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Riiid Labs, the global arm of AI-education company Riiid, has announced that researchers at Riiid will be hosting the Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIEd) workshop on Feb. 9 at the 35th annual Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) virtual conference.At the wor...

 The 2021 Born2Global Centre membership applications are opening next week! In search of the latest and greatest in deep-tech, Born2Global Centre will be opening membership applications from March 3rd to 31 for a new batch of startups with ICT convergence technology.  Application...

 In collaboration with Ygnite, the young professionals’ arm of the Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA), Born2Global Centre continues to promote cross-cultural partnerships through a joint venture global development project.  The Ygnite 2021 Startup Showcase pitch co...

4DReplay (CEO Hongsu Jung, Born2Global Centre member ‘21), a startup focused on specialized 4D video production, has successfully raised $15 million (worth KRW 16 billion) in investments.The cumulative total of 4DReplay's investments stands at $31.5 million, and its valuation is $213.5 million.Three...

Softberry, which operates the eco-friendly electric vehicle charging and payment service platform “EV Infra,” announced on January 28 that it has attracted strategic Pre-Series A investments from SK Rent-a-car, as well as ZER01NE by Hyundai Motor Company.Softberry plans to jointly carry out technolo...

 The government has adopted the 2021 action plan for "Digital New Deal", which is a key pillar of the Korean New Deal initiative at the first Korean New Deal Ministers' Meeting  in the new year. Digital New Deal is a national innovation project that invests a total of 58.2 trillion wo...

   The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has installed at the Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Services in Seoul's Nowon-gu District a mobile negative pressure isolation room for those critically ill with COVID-19. (KAIST)By Lee Kyoun...

   President Moon Jae-in on Jan. 27 delivers a special address to the World Economic Forum 2021 via videoconferencing from Cheong Wa Dae. (Yonhap News)By Xu Aiying and Yoon SojungPresident Moon Jae-in on Jan. 27 called Korea a "safe and stable partner and investment des...

Green Labs, an innovative blockchain-based ‘smart farming’ platform, has secured $18 million in Series B funding. With the funding round led by Hashed, a blockchain focused venture capital firm headquartered out of Seoul and San Francisco, Green Labs has raised $28 million in funding to date....

 When you hear of self-driving cars, more often than not you hear about names like Tesla, Alphabet, Mobileye or even Apple. But behind these giant players are mobility companies, whose innovation and technology power some of the most critical work happening in the autonomous space right now....