The most critical technology areas are IT, nanotechnology, life science and engineering, energy and the environment, advanced instruments, and clinical medicine. South Korea is a world leader in IT, including cell-phone and digital-TV technologies, but its lead is narrowing. And in life science and engineering, South Korea is not as competitive as it was; it also needs to be aware of newly emerging technologies where it doesn’t lead at all.
As a relatively small country, South Korea cannot do everything. And as a country largely lacking in natural resources, it must depend on its wits. That means making choices: it is better to be brilliant at a few technologies than mediocre in many of them.
Therefore, in cooperation with the universities and the private sector, the government should map out, in broad terms, a national science strategy. The goal is to identify crucial areas of technology where South Korea can be top tier. This will be the key to raising the economy to the next level. Cars and televisions were and are important to South Korea, but it needs to be exploring new economic frontiers too.
The advantage of selecting a few high-value fields to concentrate on is that it plays to the country’s strengths. South Korea sends a higher proportion of students to tertiary education than any other country, according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, and they do conspicuously well on international math and science tests. With this base, nurturing a generation of scientists and engineers is very much a possible dream.
The most critical technology areas are IT, nanotechnology, life science and engineering, energy and the environment, advanced instruments, and clinical medicine. South Korea is a world leader in IT, including cell-phone and digital-TV technologies, but its lead is narrowing. And in life science and engineering, South Korea is not as competitive as it was; it also needs to be aware of newly emerging technologies where it doesn’t lead at all.
As a relatively small country, South Korea cannot do everything. And as a country largely lacking in natural resources, it must depend on its wits. That means making choices: it is better to be brilliant at a few technologies than mediocre in many of them.
Therefore, in cooperation with the universities and the private sector, the government should map out, in broad terms, a national science strategy. The goal is to identify crucial areas of technology where South Korea can be top tier. This will be the key to raising the economy to the next level. Cars and televisions were and are important to South Korea, but it needs to be exploring new economic frontiers too.
The advantage of selecting a few high-value fields to concentrate on is that it plays to the country’s strengths. South Korea sends a higher proportion of students to tertiary education than any other country, according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, and they do conspicuously well on international math and science tests. With this base, nurturing a generation of scientists and engineers is very much a possible dream.
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