Park Sang-ook, senior presidential secretary for science and know-how (Yonhap)
PRAGUE — South Korea is poised to inject $37 million in joint analysis and improvement tasks with the Czech Republic within the subsequent decade, based on President Yoon Suk Yeol’s workplace on Friday.
Park Sang-ook, senior presidential secretary for science and know-how, informed reporters in a briefing in Prague that Seoul’s estimated annual R&D funds spending will translate right into a 20-fold surge in contrast with the extent prior to now from 1995 to 2015.
Park added that the spending will go to joint science tasks of Seoul and Prague within the fields of biotechnology, chemical substances, aviation, area, atomic power, synthetic intelligence, digital and quantum know-how, amongst others.
In response to Yoon’s workplace, the main target of the joint tasks will shift from biotech and chemical substances to synthetic intelligence, nuclear power and hydrogen, however stated Seoul has but to find out the diploma of spending on every discipline.
The Czech authorities will correspond with South Korea’s funds spending, based on Seoul. However an official of the presidential workplace stated on situation of anonymity that Seoul has not stipulated the Czech counterpart’s mandate for the funding to joint science tasks.
The plan was briefed throughout a working lunch between President Yoon and Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala at Liechtenstein Palace in Prague.
Park additionally stated Seoul and Prague will revive the common high-level dialogue for science and know-how. The final dialogue befell in 2015.
