Issue The government calls for rebuilding the national system for a frontier-led economy in the AI era

Summary

The government concludes its diagnosis by describing a desperate situation in which it is hard to find industries that can sustain the economy. It nonetheless presents the AI transition as a rare opportunity for Korea to leap into the ranks of leading nations. It calls this period the last golden time for such a leap. On that basis it argues that every national system designed under the catch-up economy must be overhauled for a super-innovative, frontier-led economy. The call is a policy stance of the government rather than an observed outcome, and it frames the growth strategy that follows.