이총리, "4차산업혁명, 기술투자 필수... 올 R&D 예산 20조"<br /><br />South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon has given the country's tech and construction industries his wishes for their best year yet... and he's vowed to do his utmost to help.<br />At New Year's events on Friday, the PM hailed the nation's tech sector for setting world records, especially with 5G technology.<br />He said investment in the 1990s put South Korea at the forefront of the third global industrial revolution, with the best ICT and infrastructure.<br />The PM said investment is essential to make the country's biotech sector and artificial inteligence do better, and promised spending worth 18 billion dollars for R&D.<br />During a later event with representatives of the construction industry, he pledged to implement 61-percent of the government's annual budget in the first half of this year to stimulate the overall economy, including construction.<br />He added that new inter-Korean cooperation on roads and railways will help bring them more projects. <br />
