# South Korea targets ‘world’s highest-performance’ sovereign AI model in record budget

https://mins.news/en/item/124980

- CNBC, 2026-11-02 06:02 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/11/02/south-korea-ai-spending-budget.html

> South Korea’s 2027 budget is set to rise 12.8% to 820.9 trillion won, including 21.3 trillion won for investment in semiconductors, physical AI and AI data centers.

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