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Wednesday 29 July 2026
SK Telecom bets on AI infrastructure to regain core status in SK Group
SK Telecom is moving to reposition itself as an AI infrastructure platform as it tries to recover its standing inside SK Group. The South Korean carrier's shift comes as domestic telecom...
Wednesday 29 July 2026
South Korea unveils US$950 billion AI partnerships with Nvidia, Samsung, SK Group
South Korea announced a US$950 billion package of AI cooperation initiatives in Silicon Valley on July 24, 2026, as President Lee Jae-Myung led a delegation of government and business...
Monday 27 July 2026
Rebellions readies Rebel100 shipments as AI inference demand grows
South Korean AI chip designer Rebellions plans to begin shipping its next-generation Rebel100 accelerator in the second half of 2026, betting that wider use of AI agents and commercial...
Monday 27 July 2026
SK Telecom forms SK Hyper to build 15GW of AI data centers by 2035
SK Telecom has created a dedicated subsidiary, SK Hyper, to develop AI data center businesses and expand South Korea's domestic AI infrastructure. The move supports the government's...
Saturday 25 July 2026
SK Hynix and Nvidia strike long-term deal to co-develop next-generation HBM
SK Group and Nvidia have announced a comprehensive partnership valued at more than $500 billion, spanning AI factory construction and next-generation memory supply, with letters of...
Friday 10 July 2026
SK AI Summit postponed as SK eyes closer alignment with Nvidia GTC
SK Group, which hosts the annual SK AI Summit as its flagship technology event to showcase its latest AI and semiconductor developments, is reportedly postponing the 2026 edition....
Monday 8 June 2026
Nvidia, SK Telecom plan gigawatt-scale AI cloud in Korea
According to Nvidia's press release, SK Telecom plans to build a gigawatt-scale AI cloud in Korea, with the first AI factory set to go online in 2027. The project signals how telecom...
Monday 27 April 2026
South Korea's telecom giants unveil full-stack AI strategies at WIS 2026, highlighting agents, infrastructure, and 6G
South Korea's three leading telecom operators—SK Telecom (SKT), KT, and LG U+—signaled a decisive shift beyond connectivity at the World IT Show (WIS) 2026, held April...
Friday 10 April 2026
Alibaba's Qwen tops Korea's AI benchmark
Alibaba's Qwen models occupy the top four positions on South Korea's K-AI Leaderboard, overtaking domestic AI models from LG AI Research, SK Telecom, and Naver.
Monday 2 March 2026
Nvidia and major telecom carriers pledge AI-native, open platforms to guide 6G infrastructure
At Mobile World Congress (MWC), Nvidia said it and leading operators and infrastructure providers, including Booz Allen, BT Group, Cisco, Deutsche Telekom, Ericsson, MITRE, Nokia,...
Tuesday 10 February 2026
SK's US$10bn AI venture takes chairman to Nvidia's door
Global competition in artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure is intensifying, and SK Group is accelerating its strategic expansion. Korean media report that SK Group chairman...
Tuesday 20 January 2026
Naver Cloud fails South Korea's AI foundation model selection
Based on the results of the first phase of South Korea's independent AI foundation model selection, LG AI Research, SK Telecom, and Upstage have advanced to the next stage. However,...
Wednesday 14 January 2026
South Korea's tech independence drive under scrutiny over China links
South Korea's push to build sovereign artificial intelligence foundation models is facing heightened scrutiny as several domestic contenders in a government-backed selection process...
Monday 5 January 2026
SK Telecom unveils South Korea's first 500-billion-parameter AI model A.X K1
South Korea's leading telecom operator SK Telecom (SKT) has introduced A.X K1, a 500-billion-parameter AI model developed under a national AI initiative to establish a foundational...
Monday 10 November 2025
SK Telecom's new CEO outlines AI infrastructure as core growth strategy
South Korea's SK Telecom (SKT) has appointed a new CEO, Jai-hun Jung, and is aiming to use AI infrastructure as its key driver for future growth. At the SK AI Summit 2025, Jung unveiled...