The nature of global competition in artificial intelligence is changing. Model performance alone no longer defines leadership. From 2026 to 2028, the decisive factors are increasingly likely to be who can secure reliable electricity, obtain advanced chips, build large-scale data centers and connect

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 Energy Strategy of 2035 By Park Sang-Nam, CEO, Global Consulting Corp (hgradf@naver.com

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Seeking the Invisible ForceThe brilliance of K-culture we see today is visible. But the source of that light is not. It lies in accumulated emotion, collective memory, survival through hardship, and a philosophy centered on humanity. The power of K-culture does not begin with technology. It begins w

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 Energy Strategy of 2035 By Park Sang-Nam, CEO, Global Consulting Corp (hgradf@naver.com

By Jun WonGun, Ph.D. in Political ScienceFormer Vice Chair, Democratic Party Policy Committee, Adjunct Professor, Kyung Hee UniversityIn preparation for the June 3 local elections, a perception survey of the Gangnam area reveals a dual image. Gangnam is widely recognized as “Seoul’s representative a

Following Khamenei’s death, the Middle East conflict may extend beyond multi-front military clashes toward heightened risks in the Strait of Hormuz, surging oil prices, and renewed inflationary pressure.Reports of Khamenei’s death and the simultaneous removal of Iran’s top military and security lead

Launching the SeriesSouth Korea has long been known as a “fast country.” Rising from the ashes of war, it achieved rapid industrialization, led the digital revolution, and now stands at the center of global culture. Yet to reduce this moment to a mere boom in content exports is to overlook its deepe

Series Index1- Humanoid Civilization Shift Driven by Physical AI: The Emergence of “i-Human (AI-Human) Productivity.”2- Human Reallocation: Laborers Disappear, Leaving “Architects” and “Governors.”3- The Essential Conditions for Humanoids: System Requirements for Power, Safety, Autonomy, and Control

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The long-term success of public-sector digital and informatization programs depends less on technological sophistication than on the durability of the governance architecture that sustains them. Even as systems advance rapidly, projects remain structurally exposed when institutional accountability,

Bitcoin’s recent price softness has been shaping short-term market sentiment. Headlines focus on volatility, ETF flows, and macroeconomic signals. But the more consequential shift is not the price tag — it is how far preparations have advanced to make Bitcoin usable within real-world finance.Behind

Neil Staunton, CEO and co-founder of Superset, says stablecoins have scaled quickly, but the liquidity infrastructure supporting them has not. In this Q&A, he explains why liquidity fragmentation is now a bottleneck—and how Superset aims to unify liquidity so stablecoins can operate as institutional

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Chinese financial agencies have reissued a notice reaffirming the 2021 ban on crypto trading and stablecoins, including cross-border activity, and signaling stricter controls on the tokenization of real-world assets (RWAs). The guidance states that no entity—Chinese or foreign—may issue an offshore

Canada has formally adopted a “Build at Home” strategy aimed at raising the domestic production share of strategic industries to 70 percent. The shift is viewed not merely as industrial promotion, but as a structural response to mounting uncertainty in North American trade relations and the broader

Polynomial and ZeroLend shut down days apart, each citing liquidity pressure as a key factor. Polynomial said it chose to close “instead of launching a token for a dying product.” ZeroLend pointed to “prolonged periods where the protocol operated at a loss.”The back-to-back exits have revived a fami

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When Korea’s Framework Act on the Development of Artificial Intelligence and the Establishment of a Foundation for Trust—widely known as the AI Basic Act—entered into force on January 22, 2026, it did more than formalize national AI policy. It placed transparency at the heart of regulation, requirin

Following a system malfunction at a cryptocurrency exchange that resulted in the creation of 620,000 bitcoins without corresponding balances, debate has reignited over the credibility standards of Korea’s crypto industry. Opinions differ on whether the incident should be viewed as a technical glitch