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The Ministry of Science and ICT's national software project contest for elementary, middle and high school students, where teams build AI and data solutions to social problems; top winners can be selected for ISEF.
Korea Code Fair is hosted by the Ministry of Science and ICT and the National Information Society Agency (NIA). Its SW Contest asks students to research and develop software that solves everyday, environmental or social problems or advances science and technology; the 2026 theme was 'Solving our society's problems with AI and data'. Divisions are elementary, middle and high school, each narrowing from 70 to 30 to 10 teams. Silver-prize winners and above can interview for the Korean delegation to ISEF.