Jung toured the show floor at BEXCO before taking part in the On-site Roundtable on K-GAME Future Strategies, where he told industry stakeholders that the game sector remains ‘one of [Korea’s] key future growth engines.‘
During the roundtable, Jung highlighted his role in sponsoring Korea’s first Game Industry Promotion Act two decades ago. He noted that the landscape has changed dramatically since the mid-2000s, when the idea of codifying ‘esports’ in law faced significant public pushback.
“Back then, people insisted games were just ‘addiction,’” Jung said. “But I kept arguing this was Korea’s future cash-cow industry — and we ultimately succeeded in passing the law.