Robot-related stocks are surging in early trading on the 15th. As President Lee Jae-myung presides over the first core regulation rationalization strategy meeting on the 15th, reports said the agenda also includes discussions on regulations for the robot industry.
As of 9:27 a.m. that day, KOSDAQ-listed ROBOSTAR shares were trading at 38,000 won, up 20.63% (6,500 won) from the previous session.
ZENIX Robotics is also up in the 20% range, and ROBOROBO, Haisung Aero-Robotics, and HYULIM Robot are also soaring.
This appears to reflect buying sentiment after the government signaled plans to overhaul regulations on new businesses. Presidential Office Spokesperson Kang Yu-jeong said in a morning briefing that President Lee Jae-myung would hold the first core regulation rationalization strategy meeting that day to discuss key regulations that hinder the growth of new industries such as the youth generation, jobs, data and autonomous driving, and robots.
Regarding robot regulations, the Spokesperson Kang said, "There will also be discussions on rationalizing regulations for the autonomous driving robot industry, which is the engine of future industry," adding, "We plan to significantly expand testbed regions for pilot autonomous driving operations and to streamline unnecessary regulations in a comprehensive manner to expand robot adoption in industrial sites."