South Korea's manufacturing focus may limit AI productivity gains, report says
By Choonsik Yoo ( July 20, 2026, 05:38 GMT | Insight) -- South Korea is expected to outpace the world’s major economies in adopting artificial intelligence over the next decade, with the National Assembly Budget Office projecting the adoption rate to rise to 50 percent from 6 percent in 2025. However, it said in a recent report that the country will likely see smaller productivity gains from AI than the US and the UK because of its manufacturing-heavy economic structure.South Korea is expected to lead the world’s major economies in the pace of adopting artificial intelligence across its economic sectors over the next 10 years but will likely see lower productivity growth than the US and the UK because of its industrial structure, a recent research report has found....
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