North Korea, supported by Russian military, accelerates development of cutting-edge AI weapons system

As North Korea receives military technological support from Russia and develops a wide range of cutting-edge weapons, the South Korean military is also accelerating the development of "artificial intelligence (AI) weapons systems" in response.
According to the Ministry of National Defense on the 7th, the South Korean government has significantly increased its defense budget for next year (by 8.2 percentage points) compared to last year to approximately 66.3 trillion won (approximately 7 trillion
The budget will be restructured to 112.9 billion yen and will be used to focus investments on introducing cutting-edge weapon systems and cutting-edge technologies such as AI, drones, and robots that will be game-changing.
The South Korean Ministry of National Defense is particularly planning to prepare for modern warfare involving AI and drones, which are seen as key game changers on future battlefields.
This is because the North Korean military has directly acquired drone technology based on its experience in the Ukraine war, which is analyzed as the "biggest threat" to the South Korean military.
US Secretary of the Army Daniel Driscoll, who recently visited South Korea, also cited drones as the biggest security threat on the Korean Peninsula, saying, "In the future, we will deploy additional advanced weapon systems on the Korean Peninsula."
Yoo Young-won, a lawmaker from South Korea's largest opposition party, the People's Power Party, said, "North Korea learned a 'blood lesson' from participating in the Ukraine war and suffering over 4,700 casualties.
We are developing various drones based on this."