South Korea tops OECD Digital Government Index
Feb 7, 2024 · South Korea has topped the OECD Digital Government Index for the second time, with Denmark, the UK, Norway and Australia completing the top five. According to the report, published last week, the Digital Government Index “assesses the efforts made by governments to establish the foundations necessary for a digital transformation of the public ...
South Korea commits US$4bn to bolster tech sectors
Aug 22, 2019 · As part of the government’s investment in tech, South Korea intends to build a testbed for semiconductors following Japan’s move to curb its exports of materials vital for semiconductor production. (Image courtesy: Dan Williams, Pixabay). The South Korean government will spend S$4.7 trillion (US$3.9bn) of its 2020 budget on technologies ...
South Korea tops OECD digital government rankings
Oct 21, 2020 · South Korea claimed the number one spot, followed by the UK, Colombia, Denmark and Japan. South Korea has been ranked as the top digital government among 33 countries in a league table released by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The 2019 Digital Government Index …
South Korea to use AI to notify citizens of welfare entitlement
Apr 20, 2023 · The South Korean government has set out plans to use artificial intelligence to improve services for citizens, including using the technology to automatically notify individuals of their entitlement to the country’s more than 1,000 welfare benefits. The use of the technology is proposed as part of the government’s Digital Platform ...
see global rankings in full - Global Government Forum
Jan 26, 2022 · Of the highest-scoring governments in East Asia behind Singapore, South Korea came 10th, followed by Japan (12th), China (15th), and Taiwan (18th). According to the report, pressure on East Asian countries to respond to the coronavirus pandemic prompted a surge in digital healthcare innovation, especially Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines.
EU exports to South Korea increase by 55% after bilateral trade deal
Oct 24, 2024 · Today, South Korea is one of the EU’s top ten export markets. Bilateral trade in goods between the EU and South Korea has been growing constantly since 2011, and reached a record level of over €90 billion (US$100.2 billion) in 2015, according to a report released by the European Commission on 1 July to mark the five-year anniversary of the ...
Crime-predicting AI cameras to be installed in Korea
Jan 8, 2020 · The government, which is working with the Electronics Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) on the project, says 3,000 cameras will be installed in the Seocho District of Seoul by July. The cameras will utilise AI to process location, time and citizens’ behaviour patterns to assess the likelihood of crimes taking place.
Governments turn to AI in fight against coronavirus - Global …
Mar 27, 2020 · In South Korea, the government mobilised the private sector to begin developing coronavirus testing kits soon after reports of a new virus began to emerge from China. As part of this drive, Seoul-based molecular biotech company Seegene used AI to speed up the development of testing kits, enabling it to submit its solution to the Korea Centers ...
Korean innovation chief forced out after four days in the job
Aug 16, 2017 · The new head of South Korea’s innovation office has resigned just four days after being appointed, following public outrage over her alleged role in a scientific fraud scandal. Park Ky-young stepped down as chief of the Science, Technology and Innovation Office (STIO) on Friday, after 288 professors at Seoul National University signed a ...
Lessons from the frontline: how to stop the spread of COVID-19
Mar 26, 2020 · The US and South Korea have opened drive-through testing hubs. (Photo by Airman 1st Class Brooke Moeder/US Air Force). The government acted fast to increase its testing capacity. Just one week after the country’s first citizen was diagnosed in late January, government officials met with representatives from several medical companies.