Series OrderPart 1 | What Should Humans Do When AI Expands the Limits of Thought?Part 2 | Companies That Adopt AI and Companies That Create with AI Are DifferentPart 3 | In the AI Era, Corporate Competitiveness Depends on the Speed of Organizational Change By Im Byung-min (IBM), ColumnistMost companies today are adopting AI. Generative AI has become a hot topic in meeting rooms, employees receive AI training, AI chatbots are deployed in customer service centers, and coding AI is introduced to de

By Manripungchwi Jung Yeon-taeOctober 9, 2026, marks the 580th anniversary of Hangeul Day, a national holiday celebrating the creation and promulgation of Korea’s unique writing system. This year carries special historical significance. It marks 580 years since King Sejong promulgated Hunminjeongeum, the original name of Hangeul, in 1446. It also marks exactly 100 years since our ancestors established the first celebration of Hangeul Day, originally called Gagyanal, in 1926 during the Japanese c

Series OrderPart 1 | When a Company Fails to Pay for a TransactionPart 2 | Continued Use of a Business Name and the Transferee’s LiabilityPart 3 | A Company Director’s Liability for DamagesPart 4 | The Person Hiding Behind a CompanyPart 5 | What to Consider After Being AssaultedPart 6 | What Is an Appropriate Criminal Settlement Amount?Part 7 | If You Cannot Remember What Happened After Drinking, Could It Constitute Quasi-Rape?Part 8 | Freelancers and Severance PayPart 9 | What to Consider When

The European Union is negotiating to reduce imports of Chinese-made vehicles while simultaneously seeking China's cooperation in easing rare earth export procedures. Europe wants to protect its automotive industry from the growing market share of Chinese manufacturers, yet it remains heavily dependent on Chinese supply chains for critical materials used in vehicle production. The contradiction illustrates a central challenge in European industrial policy: China is both a major competitor in

Series OverviewPart 1 | Why Does AI Get Things Wrong So Convincingly?Part 2 | Why the OXMV Loop and Evidence Ledger Are NecessaryPart 3 | Mapping Knowledge for AI with OntologyPart 4 | OpenAI to End ChatGPT’s Custom GPT Era on December 11, 2026Part 5 | Taking Aim at ChatGPT’s Chronic “Hallucination” ProblemPart 6 | Can AI Detect Financial Cyberattacks Before They Escalate?Part 7 | GPT-6.1 Sol: From Conversational AI to a Work Platform By Manripungchwi Jung Yeon-taeChatGPT is changing again. This

Series Overview September 4 | HIRA Launches First AI-Assisted Claims Review September 11 | Medical Imaging AI Platform Competition September 18 | Lung Cancer Screening AI and National Follow-Up Care September 25 | Breast AI Shows Clinical Value Through Fewer Interval Cancers and Faster Diagnosis October 2 | Stroke AI Links Imaging to Treatment and Recovery October 9 | DICOM Standardization and Medical Imaging AI Performance and Security October 16 | Reimbursement Linked to Clinical Outcomes Octo

Series OverviewEpisode 1 | Why the World Took Notice of Korea's SeowonEpisode 2 | An Hyang and Sosu Seowon — The Beginning of Korean EducationEpisode 3 | Yi Hwang and Dosan Seowon — How Learning Shapes CharacterEpisode 4 | Ryu Seong-ryong and Byeongsan Seowon — Leadership That Protected a NationEpisode 5 | Yi Eon-jeok and Oksan Seowon — Philosophy Perfected in NatureEpisode 6 | Kim Goeng-pil and Dodong Seowon — The Roots of Moral ScholarshipEpisode 7 | Jeong Yeo-chang and Namgye Seowon — The

As AI infrastructure expands, the availability of the physical materials needed to build data centres and power networks is becoming an increasingly important consideration. In this written interview with Korea IT Times, Liechtenstein-based entrepreneur Monty C.M. Metzger, founder of Toto Finance, argues that copper supply and financing deserve greater attention in discussions about AI’s future. He outlines how commodity tokenization could connect producers, investors and industrial buyers, whil

Series OverviewPart 1 | Why Does AI Get Things Wrong So Convincingly?Part 2 | Why the OXMV Loop and Evidence Ledger Are NecessaryPart 3 | Mapping Knowledge for AI with OntologyPart 4 | OpenAI to End ChatGPT’s Custom GPT Era on December 11, 2026Part 5 | Taking Aim at ChatGPT’s Chronic “Hallucination” ProblemPart 6 | Can AI Detect Financial Cyberattacks Before They Escalate? By Manripungchwi Jung Yeon-taeA series of hacking and information-leak incidents across South Korea’s financial sector has p

By Im Byung-min (IBM), ColumnistArtificial intelligence (AI) is changing the foundations of corporate competitiveness. Its applications are expanding from document drafting and information retrieval to strategy, operations, customer experience, and product and service development. Companies therefor

By Manripungchwi Jung Yeon-taeFollowing a series of cyber intrusions and data exposure incidents across banks, savings banks, and capital companies, financial authorities have launched an emergency sector-wide review. One of the most important characteristics of the recent incidents is that attacker

Series OrderPart 1 | When a Company Fails to Pay for a TransactionPart 2 | Continued Use of a Business Name and the Transferee’s LiabilityPart 3 | A Company Director’s Liability for DamagesPart 4 | The Person Hiding Behind a CompanyPart 5 | What to Consider After Being AssaultedPart 6 | What Is an A

Series Overview September 4 | HIRA Launches First AI-Assisted Claims Review September 11 | Medical Imaging AI Platform Competition September 18 | Lung Cancer Screening AI and National Follow-Up Care September 25 | Breast AI Shows Clinical Value Through Fewer Interval Cancers and Faster Diagnosis Oct

Series OverviewPart 1 | Why Does AI Get Things Wrong So Convincingly?Part 2 | Why the OXMV Loop and Evidence Ledger Are NecessaryPart 3 | Mapping Knowledge for AI with OntologyPart 4 | OpenAI to End ChatGPT’s Custom GPT Era on December 11, 2026Part 5 | Taking Aim at ChatGPT’s Chronic “Hallucination” Problem By Manripungchwi Jung Yeon-taeGenerative artificial intelligence may be entering a new phase of competition. Until now, much of the race in AI has focused on which systems can generate more f

Series OrderPart 1 | Is AI Conscious? The Risks of Technology Turning Human Nature into DataPart 2 | Is AI Conscious? Part II | AI as a Cultural Mirror By Layne HartsellWhat we see in AI is, in a real sense, us. AI reflects the culture that created it based on enormous amounts of training data. In f

Series OrderPart 1 | When a Company Fails to Pay for a TransactionPart 2 | Continued Use of a Business Name and the Transferee’s LiabilityPart 3 | A Company Director’s Liability for DamagesPart 4 | The Person Hiding Behind a CompanyPart 5 | What to Consider After Being AssaultedPart 6 | What Is an A

In This SeriesPart 1 — Data as National InfrastructurePart 2 — How Data Becomes an Industrial Asset: Yang Jae-soo’s Framework for VerificationPart 3 — DataStreams Takes Trusted, AI-Ready Data Ecosystems GlobalPart 4 — FLock.io CEO Jiahao Sun on Keeping Data Local While AI LearnsPart 5 — Hasibul Haqu

Series Overview September 4 | Medical Imaging AI Enters National Infrastructure as HIRA Launches AI-Assisted Claims Review September 11 | The Medical Imaging AI Platform Race September 18 | Lung Cancer Screening AI and National Follow-Up Care September 25 | Breast AI Cuts Interval Cancers and Speeds

Series OverviewPart 1 | Why Does AI Get Things Wrong So Convincingly?Part 2 | Why the OXMV Loop and Evidence Ledger Are NecessaryPart 3 | Mapping Knowledge for AI with OntologyPart 4 | OpenAI to End ChatGPT’s Custom GPT Era on December 11, 2026 By Manripungchwi Jung Yeon-tae On September 11, 2026, O

In This SeriesPart 1 — Data as National InfrastructurePart 2 — How Data Becomes an Industrial Asset: Yang Jae-soo’s Framework for VerificationPart 3 — DataStreams Takes Trusted, AI-Ready Data Ecosystems GlobalPart 4 — FLock.io CEO Jiahao Sun on Keeping Data Local While AI LearnsPart 5 — Hasibul Haqu