Government buying power key to AI race, says Korea's procurement chief

South Korea’s public procurement system is undergoing a quiet but consequential shift — from a back-office function focused on price and efficiency to a frontline policy tool shaping industrial strategy, supply chains and emerging technologies. At the center of that transition is the Public Procurement Service, which oversees roughly 225 trillion won ($160 billion) in annual public spending — equivalent to about 9 percent of the country’s gross domestic product. In a recent interview with The Ko

By The Korea Herald