The country’s acting president said the AI rivalry has moved on from being solely between companies to a contest among nations.

Few global facilities possess more than a gigawatt of power, making electricity for AI computing increasingly scarce.

Korea has banned DeepSeek downloads on iPhone and Android after discovering the AI chatbot sends data to ByteDance.

South Korea unveils plans for a 3-gigawatt AI data center that fuses cutting-edge tech with renewable energy, propelling digital innovation and growth.

South Korea on Monday announced plans to secure 10,000 high-performance graphics processing units (GPUs) within this year in a bid to keep pace as the global AI race escalates.

The study by ADB and Korea University examines the impact of AI and robotics on employment and productivity in South Korea, revealing that AI boosts productivity but reduces labor’s income share, while robots increase jobs without clear efficiency gains.

South Korea’s intelligence agency originally raised alarms over the Chinese AI service, accusing DeepSeek of “excessively” collecting personal data and using all user input for training.

DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence startup, has temporarily paused downloads of its chatbot apps in South Korea while it works with local authorities to address privacy concerns, according to South Korean officials on Monday.

South Korea becomes the latest country to temporarily suspend new downloads of the Chinese AI app, DeepSeek, due to concerns over its data

Construction of a datacentre that is projected to be 3GW in size is set to start later this year in South Korea.

Brian Koo, whose extended family controls the LG Group, is backing the construction of a data center that aims to be South Korea’s largest, making him the latest entrepreneur to enter the global AI infrastructure race.