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Korea's Ministry of SMEs and Startups secured 264 B200 GPUs under the National AI Project to support SMEs and startups. Delivered free via NHN Cloud, two programmes are funded: a manufacturing project (64 GPUs) targeting production and quality control AI, and a startup incubator (200 GPUs) covering strategic AI development, industry-specific solutions, and early-stage founder support. Applications run April–May, support commences June 2025.

South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) is investing approximately KRW 1.46 trillion (around USD 1.1 billion) to procure 13,000 high-performance GPUs, distributed across three cloud service providers — Naver Cloud, NHN Cloud, and Kakao. Announced in July 2025, the initiative aims to expand domestic AI computing infrastructure, reduce reliance on overseas resources, and support AI research, large-scale model training, and national AI initiatives.

The initiative is aimed at making Korea a global pivotal state in AI by becoming one of the G3 AI nations. It outlines the four nationwide AI flagship projects and four key pillars of the AI ecosystem: 1) Develop startup talent, 2) Innovate technology and infrastructure, 3) Lay a foundation for inclusion and fairness, and 4) Secure global leadership.

The Medical Artificial Intelligence R&D Roadmap (2024–2028), published in September 2024, is a national initiative to strengthen the development and adoption of AI in healthcare. It aims to improve medical services, support AI-based medical devices and drug development, and enhance data utilisation by developing interoperable health data systems, while reinforcing regulatory frameworks, ethics, and workforce capabilities to ensure safe and effective implementation.

The Committee will deliberate and coordinate on the following: key AI-related policies, AI-related R&D strategies, AI-related investment strategies, and public-private cooperation and AI industry development strategies aimed at boosting the national AI competitiveness.

Following the AI Safety Summit held by the UK in 2023, the AI Seoul Summit contributed to making the AI Summit a leader-level platform for comprehensive discussion on global AI governance.The Seoul Declaration suggests a balanced global AI governance that promotes AI safety while also supporting AI innovation and inclusivity, and received endorsement from global AI leaders, including the G7.

To focus on supporting the nine key technological innovation tasks for AI-semiconductors, the government will pursue the following initiatives to comprehensively support the entire AI-semiconductor value chain: 1)Comprehensive investment and financial support, 2) Talent development, 3) Establishment of industrial and research innovation infrastructure, 4) Global cooperation and market entry, and 5)Leadership in AI ethical standards

Expand international cooperation on AI; Nationwide diffusion of AI into everyday life; Establish the Digital Bill of Rights; Ensure AI ethics and trust