SeoulThe same state playbook that built shipbuilding now targets AI.
Middle powers watching Washington’s market model and Beijing’s party-state one gain a third option.
South Korea directs its chaebol toward universal AI access instead of leaving it to market or party alone.
Whether directed collaboration scales past shipbuilding-era industries remains untested.
How each outlet framed it
- The Diplomat
- frames universal AI access as East Asian strategic priority over Western regulatory caution
Sources: The Diplomat