The South Korean people really love robots. Industry in South Korea receives millions in government subsidies to develop them. Recently, Park Hye-Young, of the South Korean Ministry of Commerce, Industry, and Energy?s robot team, said in a statement to French Press Agency that the Ministry hoped ?to have a robot in every South Korean household between 2015 and 2020,? and predicted that these robots would develop ?strong intelligence.?
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