Overview
- President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed and South Korean President Lee Jae-myung held formal talks in Abu Dhabi, reaffirming a strategic relationship and mapping expanded cooperation across economy, energy, technology, education and culture.
- The two countries exchanged seven cooperation frameworks and MoUs covering an AI strategic framework, a separate AI cooperation pact, space agency collaboration, comprehensive biohealth cooperation, management of their economic cooperation committee, intellectual property, and an ENEC–KEPCO partnership on nuclear energy and AI in global markets.
- Dubai Future Forum 2025 opened at the Museum of the Future with more than 2,500 participants from about 100 countries and over 200 speakers, as officials emphasized Dubai’s pro-innovation approach and skills development in AI.
- Mastercard said Dubai recorded the first commercial transaction using an agentic AI payment agent outside the United States, launched with Majid Al Futtaim and highlighted during the forum.
- Cultural and industry platforms advanced in parallel, with the House of Art opening at Expo City Dubai, Art Abu Dhabi’s 17th edition featuring 142 galleries from 34 countries, honors for five student innovators with a joint $100,000 award, and the Dubai Airshow reporting record participation.