Seoul National University Hospital and Naver Unveiled LLM Specializing in Korean-style Medical Care...Accelerate deployment of medical Sovereign AI
Nov 28, 2025
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Seoul National University Hospital (Hospital President Kim Young-tae) and Naver (CEO Soo Yeon Choi) unveiled 'KMed.ai ' at the Medical Artificial Intelligence (Medical Artificial Intelligence) event held at Seoul National University Hospital on the 28th. The event was attended by Deputy Prime Minister of Science and Technology Bae Kyounghun, Second Vice Minister of Health and Welfare Lee Hyung-hoon, Hospital Director Kim Young-tae, Naver Board Chairman Lee Hae-jin, and Representative Soo Yeon Choi.
Seoul National University Hospital has developed Korean medical LLM with its own technology in March this year to verify various functions, and KMed.ai , which was introduced this time, is an advanced model that combines Naver's AI technology with professional feedback from medical staff. Through the collaboration of the two organizations, KMed.ai 's clinical understanding and accuracy have improved significantly, and it has been recognized for its world-class medical specialization performance with an average of 96.4 points in the 2025 National Doctoral Examination (KMLE) evaluation.
KMed.ai was designed to reflect the structure of the domestic medical system, including domestic medical laws and treatment guidelines, and medical staff at Seoul National University Hospital participated in the development process to accurately reflect the medical language and judgment flow used in actual treatment. Through this, it is evaluated as a model that accurately understands the context of Korean medical knowledge and treatment situation.
In addition, KMed.ai is a foundation model that will be used as a key engine for future medical AGI implementation. AGI refers to the next generation of artificial intelligence that can continuously understand, infer, and judge multiple medical tasks, and KMed.ai is expected to play a central role in various clinical support functions such as understanding medical records, medical reasoning, and linking judgment flows.
Meanwhile, Seoul National University Hospital has established a 'Medical Specialized Agent Platform' separate from KMed.ai to create an environment where hospital members can increase work efficiency with the help of AI. At the event, EMR (electronic medical record)-based document writing assistance and diagnostic assistance functions were demonstrated, and they will be applied in stages to actual medical sites after necessary licensing procedures in the future. The hospital plans to continue to strengthen safety and accuracy by upgrading functions in the future.
Chairman Lee Hae-jin of Naver said in a greeting, `We believe that medical specialized LLM developed by Naver and Seoul National University Hospital will protect the most secure and accurate data for all medical staff, patients, and medical institutions, and increase the efficiency of medical staff and patient satisfaction.'"We hope that medical Sovereign AI will serve as a success story that deeply understands Korea's medical industry, medical conditions, and medical laws." he said.
"Medical AI is a national strategic technology, and this achievement is the first step and important milestone in the establishment of Korean medical Sovereign AI," said Kim Young-tae, head of Seoul National University Hospital. "Seoul National University Hospital will accelerate the transition to AI-based Intelligent Hospital to improve patient safety and medical service quality, and contribute to strengthening domestic medical AI competitiveness and global leap forward."
With the release of KMed.ai , Seoul National University Hospital is further strengthening the AI-based treatment support system, while continuing the patient-centered treatment environment stably. In addition, as they are cooperating in expanding public medical infrastructure, such as the opening of the National Fire Hospital, the functions of severe, emergency, and essential medical services are expected to be further strengthened in the future.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
