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Park's visits Hyundai Motor assembly plant

By KH디지털2

Published : March 18, 2016 - 17:11

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President Park Geun-hye on Friday toured an assembly plant of Hyundai Motor Co., a symbolic visit that underscored her commitment to technological advance amid public interest in artificial intelligence.

Cheong Wa Dae, South Korea's presidential office, did not immediately provide Park's comments during the trip to the plant in Asan, about 100 kilometers south of Seoul.

Asan plant -- which has an annual capacity of about 300,000 units -- is one of the most advanced smart factories in the country.

The trip came more than a week after South Korea issued a temporary license plate for the Hyundai Genesis luxury sedan, the nation's first self-driving car.

It also came as South Koreans showed newfound interest in artificial intelligence following the high-profile matches between Google's artificial intelligence program AlphaGo and South Korean Go champ Lee Se-dol.

AlphaGo, designed by Google's London-based firm DeepMind, beat Lee 4-1 in the five-round Go tournament that ended Tuesday.

Hyundai forms the world's fifth-largest automaker with its smaller sister company Kia Motors Corp. (Yonhap)