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Politics & Government

44 central government agencies to relocate to Sejong from 2027, including broadcast, privacy and finance bodies

The government will relocate 44 central administrative agencies still based in the Seoul metropolitan area to Sejong from 2027 in stages, including the Broadcast Media Communications Commission, the Personal Information Protection Commission and the Financial Services Commission. It will move 27 agencies using leased private offices, with 25 to complete relocation in 2027. Another 17 agencies will relocate by 2031 after building separate facilities. The plan includes budget estimates and support for relocating civil servants.

AI & Enterprise

MSIT holds briefing on national R&D administrative reform to introduce \'moving target\'

South Korea\'s Ministry of Science and ICT gathered on-site opinions on a proposal to improve administrative rules for national research and development. The package includes introducing a \"moving target\" system that allows research goals to be changed quickly, and aims to raise the efficiency of national R&D by reflecting views from the field. The ministry held a briefing on Sept. 22 at Catholic University attended by researchers from universities, companies and institutes.

AI & Enterprise

South Korea sets AI research ethics guidelines for national R&D, final responsibility rests with researchers

South Korea has set ethical standards researchers must follow when using AI in national research and development, limiting AI to a research tool and placing responsibility and rights for final outputs on researchers. The Ministry of Science and ICT said it finalised the National R&D AI Research Ethics Guide after review and approval by the National Science and Technology Advisory Council’s steering committee. The guide includes seven recommendations and also sets standards for project evaluation and paper review processes.