At gaming industry event, Lee calls medium 'defining force' for Korea's future

President Lee Jae Myung tested Krafton’s artificial intelligence (AI)-driven life simulation game inZOI on Wednesday at PUBG Seongsu, a game and cultural hub operated by Krafton, the creator of PUBG: Battlegrounds, in eastern Seoul. But his message was anything but virtual: Korea, he said, must embrace gaming as a defining force for its cultural and economic future. In the first-ever presidential on-site visit to a gaming industry discussion event, Lee vowed to make K-games a cornerstone of Korea’s cultural exports and to dismantle the “repressive” policies of the past, signaling a major policy shift in how the government views gaming. The visit underscored his broader plan to position gaming as a key pillar of K-culture and a driver of Korea’s global competitiveness, as he urged a move away from restrictive regulations and toward innovation-led growth. “It’s time to change our policy direction,” Lee said during the meeting. “The government’s aim is to make Korea a leading global cultural industry nation, and I believe the game industry is a vital part of that.” TheWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times