Korean technology firms are launching free AI assistant services to challenge ChatGPT and Google Gemini, betting that fluency in Korean culture and language can offset their disadvantage in raw computing power.
16 July 2026
South Korea's telecoms giant KT is partnering with Silicon Valley's Palantir to build a domestic talent pipeline for AI agents — a move that signals strategic ambition well beyond a simple technology deal.
16 July 2026
South Korea's dominant internet portal is dismantling the building blocks of traditional search, betting that AI-generated answers will replace the structured information retrieval that defined the web's first two decades.
11 July 2026
Samsung's Galaxy AI has surpassed Apple Intelligence in active user engagement, exposing the gap between Apple's cautious, closed ecosystem strategy and Samsung's aggressive, partnership-driven rollout.
9 July 2026
South Korea's largest fixed-line telecoms operator is staking its future on artificial intelligence, but whether its ambitions can survive the weight of the investment remains an open question.
7 July 2026
Kakao's struggling portal subsidiary is betting that a partnership with an AI start-up can reverse years of market-share losses to Naver.
2 July 2026