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Restoring the Growth Ladder Is No Longer About Funding—It’s About Fixing the Executors
South Korea’s startup policy is moving into a defining phase. The Ministry of SMEs and Startups (MSS) is no longer...
The Kyowon Ransomware Breach and Korea’s Reputation: The Next Economic Risk Isn’t Finance but Trust
When innovation moves faster than protection, even the safest systems become vulnerabilities. The ransomware attack on Kyowon Group, one of...
From Nobel Materials to AI CareTech, Investors Return to Fundamentals: Korea’s Deep Tech and AI Startups Capture Early 2026 Momentum
Early 2026 began with investors signaling a clear recalibration toward core innovation. In just the second week of January, 15...
When “Growth Ladder” Meets Ground Truth: Korea’s 2026 Execution Dilemma
In policy, the real struggle rarely begins at the podium—it begins the morning after. Korea’s startup engine has capital, leadership,...
AI Turns Security from Reaction to Prediction — Korea’s S-1 Signals the Next Global Shift
In global security, a quiet revolution is unfolding. Artificial intelligence is no longer confined to analytics or automation—it’s learning to...
Korea and HP Unite to Build the Next Global AI Powerhouses Through AroundX and “HP Garage 2.0”
Korea’s global startup diplomacy is turning into tangible infrastructure. The Ministry of SMEs and Startups (MSS) has joined hands with...
Korea Turns Global with Silicon Valley Campus, Redefining How Startup Policy Meets Practice
South Korea has officially planted its flag in the world’s most competitive innovation belt. The new Startup Venture Campus in...
Korea’s Equal-Footing Turn with China Signals New Grammar for Global Tech Economic Cooperation
When Korea’s top tech leaders shook hands in Beijing and its startup founders met their Chinese counterparts in Shanghai, it...
Failure Is No Longer Fatal: Korea Builds a Re-Challenge Ecosystem for Its Next Startup Wave
Korea is re-engineering the way its venture ecosystem deals with failure. The government’s 2026 Economic Growth Strategy positions entrepreneurship not...
Gangwon Venture Fund Moves from Policy to Action — Testing Korea’s Regional VC Reform with ₩44.3B Sub Funds
Gangwon’s long-planned venture capital initiative has now crossed the line between policy and execution. With KRW 44.3 billion in sub-funds...
Korea’s Fund of Funds Turns Away from Risk — and from Its Young Founders
Korea’s startup policy has long promised to empower the next generation of entrepreneurs. But as the economy tightens and risk...
Can Korea’s ‘All-in-One Pack Production’ Finally Bridge the Gap Between Policy Vision and Startup Survival?
Korea’s Ministry of SMEs and Startups (MSS) has launched a new initiative that directly targets the most chronic weakness in...
The Sandbox Worked. The System Didn’t: The Fallout of Lucentblock and Korea’s Policy Maturity
Korea’s sandbox once symbolized how innovation could coexist with regulation. Now, one of its earliest success stories, Lucentblock, stands as...
Korea’s Deep-Tech Shift Is Further Unfolding — And CES 2026 Was the Proof
Las Vegas was noisy, as CES always is. But what stood out in the K-Startup Pavilion this year wasn’t the...
Technology Theft Is Korea’s Innovation Tax—Now the Bill Just Went Up
For decades, Korea’s startup economy has thrived on the tension between imitation and invention. That tension has just become costlier....