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South Korea’s Lee vows to make bold AI investment in record budget push

Global Published 2 November 2026, 11:20 · archived 2 Nov 2026

SEOUL: South Korean President Lee Jae Myung vowed on Monday to make bold investments in artificial intelligence to boost the country’s economic growth potential, in an address to parliament seeking approval for next year’s budget. “We will invest 21.3 trillion won ($15.97 billion), nearly twice this year’s amount, in AI and the three megaprojects of semiconductors, physical AI and AI data centres,” Lee said. His administration proposed in September increasing government spending by a record 12.8% next year to 820.9 trillion won ($615.62 billion) aiming to strengthen South Korea’s technological...

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