Home/Policy/Report

Demonstrating Korean smart services in overseas cities

2024-04-18T18:11:03+09:002024.04.18|Report|

- 24 cities selected for '6 K-City network overseas demonstration project... The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport (Minister Park Sang-woo), worth a total of 25 billion won, selected 4 cities* for this year's overseas demonstration at the K-City Network Overseas Demonstration Project Selection Deliberation Committee held on April 16. * Hue City in Vietnam, Jakarta City in Indonesia, Puerto Princesa City in the Philippines, Siem Reap Province in Cambodia, Verona City in Italy, and the State of New Jersey in the U.S. ㅇ K-City Network Project Supports overseas exports of companies in the smart city field, [...]

‘Anyang City’s imagination becomes reality’… Anyang City Smart City Integration Center opens

2024-04-22T19:00:40+09:002024.04.17|Report|

1 underground floor and 4 floors above ground… Mayor Choi Dae-ho declares ‘Digital Anyang Special Self-Governing City’ with a large-scale control center, self-driving and smart safety roads, etc., a promotional experience center, “It will grow into a global innovative growth base center” <Anyang City Smart City Integration Center Opening Ceremony> <Public Relations Experience Center - Autonomous Driving Simulator Experience> <Promotion Experience Center - Digital Virtual Reality Experience Zone> <Anyang City Self-Driving Bus "Day and Night"> The Smart City Integration Center, representing Anyang, a smart city in the world, has been reborn with a total floor area of ​​1㎡ from 4 basement to 5 floors above ground. It came out. Anyang City held a meeting at the center on the 753th at 17:14, including Anyang City Council Chairman Choi Byeong-il, National Assembly members Kang Deuk-gu and Min Byeong-deok, Gyeonggi Southern National Police Agency chiefs, [...]

Excellent new logistics technology No. 7… ‘Automatic loading and unloading system’

2024-04-29T10:07:27+09:002024.04.07|Report|

- Possible to load and unload without entering the delivery bin... Improving courier labor conditions through automation technology □ The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport (Minister Park Sang-woo) launched the “Horizontal loading and unloading automatic device for small cargo transport vehicles (hereinafter “small cargo automatic loading and unloading device”), which helps horizontal loading and unloading of courier cargo boxes, on April 4. It was designated as Japan's excellent new logistics technology No. 5. ㅇ This technology moves the floor of the truck with a single button and automatically transports the cargo without having to get on or off the truck carrying the parcel or go inside.

7100 billion won invested this year to ‘make AI a daily routine’… Support for health management and care with AI

2024-04-16T17:44:18+09:002024.04.04|Report|

Government launches ‘AI Strategy Highest Level Council’… The public and private sectors are working together to seek to become an AI powerhouse. Promoting AI technology innovation that will lead the global market... The 'AI Strategy Highest Threat Council' was launched to accelerate the AI ​​transformation of all industries by putting the public and private sectors together to become one of the top three artificial intelligence (AI) powers. Through this, the government promotes AI technology innovation that will lead the global market, carries out large-scale R&D projects, fosters high-level talent, and builds AI-native networks. In addition, customization considering the characteristics of each industry and industry [...]

Establishment of a management system for 48 infrastructure facilities, including roads and railways, makes infrastructure maintenance smarter

2024-04-16T15:31:41+09:002024.04.04|Report|

- Systematically manage and utilize infrastructure information by converting it into integrated data (DB) - Derive optimal maintenance plans through analysis of performance and life cycle costs for each facility □ Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport (Minister Park Sang-woo) plans to manage and utilize road, railway, etc. To support the stable management of approximately 15 infrastructure facilities of 48 types*, the newly established infrastructure management system 'Gibanteo'** will be operated from April 4. * Roads, railways, ports, airports, water, electricity, gas, heat supply, communications, utility ducts, oil transmission, rivers, reservoirs, dams, sewers ** [...]

Commencement of establishing ‘National Strategic Technology Development Basic Plan’, a future blueprint that leads the competition for technological hegemony

2024-04-29T14:43:24+09:002024.04.04|Report|

- In accordance with the 「Special Act on the Promotion of National Strategic Technology」, a government-wide five-year plan was established to secure 12 major national strategic technologies and manage their performance. - An advisory committee centered on industry-academia-research experts such as Naver, KAIST, and Korea Institute for International Economics was formed, and the basic plan was established. and discussion of major tasks Ministry of Science and ICT (Minister Lee Jong-ho, hereinafter referred to as 'MSIT') held the '5st National Strategic Technology Development Basic Plan Establishment Advisory Committee' at 4:4 on Thursday, April 14. The basic plan for national strategic technology development is based on the enactment of the “Special Act on National Strategic Technology Development” [...]

The government, region, and private sector join forces to create a ‘smart city’

2024-03-28T19:16:46+09:002024.03.29|Report|

- Contest for 「29 Smart City Creation and Expansion Project」 starting on the 2024th - Within 14 local governments carrying out the project will be selected and government funds worth KRW 520 billion will be provided □ Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport (Minister Park Sang-woo) will encourage citizens, businesses, and local governments to work together 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. ㅇ This year, comprehensive solutions will be demonstrated throughout the city and smart hubs will be created to lead the spread of smart cities. [...]

Gyeonggi-do recruits cities and counties to participate in the ‘Mini Hydrogen City Creation Project’… .3 billion won invested over 200 years

2024-03-29T16:29:36+09:002024.03.27|Report|

○ Open recruitment until April 2024th for cities and counties participating in the '4 Mini Hydrogen City Development Project' - Select two cities and counties and invest a total of 30 billion won over three years ○ Revitalize the local economy and realize carbon neutrality by creating hydrogen infrastructure in Gyeonggi-do Gyeonggi-do is using eco-friendly hydrogen energy It was announced on the 2th that it would be recruiting cities and counties to participate in the self-sufficient small city 'Mini Hydrogen City Creation Project'. The mini hydrogen city creation project is one of the ‘Hydrogen Convergence Cluster Creation’ projects, which are the pledges of Gyeonggi Province’s 3th popular election. This year, two cities and counties [...]

Preemptive response to national contest for ‘Carbon Neutral Leading City’

2024-04-29T15:43:39+09:002024.03.27|Report|

- The province strengthened cooperation with six preliminary target cities, including Cheonan, for the final selection - South Chungcheong Province took preemptive action to make the final selection for the 'Carbon Neutral Leading City' contest hosted by the Ministry of Environment. The Ministry of Environment previously selected 6 local governments nationwide, including Cheonan, Boryeong, Asan, Seosan, Nonsan, and Dangjin, as preliminary targets in December last year, and plans to announce the final selection of two local governments in October. Prior to a full-scale response, the province held a meeting in a small conference room at the headquarters of the Chungnam Credit Guarantee Foundation in Naepo New Town on the 39th, with personnel in charge of six preliminary sites, [...]

Sejong Smart City designated as national pilot smart city project operator

2024-04-11T14:14:05+09:002024.03.27|Report|

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport (Minister Park Sang-woo) and the National Agency for Administrative City Construction (Director Kim Hyeong-ryeol) designated a project operator to create Sejong Smart City National pilot smart city (Happy City 5-1 Living Zone)* and promoted the project. Let's go to □Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport (Minister Park Sang-woo) and National Agency for Administrative City Construction (Director Kim Hyeong-ryeol) designated a project operator to create Sejong Smart City National pilot smart city (Happy City 5-1 Living Zone)* and implemented the project. Let's move forward. *Smart city creation project that introduces various technologies and services such as mobility, healthcare, and data platforms. ㅇ On March 3, with the approval of the National Agency for Administrative City Construction, Sejong Smart City Co., Ltd.* was designated as the project operator to ensure smooth project implementation. Provide government funding for this purpose. * [...]

Full-fledged preparations for UAM commercialization, industry, academia, research institutes, and governments are stepping forward.

2024-04-29T14:56:47+09:002024.03.27|Report|

- UAM Team Korea 7th main council meeting held... Expanding from 101 → 167 participating organizations - Accelerating the preparation of various standards necessary for commercialization... Promoting institutionalization with a sense of speed □Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport (Minister Park Sang-woo) will hold the 3th main meeting of UAM Team Korea (UTK*) in Seoul on March 26 at 2 p.m., presided over by Second Vice Minister Baek Won-guk (Chairman). * Industry, academia, research, and government consultative body to discuss and deliberate on key issues of K-UAM (launched in June 2) □ At this meeting, full-scale commercialization of K-UAM will be held at the end of 7 [...]

Goyang Special City launches high-precision electronic map construction challenge project

2024-04-29T16:12:32+09:002024.03.26|Report|

Goyang Special City launches challenge project to build high-precision electronic map - Establishment of 3D spatial information, including expansion of Goyang virtual model (digital twin) and support for expanded virtual world (metaverse) Goyang Special City (Mayor Lee Dong-hwan) held a meeting with Lee Dong-hwan in the city hall conference room on the 25th A launch briefing session for the 'High-Precision Electronic Map Construction Challenge Project' was held with the attendance of Goyang Special Mayor, Cho Woo-seok, Director of the National Geographic Information Institute, and other relevant public officials and experts. High-precision electronic maps are maps that structure and computerize various 1D spatial information data, including 1000:3 digital topographic maps. Virtual mockup (digital [...]

Early morning commutes, country roads without buses, now take a self-driving car!

2024-03-29T15:56:37+09:002024.03.26|Report|

- This year’s first autonomous vehicle pilot operation district service support project… Six locations were selected, including the first self-driving bus at dawn (Seoul) and demand-responsive self-driving village buses for remote areas (Gangneung), and a total of KRW 6 billion was provided. □Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport (Minister Park Sang-woo) announced that the people will be provided with self-driving technology. A total of KRW 20 billion* will be provided for autonomous driving service operating expenses in Seoul, Gangwon (Gangneung), Daegu, South Chungcheong, Jeju, and Jeonnam (Suncheon) so that people can experience the convenience of driving. * Seoul (KRW 20 million), Gangwon (KRW 5.5 million), Daegu (KRW 4 million), South Chungcheong Province (KRW 4 million), Jeju (KRW 2.5 million), Jeonnam (KRW 2 million) ㅇ This support is provided by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport. Autonomous vehicle pilot operation zone [...]

Daegu Metropolitan City, applied for designation as a special opportunity development zone for the first time in the country!

2024-03-29T16:44:04+09:002024.03.25|Report|

  Daegu Metropolitan City is the most innovative city in the country to actively respond to the President's promise to 'create a national digital innovation base for Suseong Alpha City in the eastern region and reorganize industries centered on mobility and robots in the southwestern region' at the Daegu region public livelihood debate held on Monday, March 3th. We quickly applied for designation as a special opportunity development zone. 〈Daegu Opportunity Development Special Zone Conceptual Map〉 The Opportunity Development Zone is a system that provides a package of tax breaks and regulatory special treatment to companies that have signed an investment agreement with the local government in order to promote large-scale investment in local areas. Through the ‘Guidelines for Designation and Operation of Special Opportunity Development Zones’ notice (March 4, 24.3.4), the government [...]

Goyang City, supplying 157 hydrogen cars… Running towards a ‘leading hydrogen mobility city’

2024-04-29T16:18:33+09:002024.03.25|Report|

- Plan to supply 'running air purifiers', including 125 hydrogen passenger cars and 32 hydrogen buses this year - 3,250 million won subsidy for the purchase of hydrogen cars... Tax reduction and public parking discounts provided - Continuous expansion of hydrogen charging stations and hydrogen fuel cell power plants... Goyang Special City (Mayor Lee Dong-hwan), “We will leap forward as a leading hydrogen mobility city,” is working to build hydrogen infrastructure by expanding the supply of eco-friendly hydrogen vehicles and increasing the number of hydrogen charging stations and hydrogen fuel cell power plants. Goyang Special Mayor Lee Dong-hwan said, “Hydrogen is attracting attention as an energy source that will change the future [...]

Securing 15 billion won in national funds to build high-precision electronic maps

2024-04-29T16:07:34+09:002024.03.24|Report|

- Four cities in the province, including Gongju, Asan, Seosan, and Gyeryong, were selected in a contest hosted by MOLIT - South Chungcheong Province selected Gongju and Asan in the contest for the 'National Fund Matching High-Precision Electronic Map Construction Challenge Project for Early Completion of Digital Twin' hosted by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport. ·It was announced on the 4th that four cities in the province, including Seosan and Gyeryong, were selected and secured 4 billion won in national funds. The construction of a high-precision electronic map is one of the government's national tasks, a large scale necessary for data-based administrative work and private use [...]

Ulsan base-type intelligent city development project passes MOPAS central investment review ‘successfully’

2024-04-29T15:40:01+09:002024.03.22|Report|

Ulsan base-type intelligent city development project passes MOPAS central investment review 'successful' Ulsan City begins full-scale project after completing detailed design in September It was announced that the ‘base-type intelligent city (smart city) development project’ passed the recently held Ministry of the Interior and Safety 9 first local finance central investment review. Central investment review is an administrative procedure that reviews the necessity and feasibility of a project when the size of a new investment project by a metropolitan local government is more than 5 billion won. Last month, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport [...]

Metaverse supports overseas expansion and export expansion of small and medium-sized businesses

2024-04-29T15:35:29+09:002024.03.22|Report|

‘Digital Content Company Competitiveness Strengthening’ Project Contest... KRW 88 billion invested, customized support Ministry of Science and ICT announced that it will open an open call for the '2024 Digital Content Enterprise Competitiveness Strengthening' project starting on the 22nd to encourage domestic promising metaverse small and medium-sized enterprises to advance overseas and expand exports. This project is aimed at supporting overseas exports and expansion of sales channels for Metaverse-related companies by investing a total of 88 billion won this year. [...]

Goyang City invests 402 billion won in creating a high-tech intelligent city (smart city)... Creating a convenient city

2024-03-29T17:07:36+09:002024.03.18|Report|

Goyang City invests 402 billion won in creating a high-tech intelligent city (smart city)... Creating a convenient city - Applying smart technology to solve traffic, civil complaints, and urban planning problems - Preventing crime and ensuring citizen safety by introducing CCTV intelligent integrated control - Providing customized services by opening public data - Mayor Lee Dong-hwan “Administrative efficiency through smart technology · We will increase citizens’ convenience” Goyang Special City (Mayor Lee Dong-hwan) plans to introduce 4th industry smart technology into the administrative field to solve problems in the areas of transportation, urban planning, and citizen safety and provide convenient administrative services to the public. In May last year, the city announced MOLIT [...]

Brighten up North Chungcheong Province digitally! Announcement of Chungcheongbuk-do’s digital transformation strategy

2024-03-29T16:53:39+09:002024.03.18|Report|

- Focus on digital transformation in three areas - education, industry, and administration - by 2024 - Invest KRW 3 billion in 2027 major areas, 6 strategies, and 18 projects by 80 Chungcheongbuk-do is developing AI, big data, and In response to digital technology innovations such as cloud, the “Chungcheongbuk-do digital transformation strategy” was announced. In the meantime, North Chungcheong Province enacted an ordinance on promoting digital transformation, establishing a foundation for administrative and financial support, and [...]