{
  "id": 18050464,
  "title": "[ROUNDTABLE] Korea must navigate US-China AI rivalry with strategic clarity: experts",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/roundtable-korea-must-navigate-us-china-ai-rivalry-with-strategic-18050464",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-11-04T01:42:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/foreignaffairs/others/20261104/roundtable-korea-must-navigate-us-china-ai-rivalry-with-strategic-clarity-experts"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a pivotal battleground in the escalating US-China rivalry, leaving South Korea in a complex predicament. The nation finds itself between the technological prowess of Washington and the burgeoning influence of Beijing in the realm of consumer AI, propelled by open-weight and open-source models. To dissect Korea's strategic response to this geopolitical shift, The Korea Times convened a roundtable, \"Beyond U.S.-China AI race: Korea's strategic edge,\" featuring the country's foremost AI experts. Key participants were Kim Sung-han, a former national security adviser and professor emeritus at Korea University; Reform Party of Korea Representative Lee Jun-seok; Lim Jong-in, a former presidential cybersecurity adviser and chair of Soongsil University's AI committee; and Lee Do-kyung, CEO of Bone AI. The event was masterfully moderated by Oh Young-jin, the President-Publisher of The Korea Times. Kim emphasized the necessity of differentiating between consumer AI and national security technologies, advocating for high-level dialogues between Cheong Wa Dae and the White House to foster strategic clarity and cooperation.",
  "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…",
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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."
}