2028. Bithumb said it is working with domestic and overseas securities firms, accounting firms and external experts to strengthen internal controls and establish systems required for a public company, while bringing its risk management and compliance systems up to the standards of regulated financial institutions to enhance trust. As part of these efforts, Bithumb streamlined its business structure last year by spinning off its core exchange operations from newer businesses to create Bithumb Asset, a move aimed at clarifying responsibilities between business areas and reducing potential conflicts of interest. Bithumb also plans to reduce its reliance on the cryptocurrency market by diversifying its business portfolio and maintaining sufficient liquidity to enhance confidence among investors. It emphasized that greater transparency will be a key part of its IPO strategy, saying it regularly discloses financial information and details of its own crypto-asset holdings while expanding communication with investors and other stakeholders. "We will take the necessary steps to meet listing requirements and build trust among investors," a Bithumb spokesperson said. However it remains to be seen how its plan will materialize, as no domestic cryptocurrency exchange has yet gone public in South Korea, making Bithumb's IPO plan a closely watched development in the industry. The crypto exchange competes with Upbit, operated by fintech company Dunamu, for market share in South Korea. 2026-08-04 10:59:22
  • Democratic-led states seek to block U.S. forced-labor tariffs
    Democratic-led states seek to block U.S. forced-labor tariffs SEOUL, August 04 (AJP) -The legal foundation for U.S. tariffs on goods from South Korea and 59 other trading partners came under challenge Monday as a coalition of 25 Democratic-led states sued the Trump administration in federal court. Many nonexempt South Korean goods entering the United States have faced a combined tariff rate of 12.5 percent since July 24, after Washington replaced an expiring 10 percent global surcharge with new duties imposed under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974. Under the measure, the United States imposes an additional duty on South Korean products when their existing most-favored-nation tariff is below 12.5 percent, bringing the combined rate to that level. Products whose existing rate is already at least 12.5 percent receive no additional Section 301 duty. Goods subject to separate Section 232 national security tariffs, including automobiles, steel, aluminum and copper, are excluded from this particular action but may still face other U.S. duties. A coalition of 25 Democratic-led U.S. states filed a lawsuit Monday in the U.S. Court of International Trade in New York, asking the court to halt the "unlawful" tariffs and refund duties already collected. The lawsuit includes New York, California, Oregon, Arizona, Washington, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and 16 other states. The Trump administration imposed duties of between 10 percent and 12.5 percent on imports from 59 countries and the European Union, collectively accounting for more than 99 percent of U.S. imports. Washington said the economies had failed to impose or effectively enforce bans on imports made wholly or partly with forced labor. The states, however, argue that forced labor was used as a pretext to preserve President Donald Trump’s broad global tariff policy after courts invalidated two previous versions. Their complaint said the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative grouped 60 economies into just four tariff categories without establishing a meaningful relationship between conditions in each economy and the rate imposed. It also alleged that USTR provided no clear benchmarks explaining how a country could improve its forced-labor enforcement and secure the removal of the tariffs. “The law and our Constitution are clear that the president does not have the power to impose sweeping tariffs on whatever countries he wants,” New York Attorney General Letitia James said in a statement announcing the lawsuit. James said the tariffs would effectively raise taxes on American families and businesses by increasing the prices of imported products. The White House rejected the states’ claims, saying Section 301 explicitly permits the government to respond to foreign practices that unfairly burden U.S. commerce. “The United States is using its lawful authority to obtain the elimination of unreasonable acts, policies, and practices that burden U.S. commerce,” White House spokesperson Kush Desai said. Desai said weak enforcement of forced-labor import bans placed American workers and businesses at a competitive disadvantage and argued that Section 301 had proved legally durable during Trump’s first term. The current dispute follows a series of courtroom setbacks for Trump’s tariff agenda. In February, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act did not authorize the president to impose the sweeping “reciprocal” tariffs introduced during his second term. The administration subsequently imposed a temporary 10 percent worldwide surcharge for 150 days under Section 122 of the Trade Act. The Court of International Trade also ruled against that measure, although it remained in place during the government’s appeal and expired at the beginning of July 24. The new Section 301 tariffs took effect at the same time, preventing any interruption in the administration’s baseline tariff policy. Unlike the emergency-powers and Section 122 provisions, Section 301 has long been used to address unfair or discriminatory foreign trade practices. Trump relied on it extensively to impose tariffs on Chinese products during his first term, and those duties survived previous legal challenges. The states nevertheless argue that Section 301 requires investigations and remedies tailored to specific countries and practices. They said completing investigations into 60 separate economies in less than three months and imposing nearly identical rates demonstrated that the outcome had been predetermined. The states’ case follows two lawsuits filed by U.S. small businesses on July 24, the day the new tariffs took effect. One was brought on behalf of New York spice retailer Burlap & Barrel and California watch retailer Collective Horology. Those plaintiffs similarly contend that the administration did not explain how tariffs on their imports would eliminate the foreign practices identified by USTR. The latest lawsuit could determine whether the administration can use Section 301 to sustain tariffs covering nearly the entire U.S. import market or whether the law permits only narrower measures directed at clearly identified trade practices. 2026-08-04 10:56:29