Seung Myung-ho, sixth from left, chairman of The Korea Times and its sister paper, Hankook Ilbo, links hands with VIP guests at The Korea Forum 2024 at the Korea Chamber of Commerce & Industry building in Seoul, Thursday. The forum was hosted by the two newspapers to discuss strategies for Korea to become the first mover in the artificial intelligence industry. From left are National Research Council of Science & Technology Chairman Kim Bok-chul, Hankook Ilbo President-Publisher Lee Sung-chul, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology President Lee Kwang-hyung, Deputy Prime Minister and Education Minister Lee Ju-ho, Rep. Ahn Cheol-soo of the People Power Party, Seung, Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, Rep. Ahn Gyu-back of the Democratic Party of Korea, Science and ICT Minister Lee Jong-ho, Presidential Advisory Council on Science and Technology Vice President Lee Woo-il, Booyoung Chairman Lee Hee-beom and Korea University President Kim Dong-one. Korea Times photo by Choi Joo-yeon