South Korean Prime Minister Han Sung-sook (한성숙) visited Saemangeum in North Jeolla province as her first trip to the region since taking office and discussed support for Hyundai Motor Group investment and measures to foster physical AI and robotics industries. She held a corporate meeting with tenant firms, experts, government ministries and provincial officials. The government plans to revise the Saemangeum master plan around a concrete 10-year development blueprint and set up a pan-government support system.

South Korea will foster semiconductors, physical AI and AI data centres as national growth engines based on large private-sector investment by companies including Samsung Electronics and SK. President Lee Jae-myung chaired a public briefing on three megaprojects and said he would directly oversee execution. Plans include accelerating chip plant construction, building regional production hubs, developing humanoid robots and foundation models, expanding AI data-centre capacity, and launching a manufacturing AI strategy with joint public-private investment.