South Korea’s Lee Jae Myung vows ~$16B for AI, chips, physical AI and data centres in the 2027 budget, nearly double 2026
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- 3 November 2026
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Key facts
- AI-related allocation: $15.97B, ~2x 2026 (Reuters via Techmeme); 2026 AI spending was 10.1 trillion won (~$6.9B)
- Total 2027 proposal: ~820.9 trillion won, up >10%
- Funding tied to chip-boom tax revenue
What happened
Reuters article unreadable for us; figures from the Techmeme summary and earlier budget coverage.
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2 sources from 2 sites. Numbers match the chips in the text.
2 sources: 2 press
Press
- Reuters (via Techmeme): Lee vows $15.97B for AI in 2027 budgetreuters.com, press
- Korea Times: Lee calls for bipartisan cooperation on 2027 budgetkoreatimes.co.kr, press
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