• NIPA
    MISSION

    Leading innovative
    growth for the nation
    and the economy
    through development of
    ICT and new software
    industries

    visison A specialized agency pioneering South Korea's ICT innovations for the future

    Strategic Goals & Initiatives
    • 01

      New opportuni-
      ties in the
      software industry

    • 02

      Fostering the AI
      industry

    • 03

      Developing a
      content industry
      enabled by new
      technologies

    • 04

      Developing an
      ICT ecosystem to
      support entry
      into global
      markets

    Strategic Goals & Initiatives

    • 01New opportunities in the software industry

      • Promoting convergence between new software and other industries
      • Building innovative blockchain platforms
      • Creating a foundation for the 3D printing industry
      • Creating a foundation for ICT industries in regional areas

    • 02Fostering the AI industry

      • Building AI platforms supporting accelerated growth
      • Pushing for a strategic AI project "AI + X"
      • Consolidating an intelligent next-generation IoT ecosystem
      • Building a foundation for intelligent cloud services

    • 03Developing a content industry enabled by new technologies

      • Building digital life platforms
      • Securing killer content for 5G services
      • Supporting infrastructure innovations for producing content converging with new technologies
      • Promoting convergence of ICT with culture and the arts

    • 04Developing an ICT ecosystem to support entry into global markets

      • Promoting convergence between new software and other industries
      • Building innovative blockchain platforms
      • Creating a foundation for the 3D printing industry
      • Creating a foundation for ICT industries in regional areas
    Core Values
    • Professionalism
    • Autonomy & Accountability
    • Communication & Collaboration
    International Cooperation

    NIPA has concluded 23 MOUs with world-class institutions, universities, and companies since 2001 thus building a solid international cooperative network.

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    Korea IT Cooperation Center, Singapore
    KIC Silicon Valley
    Korea IT Cooperation Center, Ho Chi Minh City
    Korea IT Cooperation Center, Hanoi
    Korea-India Software Cooperation Center
    nipa, National IT Industry Promotion Agency
  • MSIT

    Ministry of Science and ICT

    MSIT will lead innovation of the nation’s industries based on imagination, creativity, science and technology and ICT, recreating industries and markets as new growth engines and presenting a new vision of hope.

    Building on our successful industrial development and informatization up to now, MSIT will work to create sheer excitement of living in the new era of creative economy, leading convergence and diffusion of industries while taking on new challenges and opportunities.

    This is the very face of MSIT today that opens up the new possibilities of tomorrow with tireless passion, relishing global recognition for its work.

    The main activities are as follows;
    Establishment of Science and technology policy and evaluation of overall adjustment
    Research, cooperation and promotion of development of science & technology
    National Informatization Planning and Information Security
    New convergence services & media Spectrum policy & Management
    Establishment of Information and communication policy