Bae Kyung-hoon, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Science and ICT poses for a photo with participants at the 2026 K-AI Semiconductor Growth Forum, held at Lotte Hotel Seoul in Jung-gu, Seoul, on the morning of June 4.

Front row (from left): Park Tae-wan, Director General of the ICT Industry Policy Bureau, Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT); Joh Joon-hee, Chairman of the Korea AI & Software Industry Association (KOSA); Park Se-woong, President of the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI); Hong Jin-bae, President of the Institute of Information & Communications Technology Planning & Evaluation (IITP); Rep. Choi Hyung-du; Deputy Prime Minister and Minister Bae Kyung-hoon; Rep. Hwang Jeong-a; Park Yoon-kyu, President of the National IT Industry Promotion Agency (NIPA); You Jae-youn, Head of a Sub-council of the Presidential Council on National Artificial Intelligence Strategy (NAIS); Lee Do-kyu, Deputy Minister for the Office of ICT Policy, MSIT; and Kim Yeon-kyu, Policy Advisor to the Minister of Science and ICT.