The 2025 budget accelerates short-term innovation, but chaebol dominance and talent gaps persist
South Korea’s 2025 budget proposal, which features an 11.8% increase in research and development (R&D) spending, signals a continued push toward investment in artificial intelligence (AI), biotechnology and quantum computing.
However, South Korea faces a deeper concern: the long-term sustainability of the country’s innovation model.
South Korea’s 2025 budget proposal, which features an 11.8% increase in research and development (R&D) spending, signals a continued push toward investment in artificial intelligence (AI), biotechnology and quantum computing.
However, South Korea faces a deeper concern: the long-term sustainability of the country’s innovation model.
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