KR South Korea
by impact geography: 745
Issues 335
Economy 100
Macroeconomy & Finance 27
- IssueAgenda 5: A full-cycle finance system for deep-tech innovation and growth1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueExtending the Korea-Japan currency swap and deepening regional financial cooperation0 trends · 0 signals
- IssueFalling neutral rates raise the risk of hitting the zero lower bound1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueFinancial security strategy against the renminbi balloon effect2 trends · 1 signals
- IssueKorea: fiscal strain and bond market turmoil abroad may transmit through rates, the won and capital flows1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueManaging currency, housing, household debt and credit union risks during the 2026 upturn0 trends · 0 signals
- IssuePreventing demand-driven core inflation from becoming broad-based and entrenched in Korea2 trends · 0 signals
- IssueProductivity scenarios decide whether Korea avoids outright contraction2 trends · 0 signals
- IssueRestructuring and rising volatility of capital and financial markets0 trends · 1 signals
- IssueRisks to Korea's growth path from swings in AI investment, Middle East tensions and US trade pressure1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueRisks to Korea's inflation path from oil prices, exchange rates and demand-side pressure1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueSafeguarding fiscal sustainability as potential growth declines2 trends · 1 signals
- IssueShifting to productive finance and an industrial finance coordination system1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueShrinking tax base and the restructuring of public finances0 trends · 1 signals
- IssueStructural reform to lift total factor productivity2 trends · 1 signals
- IssueSustaining a fragile 2025 recovery amid tariffs, household debt and regional housing risks0 trends · 0 signals
- IssueSustaining growth under labour supply constraints in Korea1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueSwing factors for Korea's 2026 outlook: war, energy inflation, the AI cycle and trade uncertainty1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueTax cuts and inflexible spending are said to threaten fiscal sustainability2 trends · 1 signals
- IssueThe 2026 strategy organises policy into four areas and fifteen tasks from AI transition to a sovereign wealth fund2 trends · 0 signals
- IssueThe 2026 strategy seeks a simultaneous rebound in potential growth and an end to polarisation2 trends · 1 signals
- IssueThe government calls for rebuilding the national system for a frontier-led economy in the AI era3 trends · 0 signals
- IssueThe plan aims to turn the 'Korea discount' into a 'Korea premium' and reach a KOSPI 5,000 era0 trends · 1 signals
- IssueThe plan attributes Korea's weakening economic vitality to lagging innovation, demographic crisis, unfair markets and misallocated capital0 trends · 4 signals
- IssueThe plan judges past policy discourses inadequate and sets growth plus reduced inequality as Korea's twin tasks1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueThe plan targets a rebound to 3 percent potential growth through a '3+1' strategy of technology-led, shared and fair growth0 trends · 1 signals
- IssueTransition finance for low-carbon conversion of hard-to-abate industries1 trends · 1 signals
Industry & Supply Chains 30
- IssueA new maritime economy, Arctic route readiness and growth hubs in fishing villages1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueAI and robots running industry and national systems in a shrinking-workforce Korea0 trends · 1 signals
- IssueAccelerating automation and high-productivity restructuring to offset labour shortages in Korea2 trends · 0 signals
- IssueBalancing domestic and overseas investment to prevent hollowing out of strategic industries1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueBlue economy cooperation in seabed resources, offshore wind and smart ports0 trends · 0 signals
- IssueBuilding a Caucasus cooperation strategy around logistics, renewables, agri-food and tourism0 trends · 0 signals
- IssueChina's self-reliance squeezes Korean exports while new Chinese bottlenecks open niches2 trends · 2 signals
- IssueChinese competition threatens Korean market share in autos, petrochemicals and chips2 trends · 0 signals
- IssueEnding the split between regional production and capital-region innovation through full-function hubs1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueFour policy tasks for Korea's shift to physical-AI-based autonomous manufacturing1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueGovernment role in helping firms turn the 2026 triple inflection into opportunity2 trends · 0 signals
- IssueGrowing an age-friendly industry in Korea2 trends · 0 signals
- IssueGrowth-engine policy must shift from top-down state selection to active corporate participation1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueInnovation leaders frame science and technology as Korea's growth engine and survival strategy0 trends · 0 signals
- IssueInstitutionalizing Korea-Japan supply chain and economic security cooperation1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueKorea-Mongolia cooperation beyond minerals: rare minerals, new cities, logistics and energy independence0 trends · 0 signals
- IssueKorea: the energy shock as sectoral asymmetry rather than an aggregate terms-of-trade loss1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueKorean strength: Manufacturing automation0 trends · 0 signals
- IssueLeadership in next strategic technologies through the NEXT project, space and IP strategy1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueMounting an all-out response to China's rapid technological rise and securing defence-linked manufacturing0 trends · 3 signals
- IssueOpportunities and risks for Korean shipbuilding amid US-China maritime rivalry2 trends · 2 signals
- IssuePreparing Korea-Russia Arctic route cooperation in phases under sanctions1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueScaling physical AI across Korean industry amid cost pressure and job change1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueSector-specific Korea-EU cooperation in batteries, semiconductors, defence and critical minerals1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueSemiconductor scenarios: faster or slower chip export growth and their effects on Korean growth and inflation1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueSlowing industrial growth in a shrinking society0 trends · 0 signals
- IssueStrategy 3: pool national capacity from technology to industry for technology-led growth3 trends · 0 signals
- IssueTechnology sovereignty, Chinese catch-up and changing cycles as limits on Korean chip growth1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueThe government's 'real growth' paradigm targets world-leading products through concentrated national support4 trends · 0 signals
- IssueThree-track Korea-Japan cooperation in the cultural content industry0 trends · 0 signals
Labor & Future of Work 19
- IssueAgenda 7: Becoming a talent power by building a global innovation talent hub0 trends · 1 signals
- IssueAn income-smoothing account and new safety net for platform and freelance workers1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueBalancing labour flexibility and security with a two-sided safety net in Korea2 trends · 0 signals
- IssueClosing employment insurance blind spots with National Tax Service data1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueJoint safety and health management for workplaces with fewer than 50 employees1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueLabor shortages from a shrinking working-age population1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueMismatch risk between today's concentrated majors and future demand for advanced-technology workers1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueMitigating labour force shrinkage through women, older workers and foreign labour1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueProductivity gaps from uneven AI agent adoption and Korea's agent ecosystem policy1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueProductivity, participation and tailored migration as a combined response1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueRaising women's labour market participation in Korea1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueReskilling and transition support for displaced mid and low-skilled workers in Korea1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueRestructuring of Korea's labour market under population decline0 trends · 0 signals
- IssueSoft-landing the baby boomers' exit and re-employing older workers in Korea1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueTargeted activation of latent labour in Korea1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueThe plan targets OECD-average working hours, halving wage arrears and extending the retirement age1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueThe plan targets cutting the workplace accident fatality rate to the OECD average of 0.29 per 10,000 by 20300 trends · 1 signals
- IssueUniversal flexible work rights and care support in Korea1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueWork-family balance support and shared replacement staffing for SMEs1 trends · 1 signals
Trade & Economic Security 24
- Issue2050 regional order scenario 4: Interpenetrating competition amid economic interdependence1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueA Korea-Central Asia partnership built around six synergy sectors0 trends · 1 signals
- IssueA multi-level Korean strategy toward EU institutions and individual member states0 trends · 0 signals
- IssueApproaching the EU as a long-term strategic partner rather than a substitute export market1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueChoosing sectors: frontier technology and Arctic logistics with Russia, critical minerals and education with Central Asia0 trends · 1 signals
- IssueDefending an open trading order through CPTPP and reglobalization1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueEU de-risking raises Korea's strategic value as a supply-chain partner2 trends · 0 signals
- IssueEconomic security through diversified cooperation, strategic resources and managed security items2 trends · 1 signals
- IssueFrom security with the US and economy with China to security with the US and economy with the world1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueKorea needs supply-chain and alliance diversification plus foresight capacity2 trends · 1 signals
- IssueKorea-EU cooperation on WTO reform and a rules-based trading order1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueKorea: unpredictable US trade policy paths and Chinese price competition2 trends · 0 signals
- IssueKorean vulnerability: External economic dependence0 trends · 1 signals
- IssueLinking industrial policy with overseas investment and trade to rebuild secure supply chains1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueMinilateral Korea-Japan-ASEAN cooperation through RCEP and a joint digital vision1 trends · 0 signals
- IssuePolicy task 1: diversify export markets and products away from US dependence0 trends · 0 signals
- IssuePolicy task 2: strengthen the upstream supply chain from an economic security perspective1 trends · 0 signals
- IssuePolicy task 3: make the trade environment more predictable and build diplomatic buffers0 trends · 0 signals
- IssuePreventing Chinese circumvention from becoming a Korea-US trade dispute2 trends · 2 signals
- IssueRecasting the North from an export market into an economic-security and supply-chain partner1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueStrengthening Korea's strategic flexibility and leverage with both powers1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueSupply-chain participation choice pressure on Korea from US and Chinese controls2 trends · 4 signals
- IssueTariffs, export controls and rules of origin become decisive for Korean ICT firms4 trends · 1 signals
- IssueUS Section 301, EU steel quotas and the EU Industrial Accelerator Act raise trade barriers for Korean industry2 trends · 0 signals
eNvironment 11
Climate Change & Adaptation 8
- IssueClimate cooperation with like-minded partners and pragmatic green cooperation with China2 trends · 2 signals
- IssueDelivering the 2035 NDC and a 100 GW renewable target in a renewables-led transition0 trends · 1 signals
- IssueManaging the labour impacts of Korea's low-carbon transition0 trends · 1 signals
- IssueQuantitative evaluation and feedback to make greenhouse gas policies deliver the NDC0 trends · 1 signals
- IssueRaising infrastructure design standards for climate-driven floods and droughts1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueReaching carbon neutrality by 2050 without undermining energy security0 trends · 0 signals
- IssueRecalibrating carbon pricing to reconcile climate action with industrial competitiveness1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueThe plan commits to responsible delivery of the 2030 emissions target and a roadmap beyond 20301 trends · 0 signals
Resources, Food & Water 3
- IssueAgenda 4: Strengthening full-cycle R&D innovation to secure rare minerals2 trends · 1 signals
- IssueConsumer acceptance, divergent international rules and scale-up costs for alternative food production1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueKorean vulnerability: Critical-mineral dependence0 trends · 1 signals
Politics & Governance 103
Geopolitics & Security 37
- Issue2050 regional order scenario 1: Return to great-power politics1 trends · 0 signals
- Issue2050 regional order scenario 2: Confrontational coexistence between US and Chinese camps1 trends · 0 signals
- Issue2050 regional order scenario 3: A pluralistic regional order led by middle powers1 trends · 0 signals
- Issue2050 regional order scenario 5: A liberal international order renewed in modified form0 trends · 0 signals
- IssueA flexible two-track Eurasia strategy that separates China and Russia policy from regional cooperation0 trends · 0 signals
- IssueAbsence of a strong multilateral security institution in East Asia2 trends · 1 signals
- IssueBalancing the Korea-US alliance with Korean-style strategic autonomy1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueChinese A2/AD strategy and possible status quo changes across East Asian flashpoints1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueCoordinated Korea-Japan engagement in a future North Korean opening0 trends · 0 signals
- IssueCountering the consolidation of an authoritarian North Korea-China-Russia bloc in Eurasia1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueDeciding the future of the Korea-Japan continental shelf joint development zone0 trends · 0 signals
- IssueDefence reform and game-changing future warfare capabilities for the Northeast Asian security environment1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueDenuclearisation uncertainty and preventing a new Cold War bloc in Northeast Asia1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueExpanding the Northern Policy into a broader New Eurasia Strategy1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueExport-led US allies such as Korea, Japan and Germany lose strategic autonomy3 trends · 1 signals
- IssueGreat-power nuclear competition as the defining security challenge for the next generation1 trends · 2 signals
- IssueGreen digital ODA and linking development cooperation with Korean culture for the Global South1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueKorea and Japan as co-responsible security partners in a regional multilateral order2 trends · 2 signals
- IssueKorea as a stable anchor linking fragmented blocs through pragmatic idealism2 trends · 0 signals
- IssueKorea must secure chokepoint technologies by riding the hegemon's security strategy1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueKorea needs a new composite grand strategy as the framework behind its rise weakens1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueKorea-Japan relations enter a new era amid US pressure and deep economic interdependence1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueManaging Korea-Russia ties under sanctions through dialogue channels, safety nets and sanctions-aware planning1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueMiddle East scenarios: early de-escalation or a prolonged stalemate and their effects on Korean growth and inflation0 trends · 0 signals
- IssueMiddle East war raises costs and squeezes margins across Korea's key industries in the second half1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueModernising the ROK-US alliance and pragmatic diplomacy toward the US, China and Japan1 trends · 1 signals
- IssuePursuing international science cooperation and security at the same time1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueRe-establishing inter-Korean relations and institutionalising peaceful coexistence0 trends · 1 signals
- IssueShrinking military manpower and the restructuring of national defence0 trends · 1 signals
- IssueSouth China Sea disputes and Chinese structures in the Yellow Sea1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueTaiwan Strait contingency questions and Korea's stance1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueThe plan pairs engagement with a strong security posture based on elite forces and alliance-based deterrence0 trends · 1 signals
- IssueThe plan shifts North Korea policy toward reconciliation and cooperation to build sustainable peaceful coexistence0 trends · 1 signals
- IssueTransactional US alliance demands and USFK strategic flexibility1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueUnresolved history disputes constrain a future-oriented Korea-Japan relationship0 trends · 0 signals
- IssueUsing Korea's national brand and leadership in technology, climate, culture and training to position itself in Eurasia1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueWidening Korea's circle of friendly states beyond value-sharing partners0 trends · 0 signals
Democracy & Governance 40
- IssueAI-based disaster prediction and response for compound crises2 trends · 0 signals
- IssueAgenda 6: Upgrading innovation policy through linked and integrated data0 trends · 0 signals
- IssueAligning the second relocation with a chain of regional administrative mergers0 trends · 1 signals
- IssueBuilding a demand-based, agile foresight pipeline tied to policy goals1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueBuilding a trusted AI government while securing the stability of public AI transformation1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueBuilding an integrated performance management system for the second relocation0 trends · 1 signals
- IssueConcentrating second-wave agencies in regional hubs under the five-pole, three-special strategy1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueConstitutional revision and political neutrality of the administration for a post-1987 order1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueDesigning a full-cycle management system for large R&D after the feasibility review is abolished0 trends · 2 signals
- IssueEarly-warning system and present path0 trends · 6 signals
- IssueFive policy approaches for survival-oriented future strategy2 trends · 0 signals
- IssueGap between future visions and executable strategies1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueGlobal middle-power coordination with like-positioned countries1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueGrowth-oriented decentralisation with super-regional planning, budgets and regional finance0 trends · 1 signals
- IssueInternational cooperation and a unified investigation body against borderless intelligent crime1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueKorea's 2050 vision: a sustainable society of trust and inclusion through harmony of people, technology and nature6 trends · 0 signals
- IssueKorean strength: Compressed development experience0 trends · 0 signals
- IssueLessons from EU Foresight on Demand for embedding foresight in Korean policy2 trends · 0 signals
- IssueLessons from Singapore for linking Korean foresight to decision-making2 trends · 0 signals
- IssueLinear, plan-centric forecasting limits Korea's long-term statutory plans1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueLinking strategic foresight to policy through agile processes, AI collaboration and global networks1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueNational unity, public communication and a veterans administration system1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueOverhauling the national R&D system toward mission-oriented, basic and regional research0 trends · 1 signals
- IssuePlacement principles for matching relocated agencies to hub-city strengths0 trends · 1 signals
- IssuePolicy aversion to pairing advanced science with regional innovation1 trends · 2 signals
- IssueRedesigning civil service competencies and public institution management for the AI era1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueResetting the second relocation's goal from capital-region dispersion to non-capital growth hubs1 trends · 2 signals
- IssueScenario branching and robust strategy0 trends · 0 signals
- IssueScenario: Agile Pioneer0 trends · 0 signals
- IssueScenario: Gilded Cage0 trends · 0 signals
- IssueScenario: Isolated Innovator0 trends · 0 signals
- IssueScenario: Worn Anchor0 trends · 0 signals
- IssueShifting balanced development from even dispersion to selective hub strengthening2 trends · 1 signals
- IssueShifting to an integrated safety society under a Life Safety Basic Act1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueThe plan frames 2025 as the start of a new national era centred on citizens' happiness1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueThe plan seeks to institutionalise participation and deliberation and restore Korea to a top-ten democracy ranking1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueThe plan's governance architecture: one vision, three principles, five national goals, 23 strategies and 123 national tasks0 trends · 0 signals
- IssueTurning the nine agendas into government policy through implementation, monitoring and feedback0 trends · 0 signals
- IssueWeakening functions of local administration0 trends · 1 signals
- IssueWhy a second wave of public agency relocation is still justified1 trends · 1 signals
Tech·Digital Policy 26
- IssueAI safety, ethics and trust framework balanced with data use0 trends · 1 signals
- IssueBalancing regulation and innovation in implementing the AI Basic Act0 trends · 1 signals
- IssueCumulative EU compliance costs for Korean firms and their suppliers1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueData linkage law, fee-for-service payment and AI hallucination as barriers to population health management1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueDeregulation of public-sector cloud opens Korea's market to global and Chinese providers1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueEthics, social acceptance and lagging licensing rules as bottlenecks for life-science technologies4 trends · 0 signals
- IssueIndustry-specific data and trust frameworks for vertical AI in Korea1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueKorea as a neutral mediator in global AI governance1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueKorea's 2026 technology-regulation task: a trust-based regulatory system1 trends · 2 signals
- IssueKorea's AI sovereignty strategy amid alliance bargaining and a contest over AI norms1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueKorea's low-power chip and on-device AI industry strategy1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueKorea's policy agenda for computing self-reliance, AI science and infrastructure talent1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueKorea's quantum R&D push against future security threats1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueMedical-act definitions, data ownership and interoperability gaps for hyper-personalised health platforms1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueMobilizing private R&D and linking ministries to turn Korea's large R&D inputs into results0 trends · 2 signals
- IssuePlan vision: new growth shared by all through science innovation and the AI transition0 trends · 0 signals
- IssueRegulating platform labour markets in Korea1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueRegulatory gaps and long-term safety uncertainty for anti-ageing therapies1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueRegulatory reform paced to AI and digital technological change1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueReimbursement, clinical validation and public data platforms lag behind data-hungry health technologies4 trends · 0 signals
- IssueSafety certification, liability, surveillance and trust dilemmas for autonomous care robots1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueSlow guideline development, patient tissue rules and missing organoid libraries constrain animal-alternative testing1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueSteering AI adoption and training responses to automation in Korea1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueStrategy 1: rebuild a field-centred innovation system with stable R&D and future talent1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueTechnology sovereignty and science-technology diplomacy for Korea2 trends · 0 signals
- IssueUnsettled regulation, safety evidence and data privacy for brain stimulation and BCI therapies1 trends · 0 signals
Society 52
Demographics & Migration 10
- IssueA youth settlement ecosystem to live, work and grow in the regions1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueAgenda 8: Realising Vital Ageing and leading the global silver industry through Age Tech2 trends · 2 signals
- IssueConnecting hub-city growth to depopulating farming, fishing and mountain villages1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueGrowth of single-person and multicultural households0 trends · 1 signals
- IssueKorean vulnerability: Demographic compression0 trends · 2 signals
- IssueRealigning Korea's R&D and innovation policy toward demographic change1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueRegion-led immigration and settlement policy to counter regional decline1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueScale and pace of foreign labour intake in Korea2 trends · 0 signals
- IssueThe plan faults past population policy for chasing short-term fertility gains instead of structural reform1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueThe plan's three-track population strategy: overcome low fertility, adapt to structural change and ease regional imbalance1 trends · 0 signals
Cities & Housing 15
- IssueCollapse of local infrastructure outside the capital region0 trends · 0 signals
- IssueDiversifying and multi-layered land use under concentration and depopulation0 trends · 0 signals
- IssueFive poles and three special zones: super-regional mega-regions with integrated transport1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueJoint Korea-Japan responses to local extinction through policy, youth and digital cooperation2 trends · 2 signals
- IssueLinking regional hubs with surrounding small cities through wide-area transport and services0 trends · 1 signals
- IssuePolarisation between overcrowded and hollowing cities0 trends · 0 signals
- IssuePrioritising urban regeneration over new-town development for relocated agencies1 trends · 1 signals
- IssuePutting a comprehensive settlement package ahead of agency relocation1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueReigniting regional innovation through large, autonomous R&D in the 5 poles and 3 special zones0 trends · 1 signals
- IssueReviving local commercial districts shrunk by population decline1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueStrategy 4: spread the benefits of science across regions, classes and generations2 trends · 0 signals
- IssueTailoring follow-up policies to each innovation-city type0 trends · 2 signals
- IssueThe plan proposes a '5 poles and 3 special regions' multi-core national structure backed by decentralisation2 trends · 1 signals
- IssueUsing the whole playground: agile cross-regional value chains for advanced S&T1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueWithout escaping the center-basic, region-industrial yoke, Korea risks reverse growth1 trends · 1 signals
Welfare & Health 17
- IssueCompound health crisis from low fertility, ageing, chronic disease and endemic infection0 trends · 2 signals
- IssueContinuous life-cycle support for isolated and reclusive young people1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueEasing out-of-pocket medical costs as new medically vulnerable groups emerge1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueIntegrated governance for fragmented child and parenting support0 trends · 1 signals
- IssueIntegrated school, community and family support for the student mental health crisis0 trends · 0 signals
- IssueJob quality in Korea's expanding care workforce1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueMounting fiscal burden of welfare and pensions0 trends · 1 signals
- IssuePolarisation is judged to be damaging growth through human capital, fertility and demand3 trends · 2 signals
- IssueReimbursement evidence, cost gaps and ethics frameworks for AI-assisted embryo selection1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueRising social burden of non-communicable diseases0 trends · 1 signals
- IssueRising welfare costs and pension sustainability under population ageing1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueState responsibility for preventing gender violence and restoring victims1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueStrengthening infertility support: costs, mental strain and regional access1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueThe plan proposes a 'basic society' guaranteeing care, income, health, housing, mobility and energy across the life course1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueThe plan seeks a 'life-respecting safe society' with a clear disaster control tower and a framework act on life and safety1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueUsing science to sustain healthy lives in the world's fastest-ageing society and counter rising threats0 trends · 1 signals
- IssueWeakening foundations of medical and welfare services0 trends · 1 signals
Education & Generations 10
- IssueBalancing human-centred capabilities with industry-linked talent development in the AI era2 trends · 0 signals
- IssueBuilding balanced, long-term youth exchange as the foundation of future Korea-Japan relations0 trends · 2 signals
- IssueDigital talent development and closing the digital divide in Korea2 trends · 0 signals
- IssueEasing youth job mismatch and building industry-aligned training in Korea1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueLinking schools, regions and industry and state support for youth transitions0 trends · 3 signals
- IssueSchool autonomy, teachers' authority and education governance reform0 trends · 0 signals
- IssueThe plan seeks an integrated national talent system to enter the IMD brain-drain top 20 and recruit 2,000 top researchers1 trends · 5 signals
- IssueTransformation of the education system in a shrinking society0 trends · 1 signals
- IssueTransforming education and skills for the superintelligence era0 trends · 1 signals
- IssueTurning agency relocation into regional innovation ecosystems linked to flagship national universities1 trends · 1 signals
Technology 65
AI & Computing 26
- IssueA three-stage Korea-Japan humanoid robot partnership toward 20501 trends · 0 signals
- IssueAI infrastructure shortfalls in power, sites, data and talent could slow Korea's ICT growth1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueDistributing AI and data infrastructure and digital talent across super-regions1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueGeoeconomic limits on Korea-China cooperation in NEXT strategic technologies2 trends · 1 signals
- IssueInnovation leaders call for human-centred AI, bold education reform and applied AI in key sectors0 trends · 0 signals
- IssueIntegrated AI and energy strategy to anchor advanced industries in Korea2 trends · 0 signals
- IssueKorea needs linked AI policy that connects development, adoption and diffusion with feedback1 trends · 2 signals
- IssueKorea's plan for a public-private National AI Computing Center with 50,000-plus GPUs1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueKorea-China cooperation on AI diffusion in third countries1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueKorea: AI investment is both the engine of resilience and a source of structural vulnerability2 trends · 0 signals
- IssueKorean strength: AI infrastructure linchpin0 trends · 0 signals
- IssueKorean strength: R&D and human capital0 trends · 0 signals
- IssueNational AI highway infrastructure, sector-wide AI transformation and next-generation AI chips1 trends · 0 signals
- IssuePolicy task 4: fast-track AI infrastructure and expand the AI workforce1 trends · 0 signals
- IssuePolicy task 5: concentrate R&D on strategic technologies and build a trusted data environment1 trends · 0 signals
- IssuePreventing gaps in AI use from widening productivity and social inequality0 trends · 0 signals
- IssueScenario A 'Harmonious Prosperity': AI harmony, halted warming and a second globalisation by 20503 trends · 2 signals
- IssueScenario B 'Irrecoverable World': AI stagnation, failed climate survival and war by 20503 trends · 2 signals
- IssueScenario C 'Techno-Dictatorship Dystopia': big tech monopolises AGI amid climate and war crises3 trends · 2 signals
- IssueScenario D 'Adaptive Prosperity': AI harmony with climate adaptation in a bloc-divided order3 trends · 2 signals
- IssueStrategy 2: use the AI transition as a golden time with full-stack AI and nationwide adoption3 trends · 1 signals
- IssueThe plan pursues AI literacy for all, a world-leading AI government and safeguards against AI risks1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueThe plan targets top-three AI power status with an 'AI highway' of more than 50,000 GPUs1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueTurning Korea's full-stack AI assets into leadership in physical AI0 trends · 1 signals
- IssueUsing generative AI to speed up foresight while keeping expert validation1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueWidening AI policy from infrastructure to AI literacy and a pre-emptive jobs strategy1 trends · 0 signals
Bio & Health Tech 2
- IssueAgenda 3: Accelerating green and white bio-industry innovation through synthetic biology2 trends · 0 signals
- IssueRegulating AI-bio innovation and securing health data, with Korea's AI bio strategy1 trends · 0 signals
Energy & Climate Tech 28
- IssueAgenda 1: Building a hyper-connected, hyper-intelligent energy system for future demand2 trends · 1 signals
- IssueAsymmetric social costs of electricity demand forecast errors0 trends · 2 signals
- IssueBalancing demand forecasts by decomposing technology-driven efficiency effects2 trends · 0 signals
- IssueBreaking the clean hydrogen vicious circle through strategic market intervention1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueBuilding bottom-up demand models for data centres, advanced industry and electrification2 trends · 0 signals
- IssueBuilding power systems that anticipate and withstand climate shocks2 trends · 0 signals
- IssueCrude and naphtha supply risk around Hormuz hits refining, petrochemicals and textiles hardest1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueEnergy for AI and AI for energy, including digital environmental impact assessment1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueGoverning AI power demand under carbon rules and Korea's AI-energy policy1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueGrowth scenarios for Korean energy demand: primary demand ranges from 0.4 percent annual growth to a 0.2 percent decline2 trends · 1 signals
- IssueHydrogen and ammonia as the anchor of Korea-Japan green economy cooperation0 trends · 0 signals
- IssueImplementation gap in Korea's 100 GW renewable target, with most volume still before permitting0 trends · 1 signals
- IssueInstitutionalising ex-post evaluation and periodic recalibration of demand forecasts0 trends · 3 signals
- IssueIntegrated strategy for energy security and carbon neutrality, including critical minerals2 trends · 0 signals
- IssueKeeping Korea's energy statistics consistent as integrated technologies change energy flows inside plants0 trends · 1 signals
- IssueKorea's First Renewable Energy Basic Plan: 100 GW of renewables by 2030, overwhelmingly solar0 trends · 1 signals
- IssueKorea's heat pump drive: targets of 690,000 units by 2030 and 3.5 million by 2035 to move heating away from city gas1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueKorea-Japan cooperation on LNG procurement and nuclear fuel supply security0 trends · 0 signals
- IssueKorean vulnerability: Energy dependence and cost0 trends · 1 signals
- IssueLoss of grid inertia as renewables expand, and the grid-forming battery response2 trends · 0 signals
- IssuePlanned siting to reconcile renewable expansion with nature conservation0 trends · 2 signals
- IssuePossible tariff increases and weather volatility as constraints on Korean building energy demand1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueRepeated delays in transmission lines to Korea's capital region amid local acceptance conflicts0 trends · 4 signals
- IssueSecuring and substituting critical materials as an energy-security technology task2 trends · 1 signals
- IssueShifting Korea's Basic Plan from a single reference forecast to multiple scenarios2 trends · 1 signals
- IssueStructural asymmetry: Korea's forecasts itemise demand growth but not market-driven efficiency2 trends · 1 signals
- IssueThe plan proposes an 'energy highway' to expand renewables, deliver RE100 for industry and spread gains to regions1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueWhether the 11th Basic Plan's 16.3GW demand-management target delivers verifiable savings1 trends · 0 signals
Space & Mobility 3
- IssueAgenda 2: Securing space sovereignty and building a space-technology convergence industry3 trends · 0 signals
- IssueBuilding legal, regulatory, funding and knowledge foundations for extreme R&D under responsible innovation0 trends · 1 signals
- IssuePunitive responses to failure hold back Korea's extreme R&D in space, deep sea and polar regions0 trends · 0 signals
Digital Infrastructure & Cyber 6
- IssueAgenda 9: Strengthening science and technology against industrial accidents and cyber threats3 trends · 0 signals
- IssueAn AI-based safety net against digital sex crimes targeting children and adolescents1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueBuilding AI security talent and a national AI cyber-defence system in Korea1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueBuilding a multi-layered data safety net for a stable-speed innovation system1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueHigh entry barriers to 6G and satellite investment and the case for public demand creation1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueSlowing 5G migration, tariff-cut pressure and security breaches constrain telecom growth1 trends · 0 signals
Values & Culture 4
Values & Lifestyles 1
- IssueRedefining the role of national performing arts venues amid cultural gaps1 trends · 0 signals
Media & Information Ecosystem 3
- IssueAuthenticity verification, deepfakes and support for AI content creation in Korea1 trends · 2 signals
- IssueInstitutional mechanisms for balanced media coverage of Korea-Japan relations0 trends · 0 signals
- IssueThe plan aims to make Korea one of five global cultural powers with a 300 trillion won K-culture market1 trends · 1 signals
Trends 108
Economy 40
Macroeconomy & Finance 16
- TrendAgeing is structurally lowering Korean households' propensity to consume0 signals
- TrendDemand-side inflation pressure building in Korea as the chip export boom spreads to domestic demand1 signals
- TrendGrowth opportunities are narrowing for regions outside the capital, small firms and low-income households5 signals
- TrendK-shaped growth: output and income increasingly polarise between large IT firms and the rest4 signals
- TrendKorea combines solid macro aggregates with widening sectoral asymmetry0 signals
- TrendKorea risks sliding back to middle-income status as low growth meets demographic and trade headwinds1 signals
- TrendKorea's IT-led expansion broadening into other sectors of the economy0 signals
- TrendKorea's economic fundamentals erode as potential growth falls about one point per administration4 signals
- TrendKorea's income catch-up with the United States stalls0 signals
- TrendKorea's potential growth is sliding on a shrinking workforce, weak investment and stalled productivity2 signals
- TrendKorea's potential growth rate is on a structural decline that science and AI could reverse1 signals
- TrendKorea's potential growth rate trends toward zero in the 2040s3 signals
- TrendKorean core inflation likely to stay in the mid-to-upper 2 percent range for a prolonged period1 signals
- TrendLong-term government bond yields stay sticky in 2026 and diverge in 20271 signals
- TrendRenminbi and Chinese capital gain weight in Korea through a balloon effect1 signals
- TrendTrend G: Post-population-growth economy1 signals
Industry & Supply Chains 13
- TrendAI data centre investment drives demand for enterprise SSDs and revives HDDs2 signals
- TrendCompetition and complementarity coexist between Korean and EU strategic industries1 signals
- TrendEroding global OLED share limits Korean display export growth1 signals
- TrendICT exports carry Korean growth while external uncertainty and AI reshape the sector0 signals
- TrendKorea's catch-up growth model has reached its limits3 signals
- TrendKorean industry is splitting between AI and green growth sectors and pressured commodity manufacturing0 signals
- TrendKorean manufacturers are expanding overseas production and localisation0 signals
- TrendMature smartphone market and relocated production restrain Korean communication equipment exports1 signals
- TrendOffshoring of device and component production caps domestic ICT output growth1 signals
- TrendStructural decline of energy demand in Korea's steel and petrochemical industries4 signals
- TrendThree overlapping inflection points redefine corporate competitiveness in 20262 signals
- TrendTransition to a silver economy reshapes industries1 signals
- TrendUnfair trade practices and labour market dualism are weakening incentives to innovate3 signals
Labor & Future of Work 9
- TrendGrowth demand versus replacement demand in Korean job openings1 signals
- TrendOnline and platform commerce displacing offline sales jobs in Korea2 signals
- TrendOnset of labour supply constraints in Korea7 signals
- TrendPlatform and gig work fragment the labour market and open new safety blind spots0 signals
- TrendPopulation ageing reshaping Korean labour demand toward health and care3 signals
- TrendRising female labour force participation in Korea1 signals
- TrendSafety polarisation concentrates risk on SME and non-regular workers0 signals
- TrendServicisation of Korean employment with divergence inside services2 signals
- TrendSkill-biased restructuring: high-skill jobs grow while mid and low-skill manufacturing jobs decline in Korea2 signals
Trade & Economic Security 2
eNvironment 5
Climate Change & Adaptation 4
- TrendClimate change becomes a physical operating risk inside energy systems1 signals
- TrendDisasters grow larger and more compound under the climate crisis, while infectious disease risks rise0 signals
- TrendRoutine climate disasters and hyper-uncertainty outpace experience-based disaster management1 signals
- TrendThe climate crisis threatens the whole economy and society while carbon-neutrality momentum weakens0 signals
Resources, Food & Water 1
Politics & Governance 7
Geopolitics & Security 1
Democracy & Governance 6
- TrendFinancial, regulatory and public institutions are failing to support innovation4 signals
- TrendKorea's rapid rise coexists with a deepening sense of national crisis0 signals
- TrendPolitical and social polarisation persists and trust in democratic institutions declines4 signals
- TrendPolitical polarisation deepening after the martial law and impeachment crisis0 signals
- TrendQuadruple transition breeds super wicked problems that strain government capacity0 signals
- TrendRegional S&T policy evolves through a sixty-year thesis-antithesis-synthesis cycle3 signals
Society 25
Demographics & Migration 15
- TrendAccelerating regional decline as manufacturing jobs shrink and young people leave2 signals
- TrendActive seniors emerge as a core demand group and reshape the silver economy0 signals
- TrendAgeing of Korea's workforce around the baby-boom generation3 signals
- TrendCapital-region concentration hardens into a question of regional survival2 signals
- TrendCompressed modernity drives an extreme demographic transition in Korea and Japan4 signals
- TrendConcentration of young people in Tokyo and Seoul drives local extinction5 signals
- TrendLow fertility and ageing are bringing a demographic onus to the Korean economy1 signals
- TrendMegatrend 1: Demographic system transition2 signals
- TrendMegatrend 3: Demographic change and transition to a shrinking society1 signals
- TrendMigration to innovation cities shifts from job-driven moves to settlement-driven moves3 signals
- TrendPopulation decline is spreading to Korea's non-capital regions and their metropolitan hubs3 signals
- TrendPopulation decline turns regional depopulation into a crisis of community safety0 signals
- TrendRapid population ageing weighs on both labour input and productivity2 signals
- TrendSocio-economic shocks from falling births, rapid ageing and regional population imbalance are materialising1 signals
- TrendTrend H: Transition to a decline-adaptive society1 signals
Cities & Housing 4
- TrendA triple burden of capital-region concentration, regional industrial crisis and rapid demographic change2 signals
- TrendCapital-region concentration is spreading production and income gaps into asset polarisation1 signals
- TrendDigital infrastructure, energy transition and the Arctic route as new growth windows for the regions0 signals
- TrendTrend I: Restructuring of national territory and space0 signals
Welfare & Health 4
- TrendAI-based population health risk prediction and intervention platforms0 signals
- TrendDeepening regional gaps in healthcare despite public medical support0 signals
- TrendEveryday insecurity deepens under rapid ageing, polarisation, uneven care and poor working conditions0 signals
- TrendHealth paradigm shift from treatment toward prediction, prevention and continuous management1 signals
Education & Generations 2
Technology 27
AI & Computing 9
- TrendAI and digital transformation sustain stable growth across Korean software, security and games1 signals
- TrendAI data-centre investment is structurally shifting memory demand and supply toward high-value chips2 signals
- TrendDigital transformation driving ICT and STEM employment in Korea3 signals
- TrendEnterprise SSD shortages and AI devices are driving a premium upswing in Korean ICT equipment1 signals
- TrendGenerative AI and AI agents move from pilots to deployment, lifting cloud infrastructure0 signals
- TrendKorea is falling behind in the AI and green industrial transitions2 signals
- TrendPhysical AI medical and care robots interacting with patients in the real world1 signals
- TrendRapidly rising technical exposure of Korean jobs to AI automation1 signals
- TrendSuperintelligence driver: four variant paths of AI pace and social acceptance0 signals
Bio & Health Tech 8
- TrendAgeing and chronic disease sustain steady demand growth for Korean biohealth0 signals
- TrendAnimal-alternative testing platforms: organoids, organ chips and medical twins1 signals
- TrendBCI-based neural circuit modulation for precision mental health care1 signals
- TrendCellular reprogramming and senescent cell removal to reverse ageing at the cellular level0 signals
- TrendEmbryo and oocyte selection technologies for infertility treatment0 signals
- TrendHyper-personalised precision medicine and health management platforms1 signals
- TrendQuantum sensing and computing for personalised precision medicine1 signals
- TrendUniversal vaccine platforms for rapid response to emerging infectious diseases1 signals
Energy & Climate Tech 6
- TrendAI-driven surge in electricity demand collides with carbon neutrality goals1 signals
- TrendElectrification becomes the largest driver of additional electricity demand2 signals
- TrendElectrification of Korean building energy driven by data centres and heat pumps2 signals
- TrendFaster decoupling of Korean energy demand from economic growth2 signals
- TrendStagnating Korean transport energy demand under population ageing and weaker freight1 signals
- TrendTechnological innovation pushes electricity demand up and down at the same time2 signals
Space & Mobility 1
Digital Infrastructure & Cyber 3
- TrendAI-enabled digital crime and transnational criminal networks outgrow domestic law enforcement0 signals
- TrendFixed voice keeps shrinking while broadband and 5G and IoT mobile services keep growing1 signals
- TrendTechnology-driven disinformation, cyberattack risks and persistent industrial accidents raise safety stakes0 signals
Values & Culture 4
Media & Information Ecosystem 4
- TrendHybrid subscription and advertising models and Korean content hits drive gradual OTT growth0 signals
- TrendKorean culture gains international recognition and spills over into consumer goods and tourism1 signals
- TrendOnline advertising shifts to mobile, video and AI solutions as search fragments0 signals
- TrendStructural decline of Korean broadcasting as live TV loses influence0 signals
Signals 302
Economy 108
Macroeconomy & Finance 31
- SignalA one-point wider output gap raises Korean core inflation by about 0.1 to 0.4 points, Bank of Korea estimates
- SignalAgeing alone will cut per-capita GDP growth, most sharply in Korea
- SignalDemand-side weakness: falling consumption propensity, export dependence on chips and record-low spending growth
- SignalIf current trends persist Korea's potential growth falls to around one percent in the 2030s
- SignalKDI projections cited in the plan show Korea's potential growth rate sliding toward zero within a decade
- SignalKDI projects Korea's potential growth falling from about three percent to the zero percent range by the 2040s
- SignalKEEI outlook assumes Korean GDP growth of 2.1 percent a year and oil near 80 dollars in 2026 falling to the low 60s
- SignalKorea climbs to 14th in GDP and 6th in exports while growth outlooks improve
- SignalKorea lifts government R&D to a record 35.3 trillion won in 2026 while national debt climbs
- SignalKorea plans 20-trillion-won sovereign wealth fund to invest directly in AI and semiconductors
- SignalKorea recorded four straight quarters of near-zero growth before a mid-2025 rebound
- SignalKorea's 2025 Commercial Act amendment extends directors' duty of loyalty to all shareholders
- SignalKorea's managed fiscal deficit stays near 4 percent of GDP after the pandemic
- SignalKorea's working-age population projected to fall from 37.5 million in 2020 to about 25 million by 2040 as national debt climbs
- SignalKorean chip stocks plunge amid global AI investment doubts
- SignalKorean court dismisses activist fund's $49 million suit against former KT&G directors
- SignalKorean equities remain undervalued despite successive capital market reforms
- SignalKorean growth averaged 1.7 percent in 2023-24 amid fears of entrenched low growth
- SignalMandatory spending absorbs most budget growth while the tax burden ratio has fallen
- SignalNational Pension fund projected to be depleted in the mid-2050s under current rules
- SignalOECD estimates Korea's potential growth falling from 3.08 percent in 2015 to 1.52 percent in 2027
- SignalOECD estimates show Korea's potential growth falling from 5.4 percent in 1998 to 2002 to 2.3 percent in 2022 to 2025
- SignalPrice co-movement across Korean core items strengthens once core inflation exceeds about 2.5 percent
- SignalSelf-employed closures topped one million in 2024 as small businesses struggle
- SignalSlower total factor productivity explains two-thirds of Korea's post-2010 growth decline
- SignalSouth Korea to test tokenized government bonds with CBDC in 2027
- SignalSupply-side erosion: a shrinking workforce, net capital outflow and falling world market shares
- SignalSurvey: public points to demographic change, experts to new growth engines as Korea's main 2026 challenge
- SignalThe lowest income quintile spends 123 percent of disposable income while the top spends 55 percent
- SignalWeak shareholder protection and a real-estate-heavy household balance sheet underpin the Korea discount
- SignalYuan settlement and Chinese capital rise in Korea's trade and capital markets
Industry & Supply Chains 31
- SignalBIS revokes validated end-user status for Samsung and SK hynix plants in China
- SignalChina still misses self-sufficiency targets in chips and other bottleneck fields
- SignalEarly warning 5: Strategic-technology market share
- SignalEarly warning 6: Deep-tech ecosystem vitality
- SignalFirms in innovation cities remain small, service-heavy and weakly linked to relocated agencies
- SignalGwangju photonics and Jeonbuk carbon show regions growing national flagship industries
- SignalIT output has grown more than four times as fast as non-IT output since 2000
- SignalKISDI forecasts Korean ICT production to grow 3.2 percent in 2026 and 1.1 percent a year to 2030
- SignalKorea and US tech giants commit to a $950 billion AI and chip alliance
- SignalKorea combines leading robot density with very high R&D intensity
- SignalKorea launches AI Data Center Alliance to industrialize AIDC supply chains
- SignalKorea launches IRA-style production tax credit covering chips, batteries and AI robots
- SignalKorea ranks 2nd in scientific infrastructure but 40th in university-industry knowledge transfer
- SignalKorea's industrial robot density of 1,012 per 10,000 workers is the highest in the world
- SignalKorea's leading exports stay locked in semiconductors and autos from 2000 to 2024
- SignalKorea's manufacturing base is strong but its physical AI platform ecosystem is nascent
- SignalKorea's technology level rises 1.3 points and the gap with the leader narrows by 0.4 years
- SignalKorean content industry growth slowed to 2.1% in 2023 after averaging 6% over five years
- SignalKorean firms see US and Chinese rivals pulling ahead in main industries by 2030
- SignalKorean industries split between a technology-led boom and a deep slump in heavy sectors
- SignalKorean manufacturing sheds 151,000 jobs to 2033 even as chips, chemicals and machinery grow
- SignalKorean small firms produce under a third of large-firm output per worker
- SignalOnly one of Korea's ten largest listed companies was founded after 1990
- SignalPresident Lee Jae-myung Chairs Report on Seven Future Growth 'SEED' Technologies
- SignalSK Square set to turn SK Hynix windfall into firepower for AI, chip deals
- SignalSK hynix approves 54 trillion won investment in Yongin and Cheongju fabs for AI memory
- SignalSamsung Launches Humanoid Robot Division With Robot-Brain AI Already Tested in Factories
- SignalSmall firms report hundreds of technology theft cases and weak legal redress
- SignalSouth Korea Fast-Tracks Semiconductor and AI Megaprojects Amid Power Infrastructure Gap
- SignalSouth Korea launches $3.5 billion semiconductor fund
- SignalVenture investment and new unicorns have shrunk since the 2021 peak
Labor & Future of Work 25
- SignalBoth male and female labour forces in Korea turn down after 2028
- SignalCare, health and technical occupations grow fastest while textile and sales jobs decline fastest in Korea
- SignalExpansion of employment insurance to blind spots has stalled since July 2022
- SignalHealth and social work adds 982,000 jobs while education and farming shrink in Korea to 2033
- SignalHealth and social work rises to 13.4 percent of Korean employment by 2033
- SignalIndustrial accidents keep recurring and vulnerable workers remain in safety blind spots
- SignalInformation and communication plus professional services gain over 200,000 jobs as finance shrinks in Korea
- SignalKorea's economically active population peaks around 2028 and edges down to 29.45 million by 2033
- SignalKorea's employment rate falls to 61.7 percent and unemployment to 2.5 percent by 2033
- SignalKorea's labour force participation rate slips from 64.3 to 63.2 percent by 2033 despite gains in every age group
- SignalKorea's net outflow of science and technology talent has deepened, with departing researchers of higher calibre
- SignalKorean employment rises only 312,000 by 2033 and begins falling after 2028
- SignalLabour ministry outlook: a shortfall of 571,000 workers in new-technology fields over 2025 to 2029
- SignalNon-regular workers at small firms earn 41.5 percent of the hourly wage of large-firm regular staff
- SignalOnline shift costs Korean retail 377,000 jobs to 2033 while transport and storage grow
- SignalPOSCO Nears First-Ever Strike as Korean Labor Board Ends Mediation
- SignalProfessionals and service workers lead Korean job creation to 2033
- SignalRelocated agencies raised local hiring and contributed to regional growth
- SignalReplacement demand dominates Korean clerical hiring while care jobs rely on growth demand to 2033
- SignalSales, machine operator, craft and farm occupations lose about 745,000 Korean jobs to 2033
- SignalWage gaps widened, wage arrears passed two trillion won and non-standard work grew
- SignalWorkers aged 60 and over participate and earn far less than prime-age workers
- SignalWorkplace accident deaths remain high despite the Serious Accidents Punishment Act
- SignalYouth and core-age labour force shrink while workers aged 55 and over surge to 2033
- SignalYouth employment is falling as opportunity gaps among young people widen
Trade & Economic Security 21
- SignalBank of Korea assumes US tariffs on Korean goods stay high, with new overcapacity and chip duties ahead
- SignalChina sanctions US subsidiaries of Hanwha Ocean and imposes special port fees
- SignalChina's export share surge and US tariffs squeeze Korean manufacturers
- SignalExports equal about 40 percent of Korean GDP
- SignalFirst Korea-Central Asia Summit opens in Seoul, to adopt Seoul Declaration
- SignalHallyu influence coefficients for 2024: food 17.4%, cosmetics 17.1% and tourism 13.9%
- SignalKISDI forecasts Korean ICT exports to grow 7.5 percent in 2026 and 1.6 percent a year to 2030
- SignalKorea and Chile agree to modernize FTA, restart joint trade committee after decade
- SignalKorea and the US settled tariffs at 15 percent with 350 billion dollars in investment commitments
- SignalKorea imports 95 percent of energy and more than 99 percent of critical minerals
- SignalKorea joined the US-led Minerals Security Partnership and IPEF to manage economic security risks
- SignalKorea ranks fourth in US circumvention cases and logged 192 illegal rerouting cases in five years
- SignalKorea's exports hit a record 709.7 billion dollars in 2025 as chip exports jump 22 percent
- SignalKorea's exposure indicators point to structural geopolitical vulnerability
- SignalKorean battery makers rely heavily on China for key materials
- SignalMalaysia Seeks Deeper Tech Partnership With Korea Amid Surging Bilateral Trade
- SignalModel results: US-China conflict and Russia sanctions are the main short-term drag on northern cooperation gains
- SignalModelled trade effects of the 2025 US-China tariff exchange on Korea
- SignalSouth Korea, Argentina Sign Critical Minerals MOU Covering Full Lithium Value Chain
- SignalThe Korea-EU FTA and digital agreements form the institutional base of bilateral economic ties
- SignalUS de-risking hardens into 'small yard, high fence' technology controls on China
eNvironment 9
Climate Change & Adaptation 6
- SignalClimate models may understate Korea's nonlinear losses
- SignalDrought and warmer seas begin to disrupt Korean power generation
- SignalKMA SSP projections anchor Korea's 2050 climate: 13.5 to 14.6 degrees Celsius average temperature
- SignalKorea's carbon neutrality legal framework is in place but climate impact assessment remains under-developed
- SignalKorea's emissions trading scheme enters its fourth phase in 2026 with carbon prices too low to drive abatement
- SignalLow-carbon transition lifts Korean utility and recycling employment through 2033
Politics & Governance 51
Geopolitics & Security 19
- SignalBiden-era minilateral security networks face uncertainty under Trump's transactional approach
- SignalChina sustains a rapid military buildup aimed at great-power status by 2049
- SignalChina's rapid nuclear expansion points to parity with the United States by the mid-2030s
- SignalConcern grows over a Belarus-Russia-Iran-North Korea-China alignment
- SignalEU forging "hedging alliance" with Indo-Pacific middle powers; Macron's April 2026 Tokyo-Seoul tour
- SignalInter-Korean relations cut off for three years amid North Korean nuclear advances and closer North Korea and Russia ties
- SignalInter-Korean relations froze after the Audacious Initiative met provocations and cut channels
- SignalKorea joins Horizon Europe Pillar 2 and a 2025 bill proposes cooperation and research-security committees
- SignalKorea's conscription pool falls from about 330,000 to 250,000 and is projected to halve by 2065
- SignalNew administrations in the US and Korea reshape the 2025 policy environment
- SignalNorth Korea advances nuclear and missile capabilities and a preemptive-use doctrine
- SignalNorth Korea and Russia form an alliance as North Korean troops deploy to the Ukraine war
- SignalPentagon interim defense guidance reportedly concentrates on the China threat
- SignalROK-US global comprehensive strategic alliance and regularised trilateral security cooperation with Japan
- SignalRevised US guidance signals heavier regional burdens for Korea and Taiwan and a changing USFK role
- SignalSeoul Moves Closer to IAEA Safeguards Deal for Nuclear-Powered Submarines
- SignalSurvey of 264 Korean experts expects a prolonged rivalry and less dependence on both powers
- SignalThirty-five years of Northern Policy lifted Korea's standing and opened northern markets
- SignalTrump reduces military exercises with South Korea, citing good ties with Kim Jong Un
Democracy & Governance 24
- Signal113 of Korea's 228 basic local governments are classified at risk of extinction
- Signal2025 survey of 300 experts and 1,000 citizens ranks trends by impact and uncertainty
- Signal92.6% of Koreans rate social conflict as serious in a January 2025 public conflict survey
- SignalCross-impact analysis of 16 trends flags four candidate dominant drivers
- SignalEarly warning 1: Political and institutional trust
- SignalEarly warning 2: Core reform bill completion
- SignalEarly warning 3: Social dialogue functionality
- SignalJeonnam-Gwangju integrated special city launches in July 2026 as regional mergers gather pace
- SignalKISTEP's data-driven scan confirms 5 megatrends, 16 trends and 59 issues for 2050
- SignalKorea exempts R&D programmes from preliminary feasibility review and adds pre-planning checks
- SignalKorea expands state foresight functions, from a long-term strategy committee to a new planning and budget ministry
- SignalKorea fell from 23rd (full democracy) in 2020 to 32nd (flawed democracy) in 2024 in the EIU Democracy Index
- SignalKorea ranks 20th of 38 on OECD product market regulation and scores poorly on network entry
- SignalKorea's National Assembly passes special counsel bill to investigate election commission
- SignalKorea's first wave relocated 153 public agencies to ten innovation cities and Sejong
- SignalKorea's new government frames regional innovation as national balanced growth
- SignalKorea's new planning and budget ministry plans a Future Vision 2045
- SignalKorea's ruling party advances bill stripping prosecutors of direct investigative power
- SignalNew government set a national vision, five goals and 123 national tasks without a transition committee
- SignalPublic trust in government fell from 51% in 2020 to 38% in 2024 on the Edelman Trust Barometer
- SignalRegion-led S&T innovation bill advances in the National Assembly
- SignalSafety policy remained reactive and fragmented after major disasters, and small-workplace fatality rates have not fallen
- SignalSurvey: digital transition with AI convergence and a national R&D innovation system lead priority science and technology tasks
- SignalV-Dem reclassified Korea from liberal democracy in 2020 to electoral democracy
Tech·Digital Policy 8
- SignalKorea again postpones ruling on Google, Apple forced in-app payment practices
- SignalKorea put the AI Basic Act and National AI Committee into operation while expanding R&D budgets
- SignalKorea spends 5.13 percent of GDP on R&D with about 840,000 R&D personnel
- SignalKorea's AI Basic Act decree mandates visible watermarks on AI output from January 2026
- SignalKorea's AI Seoul Summit and 2025 APEC Gyeongju summit diplomacy
- SignalKorea's regulatory sandbox has exempted over 2,000 new businesses since 2018 but remains a deferral tool
- SignalSouth Korea Basic AI Act enters into force January 2026
- SignalUS Foreign Direct Product Rule widens to AI models and HBM, constraining Korean fabs in China
Society 66
Demographics & Migration 30
- SignalAll five non-capital metropolitan cities have passed their population peaks
- SignalCapital-region movers skew older and more family-driven than movers from neighbouring provinces
- SignalCapital-region share of Korea's population hit a record 51.7 percent in 2023
- SignalEducation has become a rising motive for young people moving to innovation cities
- SignalInnovation-city inflows came mainly from neighbouring provinces rather than the capital region
- SignalJapan's population has been shrinking since 2010 and both countries face deep decline by 2050
- SignalKorea and Japan rank among the longest-lived populations in the OECD
- SignalKorea became a super-aged society in December 2024 at a record pace
- SignalKorea entered a super-aged phase while dependency pressure accelerates
- SignalKorea's old-age dependency ratio is projected to rise to about 47 by the 2030s
- SignalKorea's population aged 15 and over grows only 0.3 percent a year to 2033
- SignalKorea's population aged 15 to 64 falls about 1.1 percent a year through 2033
- SignalKorea's population peaked in 2020 and is projected to fall to about 48.8 million by 2045
- SignalKorea's prime working-age share (30 to 59) drops from 51.4 to 46.2 percent by 2033
- SignalKorea's total fertility rate has stayed below 1.0 since 2018
- SignalKorea's total population has been falling since 2021 with world-low fertility
- SignalKorea's working-age population shrinks by about 500,000 a year in the 2030s and labour turns into a drag
- SignalKorea's working-age population, past its 2019 peak, is projected to shrink by about 13 million by 2050
- SignalKorean audit projects most local governments at high risk of extinction by 2067
- SignalKorean fertility fell below 1.0 in 2018 after a steeper and more coercive decline than Japan's
- SignalKorean fertility remains far below replacement despite a brief rebound
- SignalNearly half of Korea's 228 local districts are classified as at risk of population extinction
- SignalNet inflows to most innovation cities peaked in 2014 and 2015 and several have turned to net outflow
- SignalOld-age dependency ratios in Korea and Japan are projected to approach 80 by 2050
- SignalOnly 71.4 percent of relocated agency staff moved with their families as of June 2025
- SignalSejong drew the largest capital-region inflow but turned to net outflow for the first time in 2025
- SignalSeoul's fertility rate of 0.58 was Korea's lowest in 2024 as regional gaps weigh on births
- SignalSingle-person households rose from 15.5 percent of Korean households in 2000 to 36.1 percent in 2024
- SignalStatistics Korea medium projection used for 2050: 47.11 million people, 40.1 percent aged 65 or over
- SignalThe capital region's population share passed 50 percent in 2020 and is projected to reach 53 percent by 2045
Cities & Housing 9
- SignalCapital-region concentration persists after two decades of dispersal policy, with the non-capital value added share down to 48 percent
- SignalCapital-region concentration widens output, investment and population gaps
- SignalNon-capital regions lag far behind in regional S&T innovation capacity
- SignalNon-capital regions' share of Korea's GRDP fell from 51.3% in 2013 to 47.7% in 2023
- SignalOnly the Seoul capital region kept growing in Korea after the high-growth era
- SignalPopulation outcomes diverge sharply by innovation-city development type
- SignalSeoul embeds pedestrian signals in the pavement
- SignalShare of science and technology researchers located outside the capital region falls from 37 to 32 percent
- SignalThe capital region now holds over half of output and population and a rising share of university places
Welfare & Health 11
- Signal95.5 percent of Korea's 89 designated depopulation areas are medically underserved
- SignalCare robots expected to shift from purchase to 500,000 won monthly subscriptions
- SignalExpert outlook: healthy life expectancy up ten years or more and AI monitoring covering 70 percent of elder care
- SignalIncome and wealth gaps widened and vulnerable households came under more strain
- SignalKorea's disaster deaths and damage double the ten-year average as phishing losses triple
- SignalKorea's income inequality stays above the OECD while wealth concentration hit a record in March 2025
- SignalKorea's national pension faces deficit in 2041 and depletion in 2055 under current rules
- SignalKorea's relative poverty rate for people aged 66 and over is the highest in the OECD
- SignalNon-communicable diseases account for 78.1 percent of deaths and 84.5 percent of medical spending in Korea
- SignalParticipation in Korea's public senior job programmes rose from 3.9 to 8.3 percent (2015 to 2022)
- SignalWidening gaps: population drift to the capital region, falling real wages and a stark wage divide
Education & Generations 16
- SignalA shortage of 428,000 workers is projected in new technology fields for 2024 to 2028
- SignalAbout 30,000 STEM students leave Korea each year and net talent outflow has widened
- SignalEduZone: A Framework for Evaluating LLM Safety for K-12 Students and Teachers
- SignalHumanities and social science research receives only 1.0% of Korea's 29.6 trillion won government R&D budget
- SignalKorea holds 1.1 percent of top-cited scientists as researchers lose time to administration
- SignalKorea ranks first in the OECD for youth tertiary attainment but employment lags
- SignalKorea's IMD ranking for attracting highly skilled talent improved from 49th to 38th but remains mid-to-low
- SignalKorea's free-major admission sends 20 to 30 percent of 2025 freshmen into undeclared tracks
- SignalKoreans made up two-thirds of Korea-Japan mutual visitors in 2024
- SignalSTEM graduate numbers projected to fall from 93,000 to 51,000 by 2050 as the path to employment lengthens
- SignalSchool-age population projected to fall 40 percent by 2040, widening regional education gaps
- SignalSchool-to-work programmes remain small, with only 18 contract departments and low satisfaction
- SignalSouth Korean teacher disciplined over 5-second video of disruptive students, sparking abuse-definition debate
- SignalTertiary-educated workers reach 58.2 percent of Korea's labour force by 2033
- SignalTime to first job rose from 10 to 12 months and early employment fell to 47.7 percent
- SignalUniversities with enrolment below 95 percent rose 3.6-fold and those below 50 percent about 17-fold from 2018 to 2024
Technology 61
AI & Computing 21
- SignalChulalongkorn University and Qunova Computing Sign Quantum Computing MoU
- SignalEarly warning 4: Qualitative R&D productivity
- SignalEduClaw-Bench: A Long-Horizon Benchmark for Pedagogical LLM Agents with Simulated Learners
- SignalKAIST develops 'Stable-GipflowNet' AI red-teaming framework detecting 134 attack types
- SignalKorea pursues 'AI for All' strategy targeting one AI agent per citizen
- SignalKorea ranks second in R&D intensity but lags in the quality and commercialisation of results
- SignalKorea ranks third in notable AI models and first in AI patents per capita
- SignalKorea rolls out AI adoption and diffusion measures across the public sector, manufacturing and education
- SignalKorea trails AI leaders in technology, top researchers, talent flows and computing capacity
- SignalKorea's 'AI top three' national strategy and sovereign foundation-model programme in 2025
- SignalKorea's 'San Francisco AI Declaration' anchors a cluster of major AI chip supply-chain deals
- SignalKorea's AI technology and ecosystem gap with the United States and China is widening
- SignalKorean firms hold dominant memory and HBM shares
- SignalRegions draft their own S&T innovation plans around advanced technologies
- SignalSK Hynix and Sandisk Unveil First High Bandwidth Flash (HBF) Standard at FMS 2026
- SignalSamsung Unveils V10 BV-NAND and zHBM Memory Architectures at FMS 2026
- SignalShare of Korean workers at high AI automation risk projected to rise from 17.3 percent (2024) to 92.7 percent (2032)
- SignalSouth Korea Unveils $6.5B Strategy to Boost AI, Semiconductor and Strategic Technologies
- SignalSouth Korea plans $3.5B frontier AI model program starting March 2027
- SignalSouth Korea, AMD sign MOU for AI Center of Excellence
- SignalWhen AI Becomes Routine: A Decade of Public AI Mediation in Korean Go Commentary
Energy & Climate Tech 34
- Signal37.5 percent of solar and wind projects delayed or cancelled amid environmental concerns and local opposition
- SignalBasic Plan demand forecasts flipped from underestimation to overestimation
- SignalBuilding-sector forecasts are most accurate but face rising uncertainty
- SignalCarbon border rules, RE100 demands and cluster power needs expose Korea's energy transition gap
- SignalEast coast transmission lines due at end-2027 would briefly lift Korean coal power in 2028 before a renewed decline
- SignalForecast error in Korea's Basic Plans widens sharply with the projection horizon
- SignalGrid shortfalls disrupt renewable power supply to semiconductor, AI and RE100 industrial sites
- SignalIndustrial electricity demand has been systematically overestimated
- SignalKEEI projects Korea's building city gas use to fall from 14.0 to 12.9 billion cubic metres by 2030 as heat pumps spread
- SignalKEEI projects Korea's final energy demand to fall 0.4 percent a year to 206.3 Mtoe in 2030
- SignalKEEI projects Korea's total energy demand to stagnate at 0.1 percent annual growth, reaching 308.2 Mtoe in 2030
- SignalKEEI projects Korean coal demand to fall 3.7 percent a year to 2030 across power, industry and buildings
- SignalKEEI projects Korean electricity demand to grow 1.5 percent a year to 2030, faster in buildings than in industry
- SignalKEEI projects Korean gas demand to edge up 0.2 percent a year to 2030 as final use offsets lower power-sector use
- SignalKEEI projects Korean nuclear generation to grow 3.5 percent a year to 2030 as two new reactors enter service
- SignalKEEI projects Korean oil demand to fall 1.9 percent a year to 2030 on petrochemical restructuring and lower diesel use
- SignalKEEI projects Korean renewable energy demand to grow more than 12 percent a year to 2030, led by solar
- SignalKorea installed 22 GW of renewables in 2019 to 2024, under one percent of the global total
- SignalKorea's 11th Basic Plan adds 15.5TWh of data-centre demand above trend by 2038
- SignalKorea's 11th Basic Plan adds 63TWh of electrification demand above trend by 2038
- SignalKorea's 11th Basic Plan counts semiconductor clusters as separate additional demand
- SignalKorea's Basic Plans already embed data-centre efficiency through PUE assumptions
- SignalKorea's biennial Basic Plan sets a 15-year electricity demand outlook through multi-stage review
- SignalKorea's energy mix in 2020 to 2025: coal declined while gas, nuclear and renewables grew
- SignalKorea's final energy consumption grew 0.6 percent a year in 2020 to 2025 as buildings offset transport
- SignalKorea's projected 2030 primary energy mix: oil 34.2, gas 20.2, coal 18.5, nuclear 15.1 and renewables 12.2 percent
- SignalKorea's renewable capacity reached 37.1 GW in 2025 after additions averaging 3.5 GW a year
- SignalKorea's total energy consumption grew only 1.0 percent a year in 2020 to 2025
- SignalKorean Scientists Created an "Artificial Sun" That Ran for 102 Seconds / Helion secures world's first regulatory licenses for fusion power plant
- SignalNuclear Fusion Breakthroughs Continue: KSTAR 102s, SPARC, EAST Density-Free Regime
- SignalStatistical treatment of the Shaheen TC2C unit could shift Korea's recorded industrial oil demand by up to 14.6 million barrels a year
- SignalTransmission bottlenecks cut Korean coal plant utilisation from about 61 percent in 2020 to the 48 percent range
- SignalTransport electricity demand has been underestimated as electrification outpaced forecasts
- SignalUCLA-Ewha Team Converts Mixed Plastic Waste Directly Into High-Purity Hydrogen
Space & Mobility 1
Digital Infrastructure & Cyber 5
- SignalDigital government outages, data leaks and a national data centre fire eroded public trust
- SignalFire at Korea's national information resources centre exposed physical data-centre fragility
- SignalKISDI forecasts flat Korean wireless revenue near 26.8 trillion won as 5G and IoT lines keep rising
- SignalKorea's wireless backbone capacity is projected to hit its limit after 2029
- SignalOnly 28.6 percent of Korean firms have dedicated security staff
Values & Culture 7
Values & Lifestyles 5
- SignalSurvey: both the public and experts most want science to build a more prosperous nation
- SignalSurvey: digital transition seen increasingly positively and US-China conflict less negatively for 2026
- SignalSurvey: experts trust science and technology even more than the public, with distrust very low in both
- SignalSurvey: work-life balance, technology ethics, safety and human-technology harmony top future-society values
- SignalYounger Koreans and Japanese view each other far more favorably than older generations