Overview

• President Lee Jae Myung nominated Bae Kyung-hoon as his first Science Minister and Bae is preparing for a National Assembly confirmation hearing
• Since becoming president of LG AI Research in 2020, Bae has overseen the development of EXAONE Deep, a next-generation inference model aimed at commercialization and open-source release
• Bae began his career at Samsung Thales in 2006 and joined LG Group in 2016 to craft medium- and long-term AI strategies and foster cross-affiliate collaboration
• He has served as an adviser to the Presidential Advisory Council on Science and Technology, the National Artificial Intelligence Committee and the National Data Policy Committee
• South Korea is investing heavily in AI infrastructure, including a planned $5 billion Ulsan data center and programs to integrate AI across industries