By Pim OomeBusiness Development Manager – Benelux, BUMAXAs engineering systems become increasingly precise, the smallest mechanical variables can have outsized consequences. In industries such as semiconductor manufacturing, medical technology and aerospace, the integrity of a bolted joint is no lon

Series IndexPart 1 | Unpaid Corporate Transactions: Liability Behind the Veil Part 2 | Trade Name Continuity and the Liability of a SuccessorPart 3 | Directors’ Liability for DamagesPart 4 | The Person Behind the Company NamePart 5 | The Limits of Self-Defense in Assault Cases Part 6 | Criminal Sett

Series OverviewThis is more than a journey through Korea's nine UNESCO-listed Seowon. It is an exploration of more than 700 years of the Seonbi tradition—Korea's Confucian scholar-gentlemen who pursued learning, moral integrity, and public responsibility—and the educational philosophy that s

As artificial intelligence(AI) becomes the foundation of economic competitiveness, the debate over digital infrastructure is shifting beyond cloud computing to the resilience, sovereignty, and trustworthiness of the data that powers AI.The October 2025 AWS outage exposed how deeply the global econom

By Monica Younsoo ChungPublisher & Editor-in-Chief, Korea IT TimesKorea IT Times was founded on July 15, 2004, to bring the potential of South Korea’s information technology industry to the world. Over the past 22 years, we have documented how semiconductors and telecommunications, the internet and

Series OverviewPart 1. Why the Future Belongs to the Healing IndustryPart 2. The Rise of the Healing Economy and the Fifth Industrial ParadigmPart 3. AI Can Treat Diseases, but Only Humans Can HealPart 4. The Healing Industry as the Next Blue OceanPart 5. Why Healing Could Become the Most Promising

Series IndexPart 1 | Unpaid Corporate Transactions: Liability Behind the Veil Part 2 | Trade Name Continuity and the Liability of a SuccessorPart 3 | Directors’ Liability for DamagesPart 4 | The Person Behind the Company NamePart 5 | The Limits of Self-Defense in Assault Cases Part 6 | Criminal Sett

This article is Part 2 of the Korea IT Times Editorial Board's analysis of the changing structure of global AI competition.Read Part 1: China Isn't Chasing the U.S. in AI—It's Rewriting the AI Value Chain Capital Markets Are Asking a Different QuestionThis structural shift is becoming in

The global race for artificial intelligence has entered a fundamentally different phase. The central question is no longer who can build the smartest large language model. Increasingly, it is who can build the ecosystem that everyone else depends on.That shift was unmistakable at the 2026 World Arti

Series OverviewThis is more than a journey through Korea's nine UNESCO-listed Seowon. It is an exploration of more than 700 years of the Seonbi tradition—Korea's Confucian scholar-gentlemen who pursued learning, moral integrity, and public responsibility—and the educational philosophy that s

Series IndexPart 1 | Unpaid Corporate Transactions: Liability Behind the Veil Part 2 | Trade Name Continuity and the Liability of a SuccessorPart 3 | Directors’ Liability for DamagesPart 4 | The Person Behind the Company NamePart 5 | The Limits of Self-Defense in Assault Cases Part 6 | Criminal Sett

Launching the SeriesBeyond AI: Designing the Next Chapter of Human LifeArtificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping the foundations of production, labor, industry, and the global economy. As repetitive tasks become increasingly automated and humanoid technologies continue to evolve, the role of huma

Launching the SeriesIn 2019, UNESCO inscribed nine of Korea's Seowon—Neo-Confucian academies of the Joseon Dynasty—on the World Heritage List. Yet what the world recognized was not simply a collection of centuries-old buildings.UNESCO acknowledged the enduring values embodied by the Seowon: scho

By Baek Doo-ok, Ph.D. in Law (jadebeck@hanmail.net)Former Commissioner of the Seoul Regional Office of SMEs and StartupsRegional depopulation is no longer a distant threat in South Korea. Rural villages, fishing communities and mountain towns are steadily losing residents, weakening local economies

Series IndexPart 1 | Unpaid Corporate Transactions: Liability Behind the Veil Part 2 | Trade Name Continuity and the Liability of a SuccessorPart 3 | Directors’ Liability for DamagesPart 4 | The Person Behind the Company NamePart 5 | The Limits of Self-Defense in Assault Cases Part 6 | Criminal Sett

By Sebastian Albrecht | Special ContributorVANCOUVER, British Columbia — Vancouver's housing market continued to show signs of improvement in June, with residential sales rising for a third consecutive month while active inventory declined, indicating that the city's prolonged market correct

The Journey So Far1. Why Now, K-Culture?2. The DNA of Tradition: The Roots of K-Culture3. From Hanbok to High Fashion4. Hangul: The Most Scientific Cultural Platform5. Korean Cuisine: The Science of Fermentation and the Culture of Healing6. K-Pop and the Continuity of Traditional Rhythm7. K-Drama an

According to Reuters, on July 7–8, 2026, attacks on commercial vessels near the Strait of Hormuz forced several oil and gas tankers to reverse course, raising shipping risks around one of the world’s most important energy chokepoints. The episode showed that Iran does not need to close the Strait ou

A Submarine Is Part of a National Security ArchitectureCanada was never purchasing a single military platform. It was selecting a naval ecosystem designed to operate for decades.Unlike fighter aircraft or armored vehicles, submarines become deeply integrated into a nation's operational doctrine,

The rules of global defense competition are being rewritten.Canada has selected Germany’s Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) as the preferred bidder for its Canadian Patrol Submarine Project (CPSP). The program, which calls for up to 12 next-generation conventionally powered submarines, ranks among