Meet Korea’s Seven World-Class AI/AX Corporations
KDD 2026 Korea Day
August 11, Tuesday, 9:50 – 12:30
Korea is the world’s most hyper-connected nation, leading globally in 5G infrastructure and seamless e-government. With near-universal smartphone ownership and the highest social media engagement, Korea has moved beyond digital tools to a fully integrated “digital life.”
Korea is is the home base for global tech leaders such as Samsung, SK, LG, and Naver. Now Korea is making concerted efforts to make Korea global 3 in AI.
Against this backdrop, we have created a very special program, under the name “Korea Day”, to showcase Korea’s AI/AX landscape to KDD 2026 attendees.
It will be a special plenary session in the morning of August 11, following the keynote by Jeff Dean of Google.
The Korea Day session will consist of eight 20-minute keynotes: one by the Vice Minister of Korea Ministry of Science and ICT, and seven by senior executives of Korea’s world-class corporations with major AI footprints in their products and services.
The seven corporations are (in alphabetical order) Amorepacific, HD Hyndai, Krafton, LG AI Research, Naver, Samsung Electronics, and SK Hynix.
Amorepacific is the birthplace of K-Beauty and a cosmetics conglomerate.
HD Hyndai is the world’s biggest shipbuilder, with physical AI at grand scale.
Krafton is the home of the world-famous PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS.
LG AI Research is a leader in Expert AI and the central hub of AX for the LG conglomerate.
Naver is the Operating System for Korea’s digital life.
Samsung Electronics is the world leader in smartphones, semiconductor memory and TV.
SK Hynix is a world leader in full-stack AI memory.
Korea Ministry of Science and ICT
Naver
The Operating System for Korea’s Digital Life
LG AI Research
Korea’s Leader in Sovereign & Expert AI
SK Hynix
Full-Stack AI Memory Creator
HD Hyundai
The World’s Biggest Ship Builder
Krafton
The Home of PUBG: Battlegrounds
Samsung Electronics
The World Leader in Memory, Smartphones and TV
Amorepacific
The Birthplace of K-Beauty and the Aestura Brand