South Korea's National AI Strategy Committee announced Wednesday that it will reorganize its structure from eight subcommittees and six task forces into 10 subcommittees, two special committees, and one task force.
The committee appointed 45 additional civilian members for the restructuring, bringing its total membership to 127 from the previous 82.
The move aims to strengthen expertise-driven policy discussions in response to the rapid pace of artificial intelligence development and the changing policy landscape. Recognizing the growing importance of AI talent issues, the committee will split the existing Science and Talent Subcommittee into a separate Science Subcommittee and an Education and Talent Subcommittee. The committee plans to deepen policy discussions on building a comprehensive talent development system spanning primary and secondary education through advanced interdisciplinary talent cultivation.
A new AI Democracy Subcommittee was also established to address social issues, tasked with discussing citizen-centered policies such as democratic governance and national cohesion in the AI era. A Regional Special Committee and a Security Special Committee were newly created to strengthen cooperation with other specialized institutions.
The Regional Special Committee will promote AI transformation of regional industries, while the Security Special Committee will pursue policy coordination to address cybersecurity issues. A Legal Task Force was also formed to review legislative priorities related to domestic AI from a whole-of-government perspective and propose desirable policy directions.
"Through this reorganization, we will further strengthen the committee's expertise and execution capabilities, and solidify the policy discussion foundation so that South Korea can emerge as one of the world's top three AI powers," said Lim Moon-young, standing vice chairperson of the National AI Strategy Committee.