( October 2, 2025, 23:53 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has appointed Song Kyung-hee, head of the Research Center for Trustworthy AI at Sungkyunkwan University, as chair of the Personal Information Protection Commission. Song, a former senior official at the Ministry of Science and ICT who oversaw AI and software policy divisions, is regarded as an expert in both AI policy and user protection. The presidential office said she was chosen as the right person to establish a secure personal-data protection system while guiding AI development at a time of growing privacy risks.The statement, in Korean, follows:...
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