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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Science and ICT
Bae Kyung-hoon
AI Expert Turned Minister Eyes Global Top Three
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Last Updated on May 14, 2026
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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Science and ICT
Life Summary
Bae Kyung-hoon is Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Science and ICT.
He is focusing his capabilities on realizing the Lee Jae-myung administration’s national goal of “leaping into the world’s top three artificial intelligence (AI) powers.”
He was born in Seoul on May 10, 1976.
He graduated from Daeshin High School in Seoul and the Department of Electrophysics at Kwangwoon University. He received master’s and doctoral degrees in electronic engineering from Kwangwoon University’s graduate school. He completed an MBA program at Columbia Southern University in the United States.
He worked at the Samsung Thales Research Institute and SK Telecom’s Future Research Institute.
After working at the LG Economic Research Institute, he served at LG Uplus as head of the AI Technology Division and executive director in charge of the AI Platform.
At LG Electronics, he served as executive director in charge of AI at LG Science Park before becoming head of the AI Research Institute.
He served as a non-executive director of the National IT Industry Promotion Agency, a private-sector member of the Presidential National AI Committee, and chair of the AI Policy Cooperation Committee at the Korea Software Industry Association (KOSA).
#BaeKyungHoon #ScienceICT #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #LeeJaeMyungAdministration #KoreaAI #LGSciencePark #LGUplus #KOSA #NationalAICommittee
He is focusing his capabilities on realizing the Lee Jae-myung administration’s national goal of “leaping into the world’s top three artificial intelligence (AI) powers.”
He was born in Seoul on May 10, 1976.
He graduated from Daeshin High School in Seoul and the Department of Electrophysics at Kwangwoon University. He received master’s and doctoral degrees in electronic engineering from Kwangwoon University’s graduate school. He completed an MBA program at Columbia Southern University in the United States.
He worked at the Samsung Thales Research Institute and SK Telecom’s Future Research Institute.
After working at the LG Economic Research Institute, he served at LG Uplus as head of the AI Technology Division and executive director in charge of the AI Platform.
At LG Electronics, he served as executive director in charge of AI at LG Science Park before becoming head of the AI Research Institute.
He served as a non-executive director of the National IT Industry Promotion Agency, a private-sector member of the Presidential National AI Committee, and chair of the AI Policy Cooperation Committee at the Korea Software Industry Association (KOSA).
#BaeKyungHoon #ScienceICT #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #LeeJaeMyungAdministration #KoreaAI #LGSciencePark #LGUplus #KOSA #NationalAICommittee