South Korea pushes agentic AI, small modular-reactor commercialization
By Choonsik Yoo ( July 23, 2026, 01:01 GMT | Insight) -- South Korea unveiled new initiatives Thursday aimed at fostering the country's efforts to become one of the world's top three artificial intelligence powers, including a strategy to secure an early lead in agentic AI and support the creation of marketplaces for AI agent services. The government also discussed measures to strengthen competitiveness in small modular reactors, while approving an AI-driven port strategy and reviewing privacy guidance for the public sector's AI transformation.South Korea on Thursday unveiled new initiatives to achieve its goal of becoming one of the world’s top three artificial intelligence powerhouses, including a set of strategies to secure an early lead in the rapidly emerging race to build and operate an integrated agentic AI ecosystem....
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