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Why halting South Korea's AI textbook project matters to more than edtech firms

By Choonsik Yoo ( August 5, 2025, 06:11 GMT | Comment) -- South Korea’s parliament has passed a bill removing AI programs from textbook status, effectively pulling the plug on the previous government's AI Digital Textbook project just months after implementation and sparking debate over policy consistency and stakeholder trust. While supporters view the revision as a necessary pause to a hastily launched initiative, critics argue it squanders major investments and undermines long-term national AI ambitions.South Korea’s parliament has overwhelmingly approved a law revision bill to strip artificial intelligence programs of their legal status as textbooks, dealing a critical blow to the already unpopular AI Digital Textbook project implemented by the previous government just a few months ago....

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