Minister Yoo Sang-im held a briefing on Feb. 11 to announce the '2025 Ministry of Science and ICT core projects February performance and March plan.'
The Ministry of Science and ICT plans to swiftly devise and promote follow-up tasks for the 'National AI Capacity Enhancement Plan,' including the 'Global AI Challenge,' advanced AI talent cultivation, and the 'World Best LLM' project. Additionally, the ministry will recruit participating corporations for a project supporting the entry of promising artificial intelligence (AI) and digital corporations into the East Coast market of the United States, and selected corporations will receive support related to infrastructure, networking, and investment maintenance in collaboration with New York University and the 'Global AI Frontier Lab.'
Major domestic and foreign AI corporations will participate in hosting the 'AI Global Conference.' The process for selecting private operators (VC) for the 'AI Innovation Fund,' aimed at discovering and nurturing promising companies in AI and Software as a Service (SaaS), will commence with the formation of a review committee. Furthermore, to achieve the goal of reinforcing national AI competitiveness stipulated in the AI Basic Act, a draft implementation ordinance and guideline direction formulated by over 80 experts will be refined through broad stakeholder feedback.
The Ministry of Science and ICT will also promote the establishment of a notice for the 'used smartphone safe transaction business operator certification system' to allow consumers to purchase used phones without concerns about personal information leaks. Plans will expand the cooperative growth model of platform companies while supporting the digital transformation of small businesses by visiting the Busan Bansong Large Market.
In response to the significant impact and anxiety experienced by citizens due to voice phishing crimes, the Ministry of Science and ICT will hold a public safety crime inspection meeting chaired by Acting President Choi Sang-mok to review 'measures to strengthen responses to voice phishing in the telecommunications sector' and to prepare and implement additional measures.
To lead the next generation of communication technologies, the Ministry of Science and ICT will host an international meeting of the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) in the country to determine the standardization direction for 6G technologies. Based on the public feedback collected for improving the frequency allocation system conducted last month, the ministry will also promote the improvement of the system to allow for the recovery of frequency allocation costs.
The Ministry of Science and ICT will collaborate with the Ministry of Justice to distribute English posters to prevent foreign victims of fraud at immigration offices and other facilities where foreigners frequently visit. Additionally, to systematically maintain the public cables that are rampant around citizens' daily lives, the ministry will promote the 2025 public cable maintenance plan in cooperation with local governments and telecommunications companies, and to preemptively prevent communication network disruptions, it will conduct field inspections such as assessing the adequacy of telecommunications companies' work management control systems. Taking the opportunity of launching a third-party video call system to support emergency reporting for the hearing and speech impaired, the ministry will visit the Sign Language Interpretation Center to discuss issues with relevant parties.