All posts tagged "South Korea"

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  Reset your economy: the power of green stimulus packages

  Around the world, governments are using stimulus packages to jump-start business growth. Catherine Early explores the potential of ‘green recovery’ investments, designed to reshape as well as rebuild national economies

  • Posted July 17, 2020
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  Central bank digital currency developments hit “top gear” amid coronavirus

  COVID-19 is accelerating the pace towards a functioning central bank digital currency (CBDC), the co-chair of a central banks’ working group has said. “There is little evidence that cash transmits

  • Posted June 18, 2020
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  City mayors form global alliance to combat infectious disease

  Mayors and governors from 42 cities around the world came together last week to discuss ways to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic and share ideas on how they might best recover

  • Posted June 5, 2020
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  Oxford University launches global corona policy tracker

  The University of Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government has created a tool that tracks and compares government policy responses to the coronavirus crisis worldwide.    The aim of the Oxford

  • Posted April 5, 2020
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  Governments turn to AI in fight against coronavirus

  Countries around the world – including the US, South Korea and Taiwan – are using artificial intelligence (AI) to help slow the spread of COVID-19. The technology is being used

  • Posted March 27, 2020
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  Lessons from the frontline: how to stop the spread of COVID-19

  Countries have adopted very different approaches to combating coronavirus – and had wildly different results. Mia Hunt explains how some Far Eastern countries have successfully prevented its spread, and identifies

  • Posted March 26, 2020
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  Central banks push contactless payments to counter COVID-19

  Government authorities in a growing number of countries, including Kenya and Ireland, are taking actions to encourage contactless payments as the coronavirus pandemic escalates. The moves come as governments worldwide

  • Posted March 25, 2020
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  Governments quarantine banknotes as coronavirus puts ‘dirty’ money in spotlight

  Governments worldwide are quarantining bank notes, as the coronavirus pandemic puts the spotlight on the germ-spreading properties of ‘real’ money. The US, South Korea and China have all been taking

  • Posted March 19, 2020
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  Chain reaction: how governments are unlocking the power of blockchain

  As blockchain exits the hype cycle, says Lord Holmes of Richmond, governments are getting serious about regulating and deploying it – finding uses in public and financial services Amara’s law

  • Posted February 24, 2020
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  Crime-predicting AI cameras to be installed in Korea

  Surveillance cameras equipped with artificial intelligence (AI) software supposedly capable of detecting and predicting crime are to be installed on the streets of South Korean capital Seoul. The government, which

  • Posted January 8, 2020
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