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SKD WIREMostly True
South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT has no plan to suspend the "solo-key national technology" (독파모, technologies that can be independently developed without foreign dependency) program, and the third-round evaluation will go ahead as originally scheduled. However, details on the evaluation method and the support framework that will follow the review remain undecided.
According to the ministry, the third evaluation of designated solo-key national technologies will proceed as planned, with no interruption to the program. The designation process — under which technologies deemed independent of foreign supply are reviewed for continued or adjusted state support — is therefore continuing despite recent discussion around its future.
While the schedule itself is firm, the ministry has not finalized how the third evaluation will be conducted, nor what support system will apply to technologies after the review. This leaves open questions about whether currently designated technologies will retain their benefits or see changes in state backing once the assessment concludes.
The uncertainty means that while the program's continuation is clear, its longer-term shape is not. Businesses and research institutions awaiting the outcome of the third evaluation have yet to receive confirmation of the criteria or the post-evaluation support structure.
The claim that the Ministry of Science and ICT is not discontinuing the solo-key national technology program and is pushing ahead with the third evaluation as scheduled is Mostly True, since the continuation is accurate but the evaluation method and subsequent support system remain unconfirmed.
Verdict: Mostly True