Check out the latest Smart City policy information! Issue No. 75 (June 1, 2026) Can't see this email properly? Smart City Issues “The Future Asks, Gwangju Answers” ​​Launch of the Republic of Korea Autonomous Driving Team May 13, 2026 / Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport The 'Gwangju Autonomous Driving Demonstration City Project' is a large-scale demonstration project deploying 200 autonomous vehicles across 500.97㎢ of actual living areas, including residential and commercial districts, throughout Gwangju. It aims to realize End-to-End (E2E) Level 4 autonomous driving by 2027 by repeating a virtuous cycle of 'driving data accumulation → autonomous driving AI learning → demonstration.' Read more The barrier to entry for electric vehicles is lowering. The era of battery subscriptions opens [...]

    Check out the latest Smart City policy information! Issue No. 74 (May 4, 2026) Can't see this email properly? Smart City Issues Government Discusses Legal and Institutional Support with Companies to Realize K-AI Cities April 20, 2026 / Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport The government is organizing a meeting to review AI City promotion strategies and discuss legal and institutional support measures with companies to realize K-AI Cities, which aim to make citizens' daily lives more convenient and safer by introducing artificial intelligence (AI) into urban operations and management. Read more Regulatory Reform Overhaul for the First Time in 28 Years… Promoting 'Mega Special Zones' with Highest Level Regulatory Exemptions April 15, 2026 / Joint Ministries The government [...]

    Check out the latest Smart City policy information! Issue No. 73 (April 1, 2026) Can't see this email properly? Smart City Issues Minister Kim Yun-duk, “Strengthening Korea-EU Cooperation on Eco-friendly and Sustainable Mobility” March 26, 2026 / Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport Minister Kim Yun-duk met with Ugo Astuto, Ambassador of the European Union (EU) to Korea, on March 26 to discuss ways to expand various bilateral cooperations, including automobiles, aviation, R&D, and green partnerships. Read more Autonomous driving begins in Hwaseong… Travel more convenient, cities safer March 19, 2026 / Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport The entire Hwaseong area [...] autonomous driving [...]

    Check out the latest Smart City policy information! Issue No. 72 (March 3, 2026) Can't see this email clearly? Smart City Issues The Era of AI Mobility: Faster and More Convenient Movement Begins Feb. 26, 2026 / Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport The government plans to fundamentally change the way we move by applying artificial intelligence (AI) technology to transportation and cities as a whole. As early as 2027, autonomous vehicles that drive on their own without human intervention will be available in daily life, and by 2028, flying Urban Air Mobility (UAM) services will begin, starting with the public sector. Read more National AI Strategy Committee, 2nd Plenary Meeting [...]

    Check out the latest smart city policy information! No. 71 (February 3, 2026) Having trouble viewing this email? Smart City Issues Gwangju Metropolitan City to Become a Testbed for Autonomous Driving… Government to Introduce 'Citywide Testbed' for the First Time January 21, 2026 / Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport The entire Gwangju Metropolitan City will be utilized as a testbed for autonomous driving vehicles. The government has designated an entire city as a testbed for autonomous driving, the first of its kind in Korea, and will pursue the development of autonomous driving AI technology and the commercialization of services on roads actually used by citizens. Minister Kim Yoon-deok stated, "With future land, infrastructure, and transport technologies, [...]

    Check out the latest smart city policy information! 2025 Smart City Korea Newsletter Top 10 News Summary 📌 K-City Network: Solving Overseas Urban Issues with Our Technology - K-Smart City Technology Demonstration in Italy and Other Countries K-Smart Cities Go Overseas to Address Safety, Transportation, and Waste Issues! April 7, 2025 / Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport announced that it has selected six cities in five countries as the finalists for the "K-City Network 2025 Overseas Demonstration Project" competition and plans to launch a full-scale local demonstration project worth a total of KRW 23 billion starting in April. Read more [...]

    Check out the latest smart city policy information! No. 69 (December 2, 2025) Having trouble viewing this email? Smart City Issues Korea and the UAE to Jointly Promote UAE Stargate Project, etc. November 18, 2025 / Joint Ministries The Ministry of Science and ICT, the Ministry of Environment, the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, and the National Artificial Intelligence Strategy Committee announced plans to comprehensively expand cooperation between the two countries, including participation in the UAE Stargate Project, the world's largest AI infrastructure facility, on the occasion of President Lee Jae-myung's state visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). See more MOLIT Dispatches Order Support Team to Saudi Arabia, the Largest Overseas Construction Market November 16, 2025 [...]

Check out the latest smart city policy information! No. 68 (November 3, 2025.11.3) Having trouble viewing this email? Smart City Issues: APEC Gyeongju Declaration Adopted… First Documentation of the Need for Regional Cultural and Creative Industries Cooperation November 1, 2025.11.1 / Republic of Korea Policy Briefing On the second day of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit, the "Retreat" session chaired by President Lee Jae-myung saw member leaders adopt three documents: the "APEC Leaders' Gyeongju Declaration," the "APEC AI Initiative," and the "APEC Joint Framework for Responding to Demographic Change," according to the Office of the President. See more Korean Autonomous Driving [...]

    Check out the latest smart city policy information! No. 67 (October 1, 2025) Having trouble viewing this email? Smart City Issues "Centimeter (cm) location confirmation" becomes possible even without the internet. September 30, 2025. / Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport. Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport. The National Geographic Information Institute (NGI) (Director Cho Woo-seok) will begin pilot operations of a new satellite-based location information service, "G-VRS (Gridded-VRS)," starting in October 2025. See more. "International Standard for Smart City Integrated Platform" Established with Domestic Technology. September 16, 2025. / Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport. "Real-time event monitoring and integrated management of smart city platforms (smart city [...]" developed with domestic technology.

Check out the latest smart city policy information! No. 66 (September 2025.9.1, 2025.8.6) Having trouble viewing this email? Smart City Issues: Personal Information Processing Standards for the Development and Utilization of Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) August 2025.8.5, XNUMX / Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) Releases "Guidelines for Personal Information Processing for the Development and Utilization of Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI)" Based on actual policy and implementation cases, the PIPC expects to address uncertainty by presenting legal considerations and safety standards for each stage of the generative AI lifecycle. See more: Mobility Regulatory Sandbox Demonstration Exception Approval Notice August XNUMX, XNUMX [...]

Check out the latest smart city policy information! Issue 65 (August 2025.8.1, 67) Having trouble viewing this email? Smart City Issue: "Lowering regulatory thresholds and expanding drone demonstrations"... Drone Special Free Zones to be drastically expanded nationwide to 2025.7.29 locations. July 3, 7.29 / Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport (Minister Park Sang-woo) designated the third Drone Special Free Zone (July 2025) to promote the commercialization of drone industry service models and expand the foundation for technology demonstrations. Read more: Suwon City, Gyeonggi Province, Selected for the Presidential Award at the 2025.7.15 Korea City Awards. July 2025, 7 / Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport The 15 Korea City Awards ceremony was held at BEXCO in Busan on Tuesday, July XNUMX. The Presidential Award was given to Gyeonggi Province [...]

Check out the latest smart city policy information! No. 64 (July 2025.7.1, 2025.6.16) Having trouble viewing this email? Smart City Issues Our developed carbon space map will be exported to Uzbekistan. June 2025.6.9, 2025.6.29 / Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport The "Carbon Space Map," developed as a result of a Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport research and development (R&D) project, will be built in Uzbekistan through a pilot project by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Read more Korea, Peru, and Colombia Expand ODA Partnership June XNUMX, XNUMX / Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport (Minister Park Sang-woo) will diversify its international development cooperation (ODA) projects to further strengthen the foundation for Korean companies to advance into Central and South America, including Peru and Colombia. Read more Smart City Policy Projects Buildings safe from fire will be realized with "fire spread prevention, evacuation, and fire extinguishing technologies." XNUMX / Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport [...]

Check out the latest smart city policy information! Issue 63 (June 2025.6.2, 2025.5.27) Having trouble viewing this email? Smart City Issues ITS Asia-Pacific General Assembly Opens in Suwon... A Glance at the Present and Future of Advanced Transportation Technologies May 5, 28 / Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport (Minister Park Sang-woo) and Suwon Special City (Mayor Lee Jae-joon) will host the "30 Suwon ITS* Asia-Pacific General Assembly" at the Suwon Convention Center for three days from May 3 to 2025. Read More "Pioneering African Infrastructure Markets" Dispatched to Tanzania for Procurement Support May 2025.5.26, 5 / Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport (Minister Park Sang-woo) will dispatch a procurement support team to Tanzania and Qatar from May 26 to 30 to expand its presence in the African construction market. Read More "Global Leadership in Land, Infrastructure, and Transport [...]

    Check out the latest smart city policy information! No. 62 (2025.5.2) Are you having trouble viewing this email? Smart City Issues A place for sharing knowledge and cooperation in the smart city field, the "World Smart City Expo 2025" conference call 2025.4.9 / Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport (Minister Park Sang-woo) and the Ministry of Science and ICT (Minister Yoo Sang-im) are calling for a conference to promote knowledge sharing and cooperation in the smart city field in conjunction with the "World Smart City Expo 7" to be held at BEXCO in Busan for three days from July 15 to July 7. See more K-Smart City goes to overseas cities to solve safety, transportation, and waste! 17 / Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport [...]

Check out the latest smart city policy information! No. 61 (2025.4.2) Are you having trouble viewing this email? Smart City Issues Deregulation for future smart cities, supported by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport. 2025.3.24 / Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport (Minister Park Sang-woo) will promote a regulatory sandbox contest from March 3 to support deregulation and resolution of more diverse smart city technologies and services. See more Your city becomes smarter 「24 Smart City Creation and Expansion Project」 contest 2025 / Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport (Minister Park Sang-woo) will integrate smart technologies such as artificial intelligence into cities to solve various urban problems and vitalize the smart city industry, and local governments and companies will work together to create the 「2025.3.16 Smart City [...]

Check out the latest smart city policy information! No. 60 (2025.3.6) Are you having trouble viewing this email? Smart City Issue Team Korea Goes to Export Happy Cities 2025.2.26 / National Agency for Administrative City Construction NAACC (Director Hyung-ryeol Kim) led the 'Philippine Team Korea (hereinafter referred to as Team Korea)' delegation to visit the Philippines from February 2 to 25 to help with urban development in the Philippines and support the market entry of our companies. See more Government and public enterprises begin to create a policy fund worth 26 trillion won to support overseas orders and exports 1.1 / Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport The government and public institutions are cooperating with the private sector to create a policy fund worth 2025.2.25 trillion won [...]

Check out the latest smart city policy information! No. 59 (2025.2.3) Are you having trouble viewing this email? Smart City Issues NAACC Takes the Lead in K-Cities Entering the Philippines 2025.1.23 / National Agency for Administrative City Construction NAACC (Director Hyung-ryeol Kim) is using its know-how in building happy cities and its international network to support our companies in entering the Philippine urban development market. On the 23rd, NAACC announced that it had formed Team Korea for entering the Philippines and held an inauguration ceremony. See more Realizing Carbon Neutrality by 2050, Announcement of the 3rd Basic Plan for Green Buildings ('25~'29) 2025.1.1 / Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport (Minister [...]

Check out the latest smart city policy information! No. 58 (2025.1.2. 2024.2.15) Are you having trouble viewing this email? Our neighborhood satellite map "National Land Information Platform" service launched 2. 14 / Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport The National Geographic Information Institute (President Cho Woo-seok) will provide a national satellite-based image map (national satellite map) that allows you to check the latest national satellite orthophotos containing the entire Korean Peninsula directly on the web without downloading, starting February 4.Read more 2024th Comprehensive Smart City Plan (2028-2024.5.2) established 4. 30 / Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport (Minister Park Sang-woo) finalized the "4th Comprehensive Smart City Plan (Draft) ('24-'28)" following deliberation by the National Smart City Committee* held on April 4. The XNUMXth Comprehensive Smart City Plan is the “Smart City Act” [...]

Check out the latest smart city policy information! No. 57 (2024.12.3) Are you having trouble viewing this email? Smart City Issues 『2024 Republic of Korea City Awards』, 'Jinju-si, Gyeongnam' selected for the Presidential Award 2024.11.28 / Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport (Minister Park Sang-woo) announced that Jinju-si, Gyeongnam will receive the Presidential Award and Goyang-si, Gyeonggi will receive the Prime Minister's Award at the 『29 Republic of Korea City Awards』 ceremony held at Hotel Aqua Palace in Suyeong-gu, Busan on November 2024. See more Minister Park Sang-woo emphasizes, "Korea as a public-private one-team for K-new city exports" 2024.11.25 / Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport Minister Park Sang-woo of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport held the 'Bac Ninh New City [...]

Check out the latest smart city policy information! No. 56 (2024.11.1) Are you having trouble viewing this email? Smart City Issue No. 2024.10.15, Clean Island Open to the World, Global Resort City Jeju 10.15 / Joint Ministries President Yoon Seok-yeol held the “People’s Livelihood Discussion with the People: No. XNUMX, Clean Island Open to the World, Global Resort City Jeju” at the Jeju International Free City Development Center (JDC) on Tuesday, October XNUMX. The discussion was held under the themes of ➊ Jeju, a global tourism resort city, ➋ Jeju, a leading city in carbon-free energy, and ➌ Jeju, a livable city supported by medical care and education. See more Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport, Kuala Lumpur and the City [...]