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The Korea Foundation for the Advancement of Science and Creativity is holding a contest to create fairy tales, children's songs, webtoons, and posters using artificial intelligence (AI).
Boryeong holds an event to send citizens' wishes to the moon.
▲ The Korea Foundation for the Advancement of Science and Creativity announced on the 22nd that it is recruiting participants for the ‘AI Creation Contest’ held as part of the national artificial intelligence (AI) competition. The contest is run by creating various creative works such as fairy tales, children's songs, webtoons, and posters using generative AI tools provided by domestic AI companies. A total of 1,500 people will participate in the preliminary round, including the three tracks, and 150 will advance to the finals. Regional preliminary rounds will be held sequentially in major cities across the country, starting with BEXCO in Busan on June 21.
▲ Boryeong [003850] announced on the 22nd that it will conduct a citizen-participatory ‘My Wish to the Moon’ message wall campaign at eight institutions, including major general hospitals and universities across the country. Boryeong is pursuing a project to send the winning drawings and video messages from the HIS Youth Elementary School Youth Space Contest to the moon in the second half of this year by mounting them on the American space company Intuitive Machines' lunar lander 'Nova-C'. Wish messages from citizens collected through the campaign will also be sent to the moon.
▲ The Science and Technology Policy Institute (STEPI) announced on the 22nd that it will hold the STEPI Global Symposium under the theme of 'Innovation in response to change: Innovation ecosystem and R&D in the AI era' at the Centennial Samsung Hall of Korea University in Seongbuk-gu, Seoul on the 28th. This event will be held in conjunction with the pre-event for the 'R&D Management Workshop 2026 in Seoul' held at Korea University on the 29th and 30th. At the event, Cambridge University professor Tim Marshall and others will make presentations.
▲ The Nuclear Safety and Security Commission announced that Chairman Choi Won-ho held a communication meeting with the regional nuclear safety council chairmen in Yuseong-gu, Daejeon on the 22nd. This meeting was prepared to hear the voices of local residents around nuclear facilities on current issues such as the construction of new nuclear power plants, continued operation, and construction of spent nuclear fuel storage facilities. Chairman Choi thanked the council for its hard work and asked for the council's interest and cooperation in creating a safe nuclear safety environment in the region.
▲ The Aerospace Administration's Space Environment Center announced on the 22nd that it conducted 'space environment specialized training' for forecasters belonging to the Space Weather Team of the Air Force Operations Command's Space Operations Squadron from the 14th to the 22nd. The training was designed to advance space environment impact response work using the space environment equipment owned by the Air Force.

South Korean entertainment tech startup Galaxy Corp. officially opened the 16,500-square-meter Galaxy Robot Park in Seoul on Friday, featuring AI humanoid robots performing K-pop songs and interactive robot exhibits.

Galaxy Corp. has officially opened a 16,500-square-meter robot-themed park in Seoul. The venue features AI-powered humanoid robots performing K-pop dances and taekwondo, alongside interactive zones, following a successful pre-opening period with 20,000 visitors.
중국이 주췌-3호 야오-2 운반로켓의 1단 추진체를 지상에 수직 착륙시키는 방식으로 회수하는 데 성공했습니다. 이는 중국의 재사용 로켓 기술 확보를 위한 중요한 진전으로 평가됩니다.

Madison Huang, a senior director at Nvidia and daughter of CEO Jensen Huang, visited LG Electronics' robotics hub in Seoul on Tuesday to discuss expanding their partnership in AI infrastructure and humanoid robotics.

중국 베이징에 문을 연 징둥닷컴 계열의 24시간 무인 로봇카페가 1시간 동안 커피 202잔을 제조해 기네스 세계기록을 달성했다.

일본 혼다가 자동차 안전 기술 개발에 인공지능을 활용해 개발 기간을 40% 단축하겠다는 목표를 세웠다. 중국 자동차 업체의 신차 개발 속도에 대응하기 위한 조처로, 2030년께 신차 출시를 목표로 한다.