South Korea’s Deputy Prime Minister Says AI Development Must Not Slow

South Korea’s Deputy Prime Minister Bae Kyung-hoon said the country should keep accelerating AI research, development and adoption while adding safeguards, placing Seoul firmly on the pro-acceleration side of a widening global debate over whether frontier AI should be paced more deliberately. The statement, made on September 16, framed a slowdown very differently for countries that already lead the field and countries trying to catch up while building new markets.