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South Korea\'s President Lee, business leaders meet in San Francisco to reshape AI supply chain

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung issued a “San Francisco AI Declaration” in San Francisco on July 24, pledging to make the country an indispensable axis of the global AI supply chain. He cited a 4,700 trillion won AI project investment announced in June and investment initiatives by domestic and foreign firms whose combined enterprise value exceeds 2 quadrillion won. The focus includes memory and foundry semiconductors, autonomous driving and AI factories.

AI & Enterprise

South Korea to step up drive to recruit Korean scientists in Europe with event in France

South Korea\'s Ministry of Science and ICT is seeking to recruit Korean scientists and engineers working in Europe. The ministry said it will hold a talent recruitment event in Toulouse, France, on July 21 in connection with the 2026 Korea-Europe Conference on Science and Technology. Government ministries, public agencies, universities, research institutes and companies will take part, offering consultations on hiring plans and researcher support. The ministry will also pilot an online platform from July 21.

AI & Enterprise

South Korea steps up push for one AI agent per person, to launch \'AI for Everyone\' service this year

South Korea plans to launch a free, general-purpose AI chatbot service called \'AI for Everyone\' in December using domestic AI models. The government aims to upgrade it into AI agents next year, targeting a \"one AI agent per person\" era. It will support construction of gigawatt-class AI data centres backed by 550 trillion won in private investment and pursue projects in physical AI, AI semiconductors, security and regional AI transformation hubs, and space and quantum programmes.