Series Overview1. 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 and t

Series IndexPart 1 | Unpaid Corporate Transactions: Liability Behind the Veil Part 2 | Trade Name Continuity and the Liability of a Successor By Hong Seung-kwonPrincipal Attorney, PAN Law Firm (skh@law-pan.com)One day, the owner of a long-established neighborhood restaurant changes. Yet the signboar

Series Index1. Why Learning Standards Are Breaking Down in the AI EraHow AI is eroding traditional learning benchmarks and blurring the question of what students should learn.2. What Is Language Learning For Now?Why language is shifting from a tool of expression to one of interpretation and understa

The South Korean government is moving to reshape the country’s startup landscape by launching a “Startup City Development Project” aimed at building ten regional startup hubs beyond the capital region.The Ministry of SMEs and Startups said on April 24 that the plan was unveiled at a national strateg

By Hyoung Joong Kim, Professor at Korea UniversityEdited and adapted by Korea IT TimesSkepticism surrounding stablecoins tends to return to the same point. Stablecoins are fast, efficient and capable of moving across borders, yet when the moment of redemption and settlement arrives, they are still e

Housing markets in major global cities are increasingly behaving less like local shelter markets and more like systems for storing wealth. From Seoul and New York to Toronto, London, Tokyo and Dubai, the decisive forces are no longer price levels alone, but the depth of capital inflows, the ability

Following last week’s “Part 13 | Illegal Lending Victims: What You Owe—and What You Don’t”, this three-part series will examine key legal issues arising in transactions between individuals and corporations.Series IndexPart 1 | Unpaid Corporate Transactions: Liability Behind the Veil By Hong Seung-kw

PrologueAI is no longer merely a supplementary tool for learning. It has become an environment that is reshaping the very premise of learning itself. Children are no longer asking only how to find the right answer; in a world where answers are delivered too easily, they are beginning to ask why they

As the global AI race intensifies, control over compute infrastructure is emerging as a strategic issue for both governments and industry. In an interview with Korea IT Times, Cheng Wang, COO and CFO of Akash, said the growing dominance of NVIDIA-led stacks has accelerated adoption but also heighten

Series Index1. How AI Is Reshaping Religion and Human Ethics2. What Remains Human in the Age of Expanding AI3. How Artificial Intelligence Reinterprets Religion4. Common Ground in Tradition and the Future of Faith5. Rebuilding Human Desire and Ethics in the AI Age6. Human Existence and the Value of

In his new book, K-Solar & Space Solar 2035 Dual Growth Project, energy strategist Park Sang-Nam argues that solar power should be approached not only as a tool for decarbonization but as a pillar of industrial policy, energy security, and long-term technological competitiveness.Park Sang-Nam, CEO o

By Jung Yeon-Tae,President of the Korea Information Service of the Construction Industry and Essayist.South Korea’s housing market once helped ordinary households build wealth. That function has weakened sharply. In its place, the market now works increasingly as a mechanism for reallocating assets

Series IndexPart 1 | Attorney Hong Seung-kwon: “AI Arrives in the Legal Profession”Part 2 | How Should Lawyers Use AI?Part 3 | Dividing Roles Between AI and LawyersPart 4 | AI Legal Advice Isn’t Enough—Here’s Why Lawyers Still MatterPart 5 | Attorney Hong Seung-kwon: Korea’s AI Law—KRW 30 Million Fi

By Ben Haslam, CTO and co-founder of SupersetDecentralized finance has expanded rapidly across multiple blockchains, but one of its most fundamental coordination problems remains unsolved. Much of the industry’s effort has focused on interoperability, including moving tokens between chains, improvin

Gangnam’s district mayor race is less about party lines than about execution. In one of Seoul’s most complex urban environments—where redevelopment, commercial activity, taxation, aging and everyday infrastructure intersect—voters are focused on whether policy can be delivered, not just proposed.In

The global tokenization race is accelerating. But much of the debate is still focused on the wrong arena.In the US and Europe, attention has centered on how tokenized assets should be regulated and traded. Grayscale’s $19 trillion projection, BlackRock’s BUIDL fund, and new infrastructure initiative

Series Index1. Solar Power as a Strategic National Industry2. Global Competition in the Solar Industry3. Understanding the Economics of Solar Power4. The Technology Race in Solar Cells5 Space Solar Power and the 2035 Energy Strategy By Park Sang-NamCEO, Global Consulting Corp (hgradf@naver.com)While

South Korea’s Ministry of SMEs and Startups has pushed back against criticism surrounding its “Everyone’s Startup Project,” arguing that the initiative represents a structural upgrade of existing pre-startup support programs rather than a hastily introduced policy. The ministry said recent claims ov

Series Overview1. 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 and t

Series IndexPart 1 | Attorney Hong Seung-kwon: “AI Arrives in the Legal Profession”Part 2 | How Should Lawyers Use AI?Part 3 | Dividing Roles Between AI and LawyersPart 4 | AI Legal Advice Isn’t Enough—Here’s Why Lawyers Still MatterPart 5 | Attorney Hong Seung-kwon: Korea’s AI Law—KRW 30 Million Fi