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  Platform

  Socar Bets on Autonomous Driving With 220,000 Accidents Data

  On 14 April, Jang Hyuk, Head of the Socar Future Mobility TF, gives a presentation on the competitiveness of the autonomous driving data pipeline at the Future Mobility TF performance sharing session held at Socar’s Seoul office in Seongdong-gu, Seoul. Photo by Kim Jae-hyung, monami@donga.com Socar

  2026.04.16
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  Global Expansion

  LG CNS Unveils Logistics Robot Operating at -26°C

  LG CNS has unveiled a next-generation logistics robot that operates 24 hours a day even in frozen warehouses at minus 26 degrees Celsius, expanding the operating range of logistics robots into ultra-low temperatures that had previously restricted their use. The company plans to rapidly expand its ma

  2026.04.15
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  Startup / Logistics

  Lightbridge Expands Green Hydrogen Infrastructure With Modular Electrolysis

  ‘H-Bridge’ and Kim Jong-hoon, CEO of Lightbridge. Provided by Lightbridge The construction model for green hydrogen infrastructure is shifting from large-scale plants to modular structures, and Lightbridge is accelerating the commercialization of related technologies.Lightbridge announced on the 15t

  2026.04.15
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  Hyundai · Physical AI

  Robot Dog Walks Pets, Reads Notes to Do Chores

  Boston Dynamics YouTube capture Scene 1. The household quadruped robot (robot dog) “Spot” looks at a whiteboard hanging on the wall. On the whiteboard is written the instruction, “Put all the shoes away in the shoe cabinet.” Spot picks up the shoes scattered on the floor with its mouth and neatly or

  2026.04.15
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  Investment

  Pair Square Lab raises Series B from Mirae Asset, Korea Investment

  Digital asset infrastructure technology company Fairsquare Lab (CEO Kim Joon‑hong) announced that it has successfully secured Series B funding from major domestic venture capital (VC) firms. This funding round was led by CKX Partners, with Mirae Asset Capital, Korea Investment Partners, Korea Invest

  2026.04.15
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  AI Startup

  Leading Music Copyright Ecosystem Shift With AI, Blockchain

  CEO Kyeon Du-heon Kayzer Co., Ltd. received the Minister of SMEs and Startups Award in the AI Technology Innovation category at the “2026 Korea Industry Awards.”The background to the startup’s win in this category lies in its achievement of demonstrating the potential of a new system that integrates

  2026.04.15
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  K-Beauty

  PDRN-Hyaluronic Microtechnology Drives Skin Regeneration

  CEO Jin Hye-young MiWineMore has won the Grand Prize in the beauty category at the “2026 Korea Industry Awards.”The key factor in the company’s award is that it pioneered a new market for “procedure-free skin regeneration” by transplanting original technology from the medical dressing field into cos

  2026.04.15
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  Startup / Platform

  Korean AI Smart Factory Solutions Lead Manufacturing DX

  CEO Yoo Jae-seong AI-based smart factory solution company EMFOCUS Co., Ltd. has received the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Award in the AI Technology Innovation category at the “2026 Korea Industry Awards.”The basis for EMFOCUS’s award is clear. It enabled genuine smartization for domestic

  2026.04.15
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  AI Company

  Fixing AI’s ‘Time-Lag’ Answers

  Future AI evaluation system. Courtesy of KAIST Domestic researchers have developed a technology that overcomes a chronic limitation of large language models (LLMs), which is that they provide answers based on outdated information.On the 14th, KAIST announced that a research team led by Professor Hwa

  2026.04.14
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  Startup / FoodTech

  CJ CheilJedang Seeks Food-Tech Startup Cohort 6

  CJ CheilJedang announced on the 14th that it is recruiting for the sixth cohort of its open innovation program, “FRONTIER LABS.”FRONTIER LABS is a program that identifies, invests in, and nurtures agrifood startups with innovative technologies and ideas. Recruitment fields include ▲AI and robotics t

  2026.04.14