President meets with future scientists to contemplate expanding alternative service for science and expertise abilities”
“Army service, superior gear, and technology-learning time”
” to be an asset of failure”
“It’s going to be completely different this time.”
![President Lee Jae Myung smiles at the participants' remarks in a conversation with future scientists at Cheong Wa Dae on the 5th. [Blue House Press Photo Reporters]](https://wimg.mk.co.kr/news/cms/202602/05/rcv.YNA.20260205.PYH2026020508070001300_P1.jpg)
On the 5th, President Lee Jae Myung said, “We are considering expanding alternative service and reorganizing the army system,” regarding the military service of science and technology talents.
President Lee held a “Conversation with Future Scientists” event at the Cheong Wa Dae Guest House on the same day and announced the plan, saying, “It is prone to be a supply of battle and unfair as a result of male youths are pressured to meet their protection obligations beneath the identical situations.”
The event was held with 205 university and graduate students selected as presidential science scholarship students under the progress of science YouTuber “Trail” and 35 middle and high school students who won the Olympiad.
In response to a student’s opinion that “I want I had a chance to realize analysis expertise whereas serving,” President Lee asked, “There are fairly a number of alternative service areas in the area of science and expertise, however is not it about expanding them?”
In response, Jungwoo Ha, senior presidential secretary for AI future planning, replied, “I’m truly speaking to the Military Manpower Administration, and the protection minister is forward-looking, so I’ll set up it and announce it individually.”
On top of that, President Lee said, “We are considering expanding,” adding, “I intend to vary the army itself on a big scale.”
“Until now, the variety of troops and the infantry-centered army system had been fully competing for gear and weapons,” he said. “Since we have to change the concentrate on gear and weapon techniques, we have to practice troops as specialists, not simply numbers.”
In addition, during the discussion, he suggested, “It could be enjoyable to have a analysis unit (in the army) apart from alternative service,” and Chief Ha replied, “It is a unit the place precise researchers collect, and we are experimenting, implementing, and working.”
![Jungwoo Ha, senior presidential secretary for AI Future Planning, speaks at a conversation with future scientists held at Cheong Wa Dae on the 5th, "Challenging Scientists, Leaping Korea." [Blue House Press Photo Reporters]](https://wimg.mk.co.kr/news/cms/202602/05/news-p.v1.20260205.1b4a9403076045149e616f73c8a6a49d_P1.png)
When President Lee said, “We know every little thing earlier than ‘Ha GPT’ speaks,” Chief Ha responded, “It’s as a result of the prompter (command) is nice.”
Regarding the issue of the outflow of talent abroad, President Lee said, “It is a really critical situation nationally. We are making ready sensible insurance policies for the return of abroad expertise.”
Regarding the establishment of a flexible research culture, he said, “We are additionally pushing for assetization of failure as a key process,” adding, “The area doubts that there’s a chance that it’s going to solely be accomplished in phrases, however this time will probably be completely different.” The research and development field will proceed in a different direction than before,” he defined.