Governments
Bae Kyung-hoon
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Science and ICT
Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) · South Korea · in the role since
Role in AI policy
MSIT's list of ministers gives his term as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Science and ICT from 16 July 2025 to the present, and the ministry's site reports his attendance at the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference on 10 November 2026. MSIT is the competent ministry for Korea's AI Basic Act. Ministry releases say he led Korea's delegation to the India AI Impact Summit in February 2026 and chairs the K-Moonshot Task Force for the national science programme.