{
  "id": 6733044,
  "title": "Korea-Uzbekistan partnership: IT Park signals emergence of new Eurasian digital corridor",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/korea-uzbekistan-partnership-it-park-signals-emergence-of-new-6733044",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-11T09:07:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/foreignaffairs/20260914/korea-uzbekistan-partnership-it-park-signals-emergence-of-new-eurasian-digital-corridor"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In a significant development in the evolving relationship between Korea and Uzbekistan, the IT Park in Uzbekistan has become a pivotal platform for technology exports, outsourcing, startup investment, and digital workers. This transformation, which began as primarily diplomatic engagement and development cooperation, is now manifesting as a more structured economic relationship. As of June 2026, the IT Park ecosystem in Uzbekistan boasted over 3,800 resident companies, including more than 1,000 foreign enterprises, positioning Uzbekistan as one of Central Asia's fastest-growing technology hubs. The expanding scale and complexity of bilateral cooperation between Korea and Uzbekistan underscore the growing strategic importance of Korea in the region. While market size disparities may have previously influenced the partnership, the relationship is now increasingly defined by complementary strengths. Korea offers globally competitive technology firms, high corporate demand, substantial investment capital, and access to international innovation networks.",
  "summary": "The digital partnership between Korea and Uzbekistan is entering a new stage. What was once driven primarily by diplomatic engagement and development cooperation is steadily evolving into a more structured economic relationship built around technology exports, outsourcing, startup investment and digital workers. At the heart of this transformation is IT Park Uzbekistan, which has emerged as the…",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Korea-Uzbekistan partnership: IT Park signals emergence of new Eurasian digital corridor",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/korea-uzbekistan-partnership-it-park-signals-emergence-of-new",
        "published": "2026-09-11T08:57:03.000Z"
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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."
}