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Seoul and Beijing need to expand AI cooperation, South Korean President says

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Monday that South Korea and China need to expand economic cooperation over artificial intelligence (AI), the Yonhap News Agency reported.

Joyce Lee

Reuters

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January 5, 2026

Seoul and Beijing need to expand AI cooperation, South Korean President says

FILE PHOTO: AI (Artificial Intelligence) letters and robot hand are placed on computer motherboard in this illustration created on June 23, 2023. 

Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Reuters

SEOUL - South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Monday that South Korea and China need to expand economic cooperation over artificial intelligence (AI), the Yonhap News Agency reported.


Lee also said cooperation in consumer goods such as household goods, beauty, food products and cultural content such as movies, music, games and sports could also serve as a new breakthroughs, Yonhap said.


Lee, who is on a state visit to China, was speaking at a business forum.


-Joyce Lee; Editing by Ed Davies/Reuters

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