Jakarta, INTI - South Korea is further strengthening its efforts to implement agent-based artificial intelligence (AI) in government operations, as it accelerates its transformation toward AI-driven administration. The South Korean Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) launched the AI-NEXT project, which aims to integrate agent-based AI into administrative workflows.
Earlier this month, the ministry opened a bid process to develop a detailed strategy and framework for the project. The goal is to introduce specialized AI agents in five administrative work areas by the end of the year.
These areas include support for radio frequency licensing reviews, electromagnetic certification assessments, budget analysis, classification and response to National Assembly requests, and news summarization and analysis.
As a follow-up, the government aims to upgrade its document management system to an AI-driven system by 2028. To support the initial implementation, the ministry has allocated 3.17 billion won this year, with funding planned to be adjusted in subsequent phases following the pilot project.
AI Agent in South Korea’s Intellectual Property Services
In addition to AI-NEXT, collaboration between the MSIT and the Ministry of Intellectual Property is also accelerating the development of an agent model for patent information. This technology will later be applied to the Ministry of Intellectual Property’s Korea Intellectual Property Rights Information Service portal to help users understand complex patent documents through interactions with an AI assistant.
The South Korean Ministry of Finance and Economy is also promoting AI transformation through the AI-ONE project, which focuses on centralizing documentation and providing task-specific AI services to build a smart work environment.
AI adoption in the public sector has become the country’s priority, particularly with the development of agent-based AI technology that enables more autonomous decision-making and execution within administrative workflows.
Conclusion
South Korea is accelerating its AI-driven public administration transformation through the AI-NEXT and AI-ONE projects. These project foucs on implementing AI agents for functions such as document analysis, budgeting, and patent services. Supported by an initial budget and long-term targets through 2028, the government is aiming to build a smarter, more efficient, and more autonomous work system in the public sector.
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