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MSIT to restructure affiliated public agencies, merge K-DATA into NIA
South Korea\'s Ministry of Science and ICT will restructure functions at its affiliated public agencies, including integrating the Korea Data Agency (K-DATA) as an affiliated body under the National Information Society Agency (NIA). It will also integrate the National Research Foundation of Korea with the Korea Technology Commercialization Promotion Agency to strengthen links from basic R&D to commercialisation. The ministry plans to create a new foundation to integrate four regional national science museums and will pursue related legal revisions.