Science Minister Bae Kyung-hoon met Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang in Seoul on June 8 to discuss AI and semiconductor cooperation. Huang also met executives from Samsung Electronics, SK hynix, researchers, and startups during his visit. Bae spoke at an Nvidia-hosted AI event attended by representatives from 18 companies.
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The meeting highlights risks of deepening ties with a dominant U.S. tech firm and chaebol partners, potentially accelerating automation without safeguards for workers or oversight on data and environmental impacts.
“Corporate concentration and inequality risks”
The event demonstrates effective public-private alignment to strengthen South Korea's position in semiconductors and AI through practical commercial cooperation with U.S. innovators.
“National competitiveness via market partnerships”
Ministerial orchestration of ecosystem events represents unnecessary state intervention that could distort private supply-chain decisions already occurring among Nvidia, Samsung, and SK hynix.
“Distortion of voluntary commercial exchanges”
All prior framings overlook how the meeting embeds Korea in a U.S.-controlled technology stack amid export controls, with undisclosed industrial-policy terms and potential dual-use implications.
“Geopolitical coercion and asymmetric dependence”
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