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Bae Gyeong-hun ends multiple roles, seeks to focus on core work as AI policy duties shift

Bae Gyeong-hun (배경훈), deputy prime minister and science and ICT minister, is ending a period of holding multiple AI policy roles as the presidential office and the National AI Strategy Committee fill key posts. The reshuffle is expected to clarify role-sharing and could speed policy decisions if coordination works smoothly. With AI projects expanding and the ministry’s AI budget rising sharply next year, attention is on whether Bae can deliver execution results while also overseeing broader science and R&D agendas.

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AI Strategy Committee shifts to project-based work, steps up AIDC, defence AX, AI security and standardisation

South Korea\'s National AI Strategy Committee set a goal for its second year of positioning the country as an irreplaceable core player in the global AI supply chain and a trusted partner. It plans to pursue tasks including national strategic industrialisation of AI data centres, industry and defence AX, and AI security and standardisation, while shifting its operations from subcommittee-led work to project-based execution. It also aims to focus on implementation and performance management as the cross-government AI budget rises.

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Lee Jae Myung government wraps up second-phase AI appointments with industry trio

A new lineup to lead the Lee Jae Myung government\'s AI strategy has been formed, with a focus on officials from the IT industry. Lee Hae-min was appointed senior secretary for AI future planning after the post had been vacant for about four months, and Ha Jung-woo was named vice chairman of the National AI Strategy Committee. They join Deputy Prime Minister and science minister Bae Kyung-hoon in steering national AI strategy and policy.