The Republic of Korea’s sovereign political history dates only to 1945, but its cultural and intellectual traditions span thousands of years.
Taehak, a Confucian educational institute, was founded in 372 CE, and by 992 CE, the Gukjagam (a national higher education institution) and local private schools called hyanggyo had been founded within the unified three kingdoms then known as Goryeo.1
Now, this long history of cultivating human intellect is taking a 21st-century turn. The Korean government, in partnership with leading research institutes, is focusing domestic scientific endeavors on two major global transformations: the rise of artificial intelligence and the ongoing climate crisis.
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