{
  "id": 18028311,
  "title": "[ROUNDTABLE] Korea urged to engage with both US, China on AI, but draw clear lines",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/roundtable-korea-urged-to-engage-with-both-us-china-on-ai-but-draw",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-11-03T22:17:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/foreignaffairs/others/20261104/roundtable-korea-urged-to-engage-with-both-us-china-on-ai-but-draw-clear-lines"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes a fiercely contested arena in the escalating rivalry between the United States and China, South Korea finds itself in a difficult position. The country is navigating between Washington's supremacy in cutting-edge AI technologies and China's expanding footprint in the consumer market, fueled by open-weight and open-source models. To shed light on how South Korea should navigate this geopolitical landscape, The Korea Times organized a roundtable titled \"Beyond U.S.-China AI race: Korea’s strategic edge,\" featuring the nation's top experts.\n\nKim Sung-han, the former national security adviser and Korea University professor emeritus, joined the discussion alongside Reform Party of Korea Rep. Lee Jun-seok, Lim Jong-in, the former presidential cybersecurity adviser and Soongsil University AI committee chair, and Bone AI CEO Lee Do-kyung. The Korea Times President-Publisher, Oh Young-jin, moderated the conversation.\n\nKim stressed the importance of drawing a clear distinction between consumer AI and technologies utilized for national security. He advocated for high-level consultations between the Cheong Wa Dae (Blue House) and the White House to ensure a balanced approach in dealing with this emerging technology race.",
  "summary": "With artificial intelligence (AI) emerging as a fiercely contested front in the intensifying rivalry between the United States and China, Korea faces a growing dilemma. The country is caught between Washington's dominance in frontier AI technologies and China's growing presence in the consumer market with open-weight and open-source models. To explore how Korea should navigate this geopolitical…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/ai-chip-smugglers-exploit-trade-control-loophole-to-bring-banned-hbm",
        "published": "2026-11-03T12:04:32.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}