Technology

In 2025, South Korea faced an unprecedented wave of hacks that paralyzed telecom carriers, financial institutions, and online retailers. Technical debt, weak oversight, and centralized ID systems turned the world’s most connected nation into a prime target for espionage, extortion, and fraud.

Inside Korea’s smart city experiments—Busan Eco-Delta City and Sejong 5-1—where high-tech pilots work, but full-city integration lags behind.

Confidence scores look clinical. Precise. Coldly rational. But in practice? They often say more than they know—and less than they claim.

KRW-pegged stablecoins could soon reward Koreans for walking, learning, and creating — if lawmakers and the Bank of Korea align on regulation.

AI-generated content is creating a cycle of shallow, formulaic articles that distort search results. As AI content grows, popularity drives results over accuracy, reinforcing biases and limiting our understanding. How can we break this cycle?

Despite Korea's tech-forward reputation, its public software system remains dominated by outdated procurement rules, short-term contracts, and rigid project scopes — all of which undermine innovation and exclude high-growth firms.

Despite the appearance of constant busyness, most office workers spend less than three hours a day in focused work. This section uncovers the disconnect between activity and output in white-collar jobs.

SKT’s massive SIM data breach may have prompted a nationwide card replacement, but that doesn’t mean users are safe. Here’s why attackers can still clone, spoof, and hijack mobile identities—long after the SIM is swapped.

Global demand for rare earths is rising fast — but the real race isn’t about digging more, it’s about who can process them. From defense to electric vehicles, strategic supply chains hinge on refining, not reserves.

The wars of tomorrow will be fought with algorithms as much as artillery. South Korea must pivot from manpower to mindpower — building a leaner, smarter force through selective service and systemic defense reform.

As photonic and quantum systems redefine the limits of computation, they also pose a deeper question: What kind of thinking should our machines inherit — accelerated versions of our own, or entirely new forms beyond human logic?

South Korea's AI-powered textbooks are set to transform education, but resistance is growing among schools and parents. Concerns over academic performance, digital addiction, and privacy risks have led some schools to reject AI learning tools entirely.