The South Korean authorities will launch a working group with the United States for strategic technology cooperation in areas together with synthetic intelligence (AI) and analysis safety.
The Ministry of Science and ICT stated on Friday that Deputy Prime Minister and Science and ICT Minister Bae Kyung-hoon (배경훈) mentioned science and technology cooperation with Michael Kratsios (마이클 크라치오스), head of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. The ministry stated they agreed to launch a working group to implement the Korea-U.S. Technology Prosperity Memorandum of Understanding signed in October final 12 months.
Bae held a bilateral assembly with Kratsios on the sidelines of the 2026 India AI Impact Summit. The settlement goals to strengthen welfare and the financial foundations of each international locations and to develop the Korea-U.S. alliance by means of science and technology cooperation.
Through the working group, the 2 international locations will focus on particular areas of cooperation set out within the October memorandum, together with AI, analysis safety, communications innovation, biotechnology, quantum technology, area and primary science analysis.
The working group will consist of presidency officers and related consultants, with South Korea’s science ministry and the U.S. State Department chargeable for coordination. It may even embody subcommittees to focus on particular technology areas. The outcomes of the working group discussions will likely be introduced on the twelfth Korea-U.S. Joint Committee on Science and Technology, scheduled for the second half of this 12 months.
Bae stated South Korea and the United States had established a strategic science and technology cooperation relationship by means of the framework of the technology prosperity memorandum. He stated agreeing to function the working group meant that they had begun work to produce tangible cooperation.