South Korea\'s K-Moonshot project, aimed at applying AI to science and technology to solve national challenges, faces an early setback after a mission program director offered to resign. The science ministry said the resignation came for personal reasons and is expected to be accepted after the deputy prime minister returns from an overseas trip. The ministry plans to proceed without recruiting a successor and has outlined governance and conflict-of-interest controls for program directors.

South Korea\'s Ministry of Science and ICT is launching a new research and development program to innovate science and technology research methods using artificial intelligence. The ministry held a project kick-off briefing on June 4 for the AI+Science and Technology innovation technology development program. It selected six projects across six key fields and will invest 22.5 billion won from 2026 to 2029. The program will support computing infrastructure and open research data and AI models through a public platform.