{
  "id": 2080651,
  "title": "Naver wins Saudi approval for national digital twin platform",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/naver-wins-saudi-approval-for-national-digital-twin-platform",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-20T05:57:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/tech-science/20260820/naver-wins-saudi-approval-for-national-digital-twin-platform"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Naver has secured official approval for its cloud-based digital twin platform as Saudi Arabia’s national standard platform for local governments, opening the door for the tech giant to expand its smart city technology across the country. The company announced on Thursday that Saudi Arabia’s Digital Government Authority (DGA) approved its platform for local government deployments, establishing a common technology framework for urban planning, infrastructure management, public safety and municipal operations. Naver said the approval marks a rare case of a Korean tech company receiving official recognition from a foreign government agency, paving the way for it to expand its technology across Saudi Arabia just three years after winning its initial project in the country in 2023. Following DGA approval, the country’s Ministry of Municipalities and Housing issued an official notice urging local governments to prioritize Naver’s platform for smart city and digital twin projects, aiming to avoid duplicative investments and establish unified technology standards and methodologies nationwide.",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Naver wins Saudi approval for national digital twin platform",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/naver-wins-saudi-approval-for-national-digital-twin-platform-2082494",
        "published": "2026-08-20T06:07:03.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}