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  KAIST and King Saud University partner to develop open-source AI model SEOUL, July 04 (AJP) - South Korea's prominent research institute Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST) and Saudi Arabia’s King Saud University (KSU) have agreed to work together on building an open-source artificial intelligence platform, offering an alternative to the current dominance of the United States and China in the global AI landscape. The two universities held a meeting on Jul. 3 at the KAIST campus in Seoul. KAIST President Lee Kwang-hyun July 4, 2025
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  Korean biotech firm DewCell partners with Thermo Fisher on artificial platelet project SEOUL, July 1 (AJP) - DewCell, a South Korean biotechnology company specializing in stem cell-based therapies, announced Tuesday that it has launched a collaboration with Thermo Fisher Scientific of the United States to develop a customized culture medium for the large-scale production of artificial platelets. The partnership will focus on creating a serum-free, animal-origin-free medium tailored specifically to platelet cell cultivation. DewCell said the joint effort aims to maximi July 1, 2025
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  Xiaomi to launch flagship smartphone in South Korea as it challenges Samsung on home turf SEOUL, June 27 (AJP) - Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi is to launch its flagship "Xiaomi 15" smartphone during the grand opening of its very first offline store Mi Store in South Korea on Saturday, as the Chinese elctronics giant takes a bold step into the notorious South Korean market often dubbed “graveyard of foreign smartphone brands” where Samsung maintains its strong grip, with Apple capturing the hearts of young consumers. Along with the flagship smartph June 27, 2025
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  INTERVIEW: Korean startups race to bring lab-grown meat to market SEOUL, June 26 (AJP) - Donning a white lab coat and sterile shoe covers, Dominic Jeong, CEO of South Korean food-tech startup Simple Planet, leads the way through a sleek laboratory buzzing with quiet precision. He opens a chilled cabinet and carefully lifts out petri dishes filled with ivory-white clusters. “These are cultivated animal cells — cow fat and chicken muscle tissue,” Jeong told AJP. “We transform them into protein-rich powders and pastes.&rdqu June 26, 2025
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  POSTECH, LG unveil breakthrough in 6G communication SEOUL, June 18 (AJP) - South Korea’s Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) and LG Electronics have jointly announced the development of the world’s first multimodal, multitask semantic communication system — a major step toward realizing the promise of 6G. The announcement was made at the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2025), held in Montreal. The technology, a product of collaboration between Professor Lee Nam-yoon's ele June 18, 2025
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  State institute KAIST partners with Naver to develop app for autistic children SEOUL, May 18 (AJP) - South Korea's leading science and technology institute, KAIST, has joined hands with Naver Cloud AI Lab to develop a smartphone application designed to help children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) communicate more effectively with their parents. KAIST announced on Sunday that the newly developed app, called “AAcess Talk,” was created through a collaboration between its research team and the artificial intelligence lab under Naver, the cou May 18, 2025
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  Studio Meta-K secures Series A investment from Korea Investment Partners to lead future of AI-powered content SEOUL, April 11 (AJP) - Studio Meta-K, a South Korean startup specializing in AI-based content IP production, announced on April 10 that it has raised 2 billion won from Korea Investment Partners as part of a 3 billion won Series A funding round. The investment aims to support the company’s efforts to revolutionize content production using proprietary AI and virtual human technologies. Studio Meta-K describes itself as South Korea’s first full-service studio to combine April 11, 2025
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  DeeprRoute.ai CEO touts AI-native driving system as industry game-changer SEOUL, April 08 (AJP) - Maxwell Zhou, CEO of Chinese autonomous driving company DeeprRoute.ai, has showcased the company’s end-to-end AI-powered technology during his keynote speech at the Seoul Mobility Show held at KINTEX northwest of Seoul on Tuesday, saying the firm’s Vision-Language-Action (VLA) model has ushered in a new era of scalability, transparency, and human-level decision-making in smart driving systems. “This is not just a technological shift,&rdquo April 8, 2025
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  Hyodol to showcase AI-powered companion robot at MWC in Barcelona SEOUL, February 26 (AJP) - South Korean robotics company Hyodol is showcasing its latest artificial intelligence-powered companion robot at this year's Mobile World Congress (MWC), which kicked off its four-day run in Barcelona, Spain earlier this week. Hyodol said Thursday that its latest innovation for the annual trade show is a feature called "Advanced Voice Mode," which allows for smoother, more natural conversations. According to Hyodol, the new feature enabl February 26, 2025
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  Trump warns of tariffs over foreign regulations on U.S. tech firms SEOUL, February 22 (AJP) - U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that he would take strong action, including tariffs, against foreign governments imposing unfair regulations on American tech giants like Google, Amazon, and Meta. “What they’re doing to us in other countries is terrible with digital,” Trump said on Friday, directing his administration to address what he described as unfair trade practices harming U.S. companies. He accused foreign governments o February 22, 2025