KERC Newsletter / 2023.05.04.

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Policy & Stats

South Korea Establishes a "New Digital Order" as a Digital Model Nation​​​​​​​

Establishing a digital bill of rights for the new digital order and initiating social discussion - Actively leading the discussion on global digital norms

S. Korea to set new standards and guidelines on copyrights of AI-generated content​​​​​​​

The South Korean government will set new standards and guidelines on content generated based on machine-learned data by September 2023.

Boost promised for advanced chip industry​​​​​​​

Industry Ministry renews commitment to creating new W300tr cluster for advanced AI, automotive chips

Yoon-Biden summit paves way for bilateral semiconductor partnership

The summit between South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and U.S. President Joe Biden has paved the way for the "world's best" bilateral semiconductor partnership

S. Korea pushing to launch world's 1st int'l bioeconomy agreement

South Korea will push to launch an international agreement meant to boost trade and economic cooperation in the bioindustry among partner nations

New Fast-track for Regulatory Sandbox will significantly shorten process periods​​​​​​​

The approval period for regulatory sandbox (demonstration exception or temporary license) is expected to be significantly reduced from an average of 4-5 months to 2 months.

 
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Research Trends

UNIST building AVATAR system for teleoperated robots

It is a robot that is remotely controlled by a human operator from a distance equipped with a wearable interface, including a head-mounted display, wired gloves and boots.

 
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Technology

Samsung bans AI chatbots after leak

Companies fear internal data shared with AI chatbots could leak to public

Kakao Talk adopts AI solution capable of providing nutritional information based on pictures of food​​​​​​​

 
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Industry R&D

HD Korea Shipbuilding to invest 15 mln euros in Europe​​​​​​​

Major South Korean shipyard HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. will expand its R&D spending in Europe to secure future shipbuilding and maritime technologies.

Merck to build bioprocessing plant in Korea

Merck, a leading science and technology company based in Germany, said Wednesday it plans to build a bioprocessing unit in Daejeon, South Korea.

SK Bioscience to invest W2.4tr by 2027​​​​​​​

SK Bioscience will invest 2.4 trillion won ($1.79 billion) over the next five years into new vaccine development and the expansion of manufacturing facilities both here and abroad.

SK E&S, Plug Power to invest 1 tln won for hydrogen gigafactory in S. Korea

SK E&S Co. is spending 1 trillion won (US$747 million) with Plug Power, a U.S. hydrogen company, to build a large production facility for hydrogen-powered equipment in South Korea.

 
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In Case you missed it

Korea eyes W20tr boost for secondary battery sector through 2030

S. Korea to spend W560b to promote software sector this year

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