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No. 68 Smart City Korea Newsletter

2025-11-05T14:12:08+09:002025.11.03|Newsletter|

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 [...]

No. 67 Smart City Korea Newsletter

2025-11-05T14:10:52+09:002025.10.01|Newsletter|

    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.

No. 66 Smart City Korea Newsletter

2025-09-02T13:24:51+09:002025.09.01|Newsletter|

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 [...]

No. 65 Smart City Korea Newsletter

2025-09-02T11:30:22+09:002025.08.01|Newsletter|

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 [...]

No. 64 Smart City Korea Newsletter

2025-09-02T11:26:22+09:002025.07.01|Newsletter|

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 [...]

No. 63 Smart City Korea Newsletter

2025-09-02T11:25:46+09:002025.06.02|Newsletter|

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 [...]

No. 62 Smart City Korea Newsletter

2025-05-06T17:12:08+09:002025.05.02|Newsletter|

    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 [...]

No. 61 Smart City Korea Newsletter

2025-05-06T17:10:57+09:002025.04.02|Newsletter|

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 [...]

No. 60 Smart City Korea Newsletter

2025-05-06T17:10:14+09:002025.03.06|Newsletter|

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 [...]

No. 59 Smart City Korea Newsletter

2025-02-03T18:13:31+09:002025.02.03|Newsletter|

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 [...]

No. 58 Smart City Korea Newsletter

2025-01-15T10:22:17+09:002025.01.03|Newsletter|

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” [...]

No. 57 Smart City Korea Newsletter

2024-12-18T16:18:24+09:002024.12.01|Newsletter|

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 [...]

No. 56 Smart City Korea Newsletter

2024-12-18T16:16:47+09:002024.11.01|Newsletter|

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 [...]

No. 55 Smart City Korea Newsletter

2024-12-18T16:14:19+09:002024.10.02|Newsletter|

Check out the latest smart city policy information! No. 55 (2024.10.2) Is this email not displaying properly? Smart City Issues Minister Park Sang-woo, starting extensive cooperation with Turkmenistan 2024.9.26 / Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport Minister Park Sang-woo of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport visited Turkmenistan from Monday, September 9 to Wednesday, September 23, and discussed activities to support plant construction projects through meetings with high-ranking government officials and smart city and transportation infrastructure cooperation measures. See more Smart City Policy Projects Fostering Smart Construction Powerhouses to Lead Construction Industry Innovation 25 / Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport (Minister Park Sang-woo) selected 2024.9.6 companies that will lead the smart construction sector as the 20 Smart Construction Powerhouses. Smart Construction [...]

No. 54 Smart City Korea Newsletter

2024-12-18T15:31:23+09:002024.09.02|Newsletter|

    Check out the latest smart city policy information! No. 54 (2024.9.2) Are you having trouble viewing this email? Smart City Issues Smart city for a better life, "World Smart City Expo 2024" to be held 2024.9.2 / Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport (Minister Park Sang-woo) and Ministry of Science and ICT (Minister Yoo Sang-im) will hold the "World Smart City Expo 9" for three days from September 3 to September 9 at KINTEX in Goyang. See more Smart City Association helps 'K-Smart City excellent technology' to advance overseas 5 / Money Today The Smart City Association (Chairman Park Dong-sun), a non-profit organization, is promoting Korea's latest smart city technology [...]

No. 53 Smart City Korea Newsletter

2024-12-18T15:23:14+09:002024.08.02|Newsletter|

Check out the latest smart city policy information! No. 53 (2024.8.1. 2024.7.23) Are you having trouble viewing this email? Smart City Issues Announcement of "Overseas Investment and Development Project Activation Plan" 7. 23 / Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport (Minister Park Sang-woo) announced the "Overseas Investment and Development Project Activation Plan" (hereinafter referred to as the Activation Plan) through the resolution of the Economic Ministers' Meeting held on the morning of July 7. See more V-World Phase 1 Advanced Service from July 2 2024.7.1. XNUMX / Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport V-World*, a public spatial information service platform, will be renewed as a digital twin national land platform by further enhancing user-centered utilization functions. See more Smart City Policy Project Smart Challenge Field Innovative Product Designation [...]

No. 52 Smart City Korea Newsletter

2024-07-12T18:42:59+09:002024.07.03|Newsletter|

    Check out the latest smart city policy information! No. 52 (2024.7.3) Can’t you see this email? Smart City Issues WSCE 2024 Awards Competition We invite innovative solutions and initiatives related to smart cities. 2024.7.2~8.2 / WSCE Secretariat 'WSCE 2024 Awards' is WSCE's official event to recognize and share the excellent achievements of cities and companies leading smart cities. This year, we plan to award a total of 8 points in 35 categories, and the award-winning organizations will be given an opportunity to promote their institutions and achievements [...]

No. 51 Smart City Korea Newsletter

2024-07-12T18:39:44+09:002024.06.04|Newsletter|

    Check out the latest smart city policy information! No. 51 (2024.6.4) Can’t you see this email? Smart city issues Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport, Korea-Saudi Arabia seek cooperation measures for smart cities 2024.5.24 / Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport (Minister Park Sang-woo) held a meeting on the afternoon of May 5. At the Land Development Exhibition Hall, we met with Saudi Arabian Minister of Data and Artificial Intelligence* Abdullah bin Sharaf Alghamdi and discussed ways to cooperate in the smart city field between Korea and Saudi Arabia. See more Smart City Policy Project Smart city solutions improve transportation convenience and revitalize the local economy 24 / [...]

No. 50 Smart City Korea Newsletter

2024-06-26T14:39:34+09:002024.05.03|Newsletter|

    Check out the latest smart city policy information! No. 50 (2024.5.3) Can’t you see this email? Smart city issue "4th Smart City Comprehensive Plan (draft) ('24~'28)" confirmed 2024.5.1/ Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport (Minister Park Sang-woo) announced 4 After deliberation by the National Smart City Committee held on the 30th of February, the 「4th Smart City Comprehensive Plan (draft) (24~28)」 was confirmed. See more Smart City Policy Project Demonstrate smart construction technology at actual construction sites 2024.4.29 / Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport (Minister Park Sang-woo) will launch “Smart Construction Technology” for three weeks from April 4. We are recruiting companies to participate in the “Construction Alliance Technology Demonstration Support Project.” Read more This year’s spatial information excellence project… 29 cases including digital mudflat projects using drones and AI [...]

No. 49 Smart City Korea Newsletter

2024-05-07T17:52:05+09:002024.04.02|Newsletter|

    Check out the latest smart city policy information! No. 49 (2024.4.1) Can’t you see this email? Smart City Issues The government, the region, and the private sector join forces to create a 'smart city' 2024.3.28 / Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport (Minister Park Sang-woo) said citizens, businesses, and local governments will work together to create a smart city. In order to solve various urban problems, we are holding a contest for the “2024 Smart City Creation and Expansion Project” to find and create groundbreaking services tailored to regional characteristics. See more Sejong Smart City National pilot smart city project operator designated 2024.3.27 / Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport (Minister Park Sang-woo) and National Agency for Administrative City Construction (Director Kim Hyeong-ryeol) announced Sejong Smart City. City National pilot smart city (Happy City [...]