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Hyundai Motor Group laid out a two-track self-driving roadmap: NVIDIA-based production cars in 2028, then its own Atria AI in late 2029. Here's how it stacks up against Tesla and what it means for buyers.
9/13/2026
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Korean police arrested a serving officer for selling personal data pulled from the police internal network — the second such case in about a month. Why insider threats are the hardest breach to stop.
9/12/2026
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Korean streaming service Tving leaked over 40 million personal data records. The president demanded strict accountability on the very day a tougher privacy law took effect.
9/11/2026
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Goyang, a city near Seoul, is putting 2.7 billion won toward subsidies for 380 electric vehicles, including 320 passenger EVs. Applications open on the 21st, with extra grants for scrapping old gas cars.
9/11/2026
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Hyundai and Kia have teamed with LG Energy Solution, Hyundai Engineering and Wonik PNE on Korea's first UBESS pilot reusing E-GMP EV battery packs as energy storage. Here's why it matters.
9/10/2026
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Korean IT services giant LG CNS has added a "CNS-specific test" to its graduate hiring exam, assessing generative AI skills in separate coding and planning tracks. Here's why it matters.
9/10/2026
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Korean cosmetic-surgery platform Gangnam Unni leaked data on 220,000 users after abnormal access to a consultation API. Procedure names and photos were exposed. Here's why it matters.
9/9/2026
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Kakao Mobility is running autonomous vehicles through Seoul's Gangnam district from 11pm to 5am, logging 13,000 km in five months with its in-house AV-Kit and 24-hour remote monitoring.
9/9/2026
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Global EV deliveries hit 11.8 million in Jan-July, up 6.3%. Hyundai-Kia grew 24% to about 440,000 units and 3.7% share, yet ranked 8th as Chinese groups took six of the top ten spots.
9/8/2026
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Samsung launched its "Welcome to Foldables" outdoor ad campaign for the Galaxy Z Fold8 in Seoul, Tokyo, London and three more cities. Here's what the record preorders and 106-country rollout really signal.
9/8/2026
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BMW says cumulative battery-electric deliveries have passed 2 million, 13 years after the i3. What Europe's 28% BEV share and Korea's 55% growth actually signal.
9/7/2026
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Lotte Himart is bundling the Galaxy S26 FE with a 30GB+ mobile plan at 7,900 won a month for a year. Here's why unlocked phone + MVNO bundles are spreading in Korea.
9/5/2026
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Samsung Fire & Marine held its fourth mobility conference to rethink auto insurance for the AI and autonomous driving era. Here is why liability shifting from driver to system matters for premiums.
9/5/2026
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Reports of a 5–10 trillion won pre-IPO stake sale in SK Hynix's US NAND unit Solidigm have revived Korea's double-listing debate. Here's why it matters for shareholders and the memory industry.
9/4/2026
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OpenAI's ChatGPT, Anthropic's Claude and xAI's Grok all suffered outages at the same time. Here's what a simultaneous failure across rival AI providers reveals about shared infrastructure risk — and how to prepare.
9/3/2026
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From Sept 5 to Oct 31, South Korea is discounting public EV charging by up to 32% on weekends and holidays between 11am and 2pm — a pilot for time-of-use pricing coming next year.
9/3/2026
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Korea is budgeting a record ~2.1 trillion won for EV incentives next year, yet local subsidy pools in provinces like Gangwon are already empty. Here's what that gap means for buyers.
9/2/2026
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Korean streaming service Tving will unveil its data breach compensation plan on Sept 3, three months after the incident. Leaked records reportedly outnumber subscribers 4 to 1.
9/2/2026
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Korean FPCB supplier BH jumped 20.7% ahead of Apple's foldable iPhone reveal, while a foldable Apple Pencil was reportedly shelved. What these signals say about the device and its buyers.
9/1/2026
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South Korea's 2027 budget proposal expands EV purchase subsidies from 300,000 to 430,000 vehicles, with a 2.14 trillion won allocation and per-car amounts held flat. Here's what it means for buyers and automakers.
9/1/2026