Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning

Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning

미래창조과학부 Mirae Changjo Gwahakbu
Agency overview
Preceding agencies	Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (Science and Technology) Ministry of Knowledge Economy (ICT, Postal and Future Planning)
Dissolved	July 26, 2017
Superseding agency	Ministry of Science and ICT
Jurisdiction	Government of South Korea
Minister responsible	Choi Yanghee, Minister of Science, ICT and Future Planning
Deputy Ministers responsible	Lee Sukjoon, 1st Vice Minister of Science and Future Planning Choi Jaeyou, 2nd Vice Minister of ICT Choi Jongbae, Deputy Minister for Creative Economy Coordination
Website	web.archive.org/web/20210304070230/http://english.msip.go.kr/english/main/main.do

The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIP, Korean: 미래창조과학부; Hanja: 未來創造科學部) was a ministry of the Government of South Korea. Its purpose is to set, manage, and evaluate science and technology policy, support scientific research and development, develop human resources, conduct R&D leading to the production and consumption of Atomic power, plan national informatization and information protection strategies, manage radio frequency bands, oversee the information and communications technology (ICT) industry, and operate Korea Post.^[1] Its headquarters we in Building #4 of the Gwacheon Government Complex in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province.^[2]

Ministry of Science and ICT succeeds the ministry from 2017.