The Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT, Minister: Lee Jong-Ho) established an expert advisory council composed of professionals with diverse backgrounds from technology, diplomacy to security to foster the nation’s strategic technologies. The first meeting was held on June 8 to discuss the latest global trends regarding technology competition and how Korea’s policies can reflect such trends. The advisory council is expected to bring a great help in policy formulation with a comprehensive plan and risk assessment activity.
To keep up with the global tech competition, the Korean government incorporated the promotion of strategic technologies into the national agenda, and will take a holistic approach, considering economy, diplomacy, security aspects, to nurturing strategic technologies. Based on the ten(10) critical and emerging technologies selected last year, MSIT will add or/and adjust the strategic technologies, taking account into global trends and investment areas of domestic companies.
Vice Minister Joo Young-Chang for Science, Technology and Innovation of MSIT reiterated that “it is essential to secure as many irreplaceable, fundamental technologies as possible amid the fierce global science and technology competition, which reshape the international order as well as the world economy.” He added, “with the wide range of participation from the private experts, MSIT will detail out the national strategy for securing tech sovereignty. MSIT will spare no efforts to systematically promote strategic technologies at the nation level.”
For further information, please contact Spokesperson for foreign media Kim Hee-Hyun (E-mail:coro0131@korea.kr, 82-44-202-4027) of the Ministry of Science and ICT.
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