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AI & Enterprise
South Korea to overhaul R&D system, boost future-tech investment and talent development
South Korea will invest more than 200 trillion won in national research and development over the next five years and overhaul its R&D system, the government said. It set a 2027 government R&D budget plan of 39.5 trillion won, up 11.2 percent from this year, and will put 3.3 trillion won into new R&D projects. It will also focus on three mega projects and foster seven SEED areas while expanding regional autonomous R&D.
AI & Enterprise
South Korea to invest over 200 trillion won in R&D by 2030, secure 260,000 GPUs
South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT said it finalised its Sixth Basic Plan for Science and Technology for 2026 to 2030 after approval by the National Science and Technology Advisory Council. The plan calls for investing more than 200 trillion won in government R&D over five years and spreading an AI shift across the country. It includes securing 260,000 public-private GPUs, building a sixth supercomputer and a national AI computing centre, and focusing over 60 trillion won on 10 strategic technology fields.
People & Appointments
Park In-gyu holds town hall meeting on key R&D policies
Park In-gyu (박인규), head of the Ministry of Science and ICT\'s Office of Science and Technology Innovation, attended a town hall meeting at the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology on May 8 to share the government\'s science and technology policy direction. The event was the fourth and final stop in a series of regional meetings. About 100 participants, including academics, students, researchers and industry, discussed institutional improvements and policy needs.
