KR held its 62nd General Assembly on 22 February at the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry. During the meeting, following the financial report, KR's General Assembly approved the financial statements for 2023 and the appointment of executive directors.

KR was officially designated as a Recognised Organisation (RO) by the San Marino Civil Aviation and Maritime Navigation Authority (SM-CAA-MNA) on 18 January and signed an agreement with the Government of San Marino on its behalf.

Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) technology are bringing innovation to various industries. KR is developing technology to improve work efficiency and service quality by using artificial intelligence for various tasks such as extracting information from drawings, detecting hull damage, and determining ship equipment failures. Recently, there have been innovative technological developments in the field of natural language processing, and KR is conducting research to apply these technologies to KR rules and tasks.

The 10th session of Human Element, Training and Watchkeeping (hereinafter referred to as HTW) was convened as a hybrid meeting from 5th to 9th February 2024. This news flash brief, on the outcomes of HTW 10 on major issues. in particular, a Comprehensive Review of 1978 STCW Convention and Code.