While humanoid robot technology advances rapidly, South Korea is moving to establish regulatory clarity on safety, liability and verification standards ahead of industrial deployment. Legal experts in the country say significant gaps remain in current frameworks, particularly regarding safety and labor, prompting accelerated field validation to provide a clearer basis for future standard-setting.

GlobalFoundries Inc. and Renesas Electronics Corp. have unveiled a multi-billion-dollar expansion of their manufacturing alliance, a move that underscores the deepening “friend-shoring” of the semiconductor industry as Washington and Tokyo scramble to insulate critical silicon from geopolitical volatility.