Statistics Korea will launch the 'Economic Situation Board' and 'National Life Outlook', statistical visualization contents that allow anyone to experience statistics in an easy and fun way, on February 24 through KOSIS. Kobot 1.5, an advanced statistical chatbot, will also be piloted for public evaluators from February 28th. Statistics Korea provides statistical visualization contents on various topics every year to make statistics more accessible and useful to the public and expand the use of statistics. This year, we have developed useful and interesting contents under the themes of 'Econom
On the 28th, the Chungcheongbuk-do Office of Education announced that it will introduce and utilize AI digital textbooks (AIDT) in 245 elementary, middle, and high schools in the province from the new school year of 2025. The schools that will use AIDT are 245 out of 472 elementary, middle, and high schools in the province, or about 51.9 percent. The Chungbuk Provincial Office of Education will be introduced to math, English, and information courses in grades 3 and 4 of elementary schools, grades 1 and 2 of middle schools, and grades 1 and 2 of high schools from the 2025 school year, and schoo
Gyeonggi-do Governor Kim Dong-yeon said, “Let's make Gyeonggi-do a startup paradise,” pledging to create more than 20 unicorn companies in five years. On the 26th, Gyeonggi-do held the inauguration ceremony of the Gyeonggi-do Startup Council at the Gyeonggi Creative Economy Innovation Center International Conference Hall in Pangyo. This is the first time a Gyeonggi-do-level startup council has been launched. More than 600 startup officials attended the event, where the council was declared inaugurated and 11 executives were presented with certificates of appointment. “When I met with unicorn c
The Ministry of SMEs and Startups announced on the 26th that it held the 'AI Super Gap Challenge Kick-off Day' event at the Four Seasons Hotel in Seoul to promote the commercialization of artificial intelligence (AI) startups through demand-based collaboration between global giants such as LG Electronics and Qualcomm and promising AI startups in Korea. Recently, the emergence of China's Deepseek, which launched a low-cost and high-performance large-scale language model (LLM model) in the global market, has intensified the competition for hegemony in AI technology between the United States and
The visit was attended by Belmont Superintendent Jill Geiser, Harvard Graduate School of Education Professor Fernando Reimers, and Principal Isaac Taylor. Lim toured the school with about 10 Korean students from Belmont High School and observed an anatomy class where students dissected a blue crab to learn about the structure of crustaceans, a math class where students used five dots to complete a graph, and an English class where students debated whether students should be allowed to do assignments via ChatGPT. The best feature of Belmont High School is that students can choose their own clas
Jeollanam-do signed a letter of intent (LOI) with Stanford Center, Korea Advanced Institute of Energy and Technology, and SFR-Stock Farm Road in San Francisco, USA, on the 26th (local time) to support the successful construction of the world's largest 15 trillion won ($15 billion) Solar City AI Supercluster Hub. The signing ceremony was attended by Kim Young-rok, Governor of South Jeolla Province; Amin Badr-El-Din, Co-Chair of Stock Farm Road; Michael Lepech, Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Stanford University; and Park Jin-ho, Acting President of Korea Advanced Institute
Medical · Health
The Ministry of Health and Welfare plans to train an average of 668 doctors annually to work in essential public health services in local areas over the next five years, starting in 2027.
IT · Science
17 domestic humanoids gather at DDP, and Seoul City hosts the 'Seoul AI Festival'
Entertainment · Broadcasting
[SBS My Little Old Boy] Moon Chae-won, to Seo Jang-hoon, who has 4 trillion won(?), says, “Hey, just give me 1 trillion won~” cutely... What will Seo Jang-hoon say?
Education · Society
Jeju RISE: Sharing the Results of "Industry-Academic Cooperation"
Education · Society
Goseong County's Dinosaur Land Shopping Mall Wins Consumer-Friendly Brand Award at the 2026 Korea Consumer Awards for 9 Consecutive Years
Politics · Economy
President Lee Jae-myung: "Price stabilization is urgent... Actively developing and implementing policies to ease the burden on people's livelihoods."
Politics · Economy
President Lee Jae-myung awards the Samjeonggeom sword to a newly promoted brigadier general.
Entertainment · Broadcasting
Fair Play Menarini International Award, 29th Award Ceremony marked by waves of emotion
Entertainment · Broadcasting
The Rose, the first Korean band to perform at Coachella, confirms Seoul concert on August 30 for “Once Upon a WRLD”
Culture · Events
Incheon Port Authority kicks off the 6th Incheon International Marine Forum in Songdo, Incheon, to look into the future of the global marine industry