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In an Era Without Jobs, Youth Choose Entrepreneurship
The government expanded its startup support budget to a record high in 2026, but the three-year survival rate for AI startups remains at just 56.2%. As the door to employment narrows, young people are knocking on the door of entrepreneurship. According to employment trends for March released by the National Statistics Office on April 15, 2026, the youth employment rate (ages 15–29) stood at 43.6%, down 0.9 percentage points from the same period last year.
류현진 기자 · 04/16/2026
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Current Status of AI Adoption in Healthcare 2026: From Experiment to Execution, Crossing the Threshold
류현진 기자 · 04/10/2026
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Why K-Ramen Captivated the World: The 2026 Global Ramen Market and the Explosive Growth of South Korean Exports
박소유 기자 · 04/09/2026
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How Does South Korea's AI Talent Cultivation Environment Rate Compared to Advanced Nations?
이우리 기자 · 04/08/2026
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Electric Bicycle Market Analysis 2026: The Quiet Revolution Changing the World
박찬호 기자 · 04/08/2026
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Why Most Fail and Only Few Succeed: The Answer Lies in 'The Time Spent Enduring'
Holographic security shields surrounding a central red emergency cutoff device. [Image = Korea Business Review DB] As AI agents gain more powerful privileges, the importance of systems to immediately control them is growing in tandem. From vibe coding to AI agents, the landscape of web development has completely transformed.
최수진 기자 · 04/04/2026
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April 2026: Analysis of Regional Electric Vehicle Penetration and Adoption Status
As the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) rapidly increases, expanding charging infrastructure has emerged as a core challenge. National status—3% range cumulative and 13.1% new penetration: reading the EV market through two figures. To accurately understand the current state of EV adoption, the two indicators of 'cumulative penetration rate' and 'new penetration rate' must be examined separately.
강지혜 기자 · 04/02/2026
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[Q1 2026 Hospital Management Trend Report] Restructuring of Fees, Value-Based Payment, and the Beginning of Medical AI Internalization
An Era of Transformation, Where Executives Must Stand Again. The shock wave triggered by the collective action of resident doctors in 2024 was not merely a workforce vacancy. It was an event that laid bare the fact that the structural premises upon which South Korean hospital management had long relied—namely, the low-cost, high-labor talent pool of resident doctors, external growth through bed expansion, and a revenue equation maintained under fee-for-service systems—no longer operate.
박소유 기자 · 04/02/2026
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Regional Confirmed Statistics on Domestic Renewable Energy and Power Market
As of 2025, the Honam region accounts for 38.3% of the nationwide RPS solar power generation, yet transmission infrastructure to connect this power to the Seoul metropolitan area remains chronically insufficient. Two milestones, one structural challenge: in the spring of 2026, two distinct milestones surrounding South Korea's energy landscape have become clear.
강지혜 기자 · 04/01/2026
