Technology Innovation

South Korea will provide support to nurture 100 defense-focused startups by 2030 to strengthen the defense industry's growth potential and better adopt cutting-edge technologies, government officials said. The blueprint, led by the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) and the Ministry of SMEs and Startups, also aims to foster 30 venture companies capable of generating 100 billion won ($69 million) in yearly sales by 2030.

13 Mwezi wa kwanza, 2026 Imeripotiwa na AI

Hangzhou-based startup DeepSeek has not announced plans for its next major AI model release, but its technical papers suggest potential advances. The papers highlight how AI infrastructure innovations could drive efficiency and scale up model performance.