Jeonbuk Special Self-Governing Province received the Presidential Award at the Ministry of the Interior and Safety's presentation contest recognizing outstanding AI practices among local governments, a claim confirmed by this newspaper's verification desk following a direct review of official sources.
The contest brings together AI use cases from city and provincial administrations across South Korea, giving regional governments a venue to present how they have applied the technology in public administration. The Presidential Award stands as the top distinction in the ministry's award hierarchy, and Jeonbuk Province โ the country's sole provincial-level jurisdiction bearing special self-governing status โ took home the honor this round.
The result underscores growing competition among regional governments to showcase AI deployment in public services, an area the Interior Ministry has pushed as part of its oversight of local administration.
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The claim that Jeonbuk Special Self-Governing Province won the Presidential Award at the Ministry of the Interior and Safety's Local Government AI Best Practices Presentation Contest is True.