00:02You're listening to AI Prism from Seoul Economic Daily.
00:06Korea's public sector just promised billions more for AI, robotics, and climate tech hiring pipelines.
00:14Traditional steelmakers and petrochemical giants are quietly retooling for AI data center demand.
00:22A new wave of AI-powered game platforms is letting anyone build and sell software without a coding background.
00:30It's Friday, August 14th. Let's look at what this means for job seekers and graduates in Korea.
00:36Korea's procurement agency wants to expand purchases of innovation products from AI, robotics, and climate tech firms six-fold by
00:462030.
00:47Traditional industries like steel and petrochemicals are pivoting their business models toward AI infrastructure as their legacy markets slow.
00:57Game companies are racing to build AI tools that let individual creators, not just large studios, publish and monetize new
01:05titles.
01:06Here's what the numbers show.
01:07The Public Procurement Service plans to raise its innovation product purchases from 476.7 billion won, $335 million, to 3
01:19trillion won, $2.1 billion, by 2030.
01:24Newly designated innovation products rose 30% year-on-year as of June, with AI, robotics, and climate tech accounting
01:32for 40% of that total.
01:34Hyundai Steel has won seven supply contracts for AI data center steel products since forming a dedicated task force in
01:43March.
01:44Korea's rebar exports to the U.S. jumped more than 33-fold in the first half, reaching about 483,500
01:53tons versus roughly 14,500 tons a year earlier, driven almost entirely by data center construction demand.
02:04One store plans to expand its AI game section from 25 titles to more than 50 by the end of
02:10August.
02:11Roblox creator payouts more than doubled, from $624 million in 2022 to about $1.5 billion in 2025, a sign
02:23of where user-generated content platforms could be headed in Korea, too.
02:27So what does this mean for job seekers and graduates in Korea?
02:32Earlier, we said Korea's public sector was pouring billions into AI, robotics, and climate tech.
02:39Here's what that actually means for you.
02:41These are the sectors where hiring budgets are actually growing right now.
02:46Traditional heavy industry firms like Hyundai Steel and Posco are also opening new engineering and R&D roles tied to
02:54AI infrastructure, not just their old core businesses.
02:58And if a conventional job search feels stuck, platforms like OneStore's AI Games or Crafton's Overdare offer a real, if
03:08unconventional, path to build something yourself and get paid for it.
03:13Three things to watch.
03:15OneStore's AI Games lineup, hitting 50 or more titles by the end of August.
03:20The Public Procurement Services 2027 to 2031, Stockpiling and Support Roadmap for Strategic Industries.
03:30And Hyundai Steel and Posco's next data center supply contract announcements this fall.
03:37That's today's AI Prism, students and grads.
03:40This episode was produced with AI assistants based on sole economic daily reporting and reviewed by a human editor.
03:47AI Prism is a Juan Ifra award-winning series.
03:51We'll be back tomorrow.
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