Deputy Prime Minister Paik Kang-hoon Presides Over the eighth Science and Technology Ministers’ Meeting
“Expanding Multifaceted Global Cooperation for AI Advancement”
Paik Kang-hoon, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Science and ICT, urged for tangible outcomes from the federal government’s investments in synthetic intelligence (AI), saying plans to evaluate how every ministry is progressing with its AI transformation (AX) efforts. He additionally emphasised the necessity for multifaceted international cooperation to drive AI-based scientific and technological innovation and the event of the ecosystem.
Background Hoon, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Science and ICT, attended the Science and Technology Ministers’ Meeting held on the Government Seoul Office in Jongno-gu, Seoul on the thirtieth, talking about present points similar to the info coverage promotion path within the period of AI transformation. April 30, 2026 Photo by Yongjun Cho
Deputy Prime Minister Paik said on the eighth Science and Technology Ministers’ Meeting, held on the Government Seoul Office in Jongno-gu, Seoul on April 30, “It is time for us to demonstrate to the public the results of the government’s AI investments and support,” including, “I will soon conduct an in-depth review of each ministry’s AX implementation status and future plans.”
At the assembly, individuals mentioned the “Intelligent Work Management Platform (OnAI) mobile service and expansion plan for user agencies,” which is the federal government’s AX initiative for ministries. The Ministry of the Interior and Safety is incorporating cellular providers into OnAI, which employs the most recent personal sector applied sciences together with AI. Currently, the service is being operated inside 4 businesses—the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, the Ministry of Science and ICT, the Ministry of Planning, and the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety. Starting in June, it is going to be step by step expanded to 47 central authorities businesses. With the newly launched cellular service, customers can entry supplies, take part in group chats and reporting by way of e mail and messenger, and be a part of conferences in actual time even whereas on enterprise journeys, all with out spatial limitations.
The assembly additionally resolved the “Direction for the National Strategic Technology Leadership NEXT Project,” aimed toward reaching the world’s first and finest outcomes. In anticipation of international technological hegemony competitors and to consolidate nationwide capabilities, 23 ministries and businesses established the “National Strategic Technology System Advancement Plan” on April 27, which shaped the idea for this initiative. The authorities will designate key initiatives for nationwide missions as “National Strategic Technology R&D Projects” and supply concentrated help. Over the subsequent 5 years, funding in nationwide strategic know-how R&D might be elevated by greater than 60 trillion gained. Related initiatives will profit from particular provisions similar to relaxed company matching necessities, precedence consideration for R&D budgets, and expedited patent functions. Ministries, trade, academia, and analysis institutes will work collectively to construct the “NEXT Alliance,” specializing in producing outcomes all through the venture’s complete course of.
Pursuing the Establishment of Global AI Innovation Hubs…“AI Has a Real Impact on Daily Life”
Paik Kyunghun, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Science and ICT, attended the Science and Technology Ministers’ Meeting held on April 30 on the Government Seoul Office in Jongno-gu, Seoul. He spoke about present points together with the path of knowledge coverage within the period of AI transformation. 2026.4.30 Photo by Jo Yongjun
The authorities can also be transferring to set up international AI innovation hubs for worldwide cooperation. The “Strategy for Establishing Global AI Innovation Hubs,” which was reviewed and authorized on the assembly, goals to improve the worldwide competitiveness of home AI corporations, help their entry into international AI markets, and foster technological innovation. The authorities plans to convert its seven abroad IT help facilities into AI full-cycle help hubs and to strengthen the innovation capabilities of AI corporations by bringing collectively know-how, capital, and expertise in Silicon Valley, USA. In addition, on the cooperation hubs in China and Japan, the federal government will help corporations’ market entry and technological competitiveness by way of authorized and institutional responses tailor-made to native laws and trade wants, joint proof-of-concept (PoC) initiatives, and know-how benchmarking.
Deputy Prime Minister Paik referenced the memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed between the Ministry of Science and ICT and Google DeepMind, stating, “AI is solving scientific challenges and having a real impact on people’s daily lives,” and emphasised, “The government will expand multifaceted global cooperation to advance AI-based scientific innovation, upgrade the AI ecosystem, and ensure responsible AI utilization.” On April 27, Deputy Prime Minister Paik met Demis Hassabis, co-founder and CEO of Google DeepMind, who visited Korea to mark the tenth anniversary of the AlphaGo match, and signed an MOU protecting key areas of cooperation together with joint analysis in scientific AI and nurturing AI expertise.
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At the assembly, individuals additionally mentioned the “Direction for Data Policy in the Era of AI Transformation” to safe high-quality knowledge for personal sector wants, in addition to the “Support Plan for Manufacturing AX Based on Tacit Knowledge,” which hyperlinks tacit information to AI fashions and robots. Furthermore, they authorized the “Science and Technology Support Plan to Strengthen National Drug Response Capabilities,” which seeks to block the smuggling of narcotics into Korea utilizing superior science and know-how, and the “Strategy for Building an AI Materials R&D Platform” aimed toward remodeling the paradigm of supplies R&D by way of AI.
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