Korea Real Estate Board holds AI and future cities lecture at Kyung Hee University

The Korea Real Estate Board co-hosted an event with Kyung Hee University's Seoul Anchor AI Education Support Center on Wednesday, the agency announced.

Held for Kyung Hee University students, the program featured a special lecture by Korea Real Estate Board President Lee Heon-wook titled "Real Estate for All, Great Cities," along with seminars on real estate data and AI transformation (AX) applications, and a job fair — all aimed at engaging young people on career paths, future cities and changes in the national land and spatial landscape.

In his lecture, Lee said real estate issues are ultimately questions about the cities and spaces where people live. "Going beyond simply increasing the quantity of housing supply, what matters is creating enough high-quality urban spaces where people genuinely choose to live and stay for the long term," he said.

He added that good cities require jobs, transportation, education, healthcare and culture to function together, and that urban quality must be designed to raise both innovation and quality of life.

Lee also said that to ease the concentration of people and businesses in the Greater Seoul area, competitive cities must be built outside the metropolitan region — places that people and companies would choose on their own. He proposed developing hub cities that leverage each region's strengths and linking them rapidly to transform the national spatial structure into a multi-hub, decentralized metropolitan economic zone, in which multiple hub cities are interlinked to form a broad economic and lifestyle region.

"A competitive city is one where young people can find good jobs and opportunities and live with stability," Lee said. "We will play an active role in building innovative and livable cities, drawing on the real estate data and expertise the Korea Real Estate Board holds."

At the job fair held alongside the lecture, the agency provided detailed information on its key operations and hiring, and set up a mobile café where staff could speak directly with students.

Meanwhile, the Korea Real Estate Board plans to hold its second Real Estate Data Academy of 2026 at its Seoul Gangnam branch from Sept. 29 to Oct. 1.