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KT has been chosen by Woori Bank to upgrade its AI chatbot and consultation bot systems. The project aims to enhance customer service by integrating AI agents for better task processing and inquiry resolution. KT will use its Agent Connector solution to ensure seamless service across channels. KT already provides AICC solutions to four of South Korea's major banks.

KT Corp. and Seoul National University Hospital agreed to jointly develop an AI-powered healthcare platform to accelerate medical AI transformation in South Korea’s public healthcare system. The plan includes creating standard AI models, deploying them in clinical settings, and building AI clinical decision support and operational efficiency tools. KT will lead AI, cloud and data platform development and commercialization.

South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT said KT Corp., SK Telecom Co., and Upstage advanced to the next stage of its “AI for All” government project after a second-round evaluation. Motif Technologies was eliminated. The government plans to supply up to 512 Nvidia B200 GPUs, with services launched this year and budget support from 2027.

KT said on the 18th it will sign a business agreement with Nonghyup Economic Holdings and Microsoft Korea to cooperate on AI and cloud-based distribution AI. KT converted NH Sing Sing Mall’s on-premises systems to Microsoft Azure. The partners plan to expand into AI-driven customer experience, including recommendations, marketing, and AI customer service.

KT said it signed an MoU with NongHyup Agri Holdings and Microsoft Korea to expand KT’s AI transformation in distribution. The deal builds on KT’s Microsoft Azure cloud migration of NH Sing Sing Mall, launched in July, and will add AI customer service, data-driven marketing, personalized recommendations, and an AI contact center.

KT Corp said it signed an MOU with NH Agri Business Holdings and Microsoft Korea to pursue AI and cloud transformation in retail. KT will lead AX project design and an AI customer center. NH Ssingssingmall migrated its on-prem systems to Microsoft Azure and relaunched in July. The partners plan AI customer service, data marketing, and personalized recommendations.

KT said it signed a business agreement with Nonghyup Economic Holdings and Microsoft Korea to advance AI and cloud transformation in distribution. The plan builds on KT’s migration of NH Singsing Mall to Microsoft Azure, launched last month. The partners will develop AI customer services, data-driven marketing, and agentic AI for inquiries and delivery updates.

KT said it signed an Aug. 17 MOU with Seoul National University Hospital to build a unified medical AI transformation platform spanning clinical care, nursing, research, and hospital operations. The article links the effort to Korea’s high medical AI approvals but limited real-world adoption, citing integration and data infrastructure gaps. It also notes a prior Aug. 4 KT MOU with Yonsei Medical Center.

KT says it will train more than 500 “field deployment engineers” over the next two years to strengthen its AI transformation (AX) on-site execution. KT will deploy teams to customer sites such as university hospitals and use scenario training, OJT, and mentoring. The program includes partnerships with Microsoft, AWS, and Databricks, according to KT and industry sources.

SK Telecom said Q2 revenue edged up 0.5% to 4.3591T won and operating profit rose 67.3% to 566B won, helped by lower one-off costs. Its AI data center business jumped 92.5% to 136.2B won. KT reported revenue 6.6799T won (-10.1%) and operating profit 648.3B won (-36.1%), but AI transformation revenue rose 22.3%. LG Uplus revenue fell 3.9% to 3.69T won, while operating profit rose 13.1% to 344.5B won, with AIDC revenue up 28.9% to 124.1B won.