SEOUL, South Korea, Sept. 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Supreme Court of Singapore and the Supreme Court of Korea signed two new instruments aimed at supporting the effective resolution of cross-border civil and commercial disputes on 16 September 2026.
The Memorandum of Guidance as to the Enforcement of Money Judgments (MOG) and the Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation Regarding Information on Foreign Law (MOU) were signed by The Honourable the Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon and Chief Justice Jo Hee-de of the Supreme Court of Korea. The signing took place in Seoul on the sidelines of the 20th Conference of Chief Justices of Asia and the Pacific, following a courtesy call between the two Chief Justices.
The MOG sets out the Singapore and Korean courts' understanding of the procedures and requirements for the recognition and enforcement of money judgments of one jurisdiction in the other. It covers judgments requiring payment of a sum of money and does not cover non-monetary relief or criminal orders, fines or penalties.
The MOG will serve as a practical reference for litigants and practitioners in cross-border cases by setting out the applicable legal requirements and procedures in both jurisdictions. This will provide greater clarity and understanding for parties seeking to a Singapore money judgment recognised and enforced in Korea, or a Korean money judgment recognised and enforced in Singapore.
Chief Justice Menon said: "A judgment may offer little real relief if it cannot be enforced where the judgment debtor or its assets are located. By explaining how our respective courts approach the recognition and enforcement of money judgments, the Memorandum will promote greater clarity, certainty and confidence for litigants."
The MOU establishes a mechanism for the Singapore and Korean courts to exchange information on their respective domestic laws and judicial practices in civil and commercial matters. It applies where a court is required to consider the law of the other jurisdiction in an ongoing international civil or commercial case.
Through the MOU, the Singapore and Korea courts will have a clearer and more efficient channel for obtaining reliable information on each other's laws and judicial practices in cross-border civil and commercial cases. Information exchanged may include relevant legislation, judicial precedents, decisions, interpretations and court orders. This will support the courts in determining questions of foreign law more accurately and efficiently.
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Supreme Courts of Singapore and Korea Sign New Arrangements to Support Cross-Border Civil and Commercial Disputes
HONG KONG, Sept. 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Headquartered in Hong Kong, the robotics industry group AIBRAIN has officially been established. Built on a brand‑new five‑in‑one industrial architecture covering platform, sales, manufacturing, data and models, AIBRAIN targets the Asian market. It aims to break down barriers across the whole robotics value chain, build a region‑wide leading full‑industry‑chain robotics enterprise in Asia, and reshape the landscape for large‑scale deployment and long‑term operation of commercial robots.
The Asian robotics sector is currently plagued by fragmented and siloed industrial ecosystems. Traditional enterprises tend to focus on a single vertical: some specialize in hardware manufacturing, others in algorithm research and development, while many only engage in equipment sales. This fragmentation leads to a host of practical challenges: lack of sustained after‑sales support post‑sales, absence of unified scheduling platforms for real‑world deployment, insufficient local‑market adaptation capabilities, and the failure to leverage real‑world scenario data for technology iteration. As a result, robot products face difficulties in commercialization, scalable replication and sustained value creation.
Unlike single‑segment industry players, AIBRAIN has constructed a complete industrial closed‑loop system from its inception. Its five core business pillars serve as the foundation of the group, enabling deep integration, mutual empowerment and iterative closed‑loop development across all links.
The localised RaaS (Robot‑as‑a‑Service) operation platform acts as the group's core hub. It undertakes key functions including device onboarding, intelligent scheduling, scenario adaptation and localised operation & maintenance. Compatible with multi‑brand and multi‑category robotic devices, it adapts to infrastructure and compliance requirements of buildings, industrial parks, commercial premises and public facilities across different countries. It delivers localised round‑the‑clock operational services, forming the core carrier for large‑scale robot deployment.
The Asia‑wide multi‑brand robot sales and service system serves as the gateway to the broader market. By establishing regional partnership channels and local service networks covering multiple Asian markets, it delivers standardised sales, delivery, after‑sales maintenance and equipment upgrade services, bridging the final mile for product market penetration.
The Vietnam OEM and proprietary‑brand intelligent manufacturing base strengthens regional supply‑chain capacity. Leveraging mature industrial supporting resources, it performs flexible assembly, localised debugging and custom configuration for robotic units. Tailored to market standards and delivery requirements across Asia, it enables efficient, cost‑effective and large‑scale regional fulfilment.
Compliant regional data collection and commercialisation services unlock core scenario‑driven value. Under customer‑authorised compliance frameworks, it accumulates massive real‑world robot operation data. Standardised data governance produces high‑quality datasets to underpin algorithm optimisation, scenario iteration and product upgrading.
The Asia‑oriented embodied world model drives continuous technological evolution. Trained and refined on authentic local‑market scenario data, it adapts precisely to Asia's climates, physical environments and cultural contexts. It keeps improving robots' perception, decision‑making and motion capabilities. AI technology feeds back into hardware products and platform operations, forming a positive industrial flywheel: data iterates models, models upgrade devices, and devices generate more data.
These five business pillars do not operate in isolation. They form a deeply collaborative system: platform connects devices, sales expands markets, manufacturing guarantees delivery, operations generates data, and data nurtures models. This structure effectively breaks the siloed bottlenecks plaguing the traditional robotics industry and builds unique full‑value‑chain competitive moats.
In terms of development model, AIBRAIN builds an Asian robotics operation network that is standardised, locally adaptable and cross‑regionally replicable. With Hong Kong as its central headquarters for overall coordination, the group outputs unified technical platforms, product portfolios and group‑wide resources. At the same time, it carries out fine‑tuned local adaptation for language environments, regulatory policies, customer demands and service frameworks in different Asian countries. Each region establishes its own local teams, service networks and operational systems. Proven solutions, operational models and technical approaches from mature markets can be rapidly replicated across the whole region, gradually constructing pan‑Asian robotics industrial infrastructure.
From a business‑model perspective, AIBRAIN is overturning the conventional "one‑off hardware sales" model and reconstructing the value system of the robotics industry. Robots are transformed from mere hardware commodities into long‑term operable, continuously upgradable intelligent assets with enduring value. Supported by its full‑industry‑chain layout, the group's revenue streams span equipment sales, platform operations, after‑sales maintenance, intelligent manufacturing, data services and AI‑model iteration. Covering customers' full life‑cycle, it delivers sustained industrial and service value and builds a more robust, sustainable commercial system.
Industry insiders note that demand for commercial robots across Asia keeps expanding. Industry competition has shifted from rivalry over single hardware specifications and isolated technical features to comprehensive competition in full‑chain operational capability, local‑market deployment capability and continuous technological iteration capability.
With AIBRAIN's formal market entry, Asia's robotics industry welcomes a genuine full‑industry‑chain group player. Powered by its five‑in‑one strategic layout and cross‑regional replicable operational framework, AIBRAIN will deepen its footprint across Asia. It will address existing gaps in regional robotics operations, manufacturing, data and AI adaptation, accelerate large‑scale, standardised and intelligent deployment of commercial robots across Asian nations, and steadily advance toward its strategic goal of becoming Asia's leading full‑industry‑chain robotics group.
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AIBRAIN Officially Launched: Five‑in‑One Layout to Build Asia's Leading Robotics Full‑Industry‑Chain Group
