Park Yun-young, newly appointed as CEO of KT (030200.KS), South Korea's major telecommunications carrier, declared the company will "leap forward as an artificial intelligence transformation (AX) platform company, centered on two pillars: 'solid fundamentals' and 'definitive growth.'" Park was officially elected at KT's annual general shareholders' meeting on the 31st.
Immediately after the shareholders' meeting, the new CEO sent an official letter to employees, identifying "airtight information security" and "stable network quality" as the company's top priorities.
"I will demonstrate through speed and execution rather than words and formalities," Park said, signaling his commitment to swift organizational stabilization. "Starting today, I will visit worksites one by one — beginning with information security and network operations — to meet you in person."
Park also pledged to spare no investment in information security as a national backbone telecommunications operator. "A network customers can trust, stable service quality, and airtight information security are KT's reason for being," he stressed.
As specific action plans, KT will tighten its internal security governance and operational framework and conduct a fundamental review of its IT and network infrastructure.
"We will simultaneously elevate system stability and efficiency through operational innovation based on AI and cloud-native technologies," Park said. He added that KT will proactively develop quantum security technology — regarded as core security infrastructure — alongside next-generation networks including 6G, satellite communications, and AI-RAN, to secure global leadership.
As a future vision, the company plans to achieve "definitive growth" through full-scale AX transformation over the next three years.
By business segment, KT will evolve into lifestyle AI services through hyper-personalization and AX transformation of media content in the business-to-consumer (B2C) space. In the business-to-business (B2B) space, the company will focus on "B2B AX" that practically solves problems in industries such as public services, finance, and manufacturing. In the process, KT plans to build an "end-to-end" business model that takes responsibility for the entire process from consulting to operations.
"We will make strategic investments in new growth areas such as AI data centers (AIDC), global AX, and digital financial platforms to nurture them as future growth engines," Park added.
Park proposed "KT Professionalism" as the standard for decision-making and conduct for all employees. "Let us firmly establish a culture that delivers results based on customer-first principles, respect for colleagues, accountability, and expertise," he urged.