Choi Yang-hee, Korea will be a Creative Country in a Decade
Choi Yang-hee, Korea will be a Creative Country in a Decade
  • By cheon tae-un (ctu@koreaittimes.com)
  • 승인 2014.08.15 00:34
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“He promised to create many more new jobs by aggressively nurturing new, Internet based businesses including Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data, Cloud, etc. as a hyper connected society."

“I will do all my best to make other countries benchmark Korea as a creative country in ten years with out-of-the-box thinking and attempts.”

Mr. Choi Yang-hee, the new Minister of Ministry Science, ICT, and Future Planning(MSIP), revealed such ambition in his inauguration speech at Government Complex Gwacheon.

Choi Yang-hee, the new Minister of Ministry Science, ICT, and Future Planning(MSIP)

He stated, “I will make efforts to expand the creative economy in the spirit of challenge. The talents and companies with global competitiveness will be promoted by encouraging to generate innovative ideas from creative minds.”

He added, “The dynamism of the creative economy will be enhanced through convergence. We will meet with the creative economy sooner than later by constructing the new, creative economy ecosystem with the convergence of scientific and information technologies.”

He promised to create many more new jobs by aggressively nurturing new, Internet-based businesses including Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data, Cloud, etc. as a hyper-connected society.

He emphasized, “Efforts will be made to innovate the Internet environment by advancing the giga-Internet era and strengthening privacy protection and cyber security, and the broadcasting industry by actively responding to the convergence trend of broadcasting and communications. The communications market will be transformed to maximize consumer benefits by revising communications policies in a demand and consumer friendly way, not the other way around.”

He said, “Scientific technology and ICT need to play a critical role to tear down the invisible wall dividing people with income level and generational gaps and take opportunities by overcoming various challenges. They will help close social gaps leading to realizing the 'warm, equal creative economy'.”

Resolving issues facing creative companies and start-ups

Minister Choi chose 'creative economy sites' like Pangyo Techno Valley, KAIST Institute for IT Convergence, and Daejeon Creative Economy Innovation Center for his first official visits since inauguration to encourage venture companies.
He said the visits were planned to help the sites realize his determination that their efforts need to result in practical outcomes to help realize the creative economy.

Minister Choi used to emphasize the importance of software and basic science when he served as Director of Data Communication Center and Protocol Engineering Center at the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), President of Advanced Institute of Convergence Technology at Seoul National University, and First Chairman of Samsung Science and Technology Foundation.


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