South Korean Prime Minister Han Sung-sook (한성숙) visited Saemangeum in North Jeolla province as her first trip to the region since taking office and discussed support for Hyundai Motor Group investment and measures to foster physical AI and robotics industries. She held a corporate meeting with tenant firms, experts, government ministries and provincial officials. The government plans to revise the Saemangeum master plan around a concrete 10-year development blueprint and set up a pan-government support system.

South Korea’s National Assembly Science, ICT, Broadcasting and Communications Committee has selected AI infrastructure as its first joint policy agenda for the second half of the 22nd parliament. The panel aims to identify legislative and institutional tasks to support the government’s three mega-projects. At a forum in Seoul, participating companies called for faster permits, expanded tax support, a dedicated organisation and regulatory streamlining. The government said it would review industry requests through inter-ministerial and public-private frameworks.