The government will start developing an AI platform to predict and respond to disasters at large mixed-use complexes where supertall buildings are connected to underground shopping areas and subways.

The Ministry of Science and ICT said it held a meeting on June 30 of a joint consultative body for the multi-ministry technology development project for a digital platform to manage compound disasters at supertall mixed-use facilities, together with the Ministry of the Interior and Safety and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, and will push ahead in earnest with the related research and development project.

The project is a multi-ministry cooperation initiative to respond to compound disasters in which floods, fires, strong winds and earthquakes occur in a chain. It will invest a total of 25.5 billion won over three years from 2026 to 2028.

MSIT will develop technology that uses multi-sensors and edge AI to collect and analyse on-site data in real time and detect early signs of disasters. It will also build an integrated platform that generates disaster scenarios combining torrential rain, fires, strong winds and earthquakes, analyses spread paths and risk levels, and provides optimal response information.

MOLIT will build high-precision 3D indoor and outdoor spatial information for large mixed-use facilities. It will apply geospatial Internet of Things (Geo-IoT) technology to link sensor data installed at facilities with 3D location information to identify where a disaster occurs and the status of facilities. Based on this, it will develop spatial digital twin technology that implements actual buildings and facilities in virtual space and simulates disaster situations in advance.

MOIS will develop a compound-disaster prevention and risk management system and build an AI inference-based control system. It will develop and demonstrate a compound disaster management system for use by on-site response personnel by linking MSIT's real-time AIoT and disaster models with MOLIT's digital twin platform.

At the meeting, lead organisations for each ministry, including the Korea Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, All4land and the Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology, presented core technology development plans. The government plans to verify the AI platform's performance after finalising demonstration sites and expand the results to large mixed-use facilities nationwide.