By Choonsik Yoo (July 23, 2026, 01:01 GMT | Insight) — South Korea on Thursday announced new initiatives aimed at boosting the country’s efforts to become one of the world’s top three artificial intelligence powers. This includes strategies to secure an early lead in agent AI and support the creation of a market for AI agent services. The government also approved an AI-led ports strategy and reviewed privacy guidelines for public sector AI transformation, while discussing measures to strengthen the competitiveness of small modular nuclear reactors. South Korea on Thursday announced new initiatives to achieve its goal of becoming one of the world’s top three artificial intelligence powers, including a series of strategies to secure an early lead in the race to build and operate a rapidly emerging integrated agent AI ecosystem.
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