{"id":118712,"date":"2026-08-14T00:51:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T00:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/118712\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T00:51:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T00:51:10","slug":"south-koreas-moon-landing-quantum-chips-seoul-bets-big-on-post-ai-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/118712\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korea\u2019s moon landing, quantum chips: Seoul bets big on post-AI economy"},"content":{"rendered":"

South Korea<\/a> is banking on moonshots in a post-AI economy to stem sluggish growth potential amid an ageing population and deepening reliance on its semiconductor exports.<\/p>\n

From quantum chips and fusion power to a lunar landing, Seoul this week unveiled a strategy to build seven next-generation industries over the coming decades.<\/p>\n

The aim is to secure a foothold in technologies shaping a post-AI world before superpowers the United States and China pull further ahead.<\/p>\n

The move marks mounting urgency for a country whose potential growth, according to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), could fall to a record-low 1.52 per cent next year. Economists also warn that a recent semiconductor export boom is not enough to sustain the economy.<\/p>\n

The plan, announced by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources on Wednesday, identifies seven \u201cStrategic Emerging Engines for Disruptive Innovation,\u201d or SEEDs: small modular reactors, nuclear fusion, breakthrough renewable energy, quantum technology, space and aviation, advanced biotechnology and advanced supply chains.<\/p>\n

It aims to turn the seven areas into major growth industries over the next 10 to 20 years, with President Lee Jae Myung<\/a> reportedly telling his cabinet \u201cthe seeds of advanced technologies we plant today will grow into giant trees in the future\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"South Korea is banking on moonshots in a post-AI economy to stem sluggish growth potential amid an ageing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":118713,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1137,1599,134,7519,61417,21967,4901,2322,61418,61420,61419,112,9976,33,444,14602],"class_list":["post-118712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-seoul","tag-ai","tag-busan","tag-china","tag-hanyang-university","tag-industry-and-resources","tag-ministry-of-trade","tag-oecd","tag-president-lee-jae-myung","tag-professor-hur-jung","tag-professor-kim-gwang-suk","tag-professor-song-heon-jae","tag-seoul","tag-sogang-university","tag-south-korea","tag-united-states","tag-university-of-seoul"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118712\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}