Press

Op-Ed Colums

Lee, K. M. (2026, March). Asia outlook: Strategic design for survival, the Singapore deep-tech ecosystem. Chief Executive, Vol 280. pp. 70-73.
Lee, K. M. (2026, February 8). Lee Kwan Min’s Deep Thought: Singapore’s Deep Tech Strategy. Maeil Business Newspaper (Top 2 Business Newspaper in S. Korea). https://www.mk.co.kr/news/contributors/11955993
Lee, K. M. (2025, December 31). Who are we in the Digital World? The Kyunghyang Shinmun (Top 5 newspapers in S. Korea). https://www.khan.co.kr/article/202512311915005
Lee, K. M. (2025, December 3). News in the age of AI. The Kyunghyang Shinmun (Top 5 newspapers in S. Korea). https://www.khan.co.kr/article/202512032157005
Lee, K. M. (2025, November 5). Six virtual experiences create by AI – Part 2. The Kyunghyang Shinmun (Top 5 newspapers in S. Korea). https://www.khan.co.kr/article/202511052225005
Lee, K. M. (2025, October 1). Six virtual experiences create by AI – Part 1. The Kyunghyang Shinmun (Top 5 newspapers in S. Korea). https://www.khan.co.kr/article/202510012226005
Lee, K. M. (2025, September 3). Reasons for endowing quasi-human rights to embodied AI. The Kyunghyang Shinmun (Top 5 newspapers in S. Korea). https://www.khan.co.kr/article/202509032059005
Lee, K. M. (2025, August 6). Bat, metaverse, and robots. The Kyunghyang Shinmun (Top 5 newspapers in S. Korea). https://www.khan.co.kr/article/202508062108005
Lee, K. M. (2025, July 9). The case for critical thinking in the age of AI. The Kyunghyang Shinmun (Top 5 newspapers in S. Korea). https://www.khan.co.kr/article/202507092049005
Lee, K. M. (2025, June 29). Lee Kwan Min’s Economics: AI Social Simulation for Public Opinion Survey and Public Policy Assessment. Joongang Iibo (Top 3 newspapers in S. Korea). https://www.joongang.co.kr/article/25347622
Lee, K. M. (2025, June 11). AI social simulation can read public opinion. The Kyunghyang Shinmun (Top 5 newspapers in S. Korea). https://www.khan.co.kr/article/202506112058005
Lee, K. M. (2025, May 14). Three elements for policy innovation for the new S. Korean government. The Kyunghyang Shinmun (Top 5 newspapers in S. Korea). https://www.khan.co.kr/article/202505142018015
Lee, K. M. (2025, April 16). “AI for all” and deep thought innovation. The Kyunghyang Shinmun (Top 5 newspapers in S. Korea). https://www.khan.co.kr/article/202504162002005
Lee, K. M. (2025, March 19). Future Innovation: Deep Tech & Deep Thought. The Kyunghyang Shinmun (Top 5 newspapers in S. Korea). https://www.khan.co.kr/article/202503192123035
Lee, K. M. (2025, February 19). The Coming Era of AI Simulation. The Kyunghyang Shinmun (Top 5 newspapers in S. Korea). https://www.khan.co.kr/article/202502192122005
Lee, K. M. (2025, January 15). The Dawn of the Era of AI Agents. The Kyunghyang Shinmun (Top 5 newspapers in S. Korea). https://www.khan.co.kr/article/202501152048015
Lee, K. M. (2019, October 3). No consideration of users in the 8K TV standard debate. The Korea Times. https://www.hankookilbo.com/News/Read/201910010806042756
Park, S. & Lee, K. M. (2013, March 22). On human-technology interaction. Chosun Ilbo. (Note. Chosun Ilbo is #1 newspaper in S. Korea in terms of circulation) https://biz.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2013/03/21/2013032101359.html
Lee, K. M. (2013, April 5). The reason for 3DTV’s market failure. Chosun Ilbo. https://biz.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2013/04/04/2013040402035.html

Press Interviews/ Media Features/ Public Outreach

In-Depth interview (2-page) on my establishment of Samsung C-Lab, an open innovation hub for Samsung Electronics in Nest Garage (Vol. 21, August, 2024). Innovating Internally, Staying Refreshed. Nest Garage is a magazine by “Leave a Nest” (https://global.lne.st/), Japan and Asia.
Interview in The Korea Times (Hankook Ilbo, Top 5 news agency in S. Korea) Deep Thought Innovation. Feburary 14, 2024. https://m.hankookilbo.com/News/Read/A2024021210560000988?rPrev=A2024030414130005767
In-depth report on my activities as Visiting Chair Professor at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan. The Master Arrives! Chair Professor Kwan Min Lee of Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University Generously Shares Brilliant Academic Insights and Industry Experience Through Guest Lectures and Exchanges. July 3, 2023. https://hakka.nycu.edu.tw/en/__contact3/news301/The-Master-Arrives-Chair-Professor-Kwan-Min-Lee-of-Singapore%E2%80%99s-Nanyang-Technological-University-Generously-Shares-Brilliant-Academic-Insights-and-Industry-Experience-Through-Guest-Lectures-and-Exchanges-25711557?fbclid=IwAR19-3tmlU8THBYal5V0c7zANRHVKXoSR_9gf2pGsbC55Mm1fSclF0SB4A4
Coverage of my ICA Fellow Election results at Kookmin Newspaper, S. Korea, May 29, 2019.(http://news.kmib.co.kr/article/view.asp?arcid=0924080810&code=11110000&cp=nv)
In-Depth interview with Boston Consulting Group (BCG) on the issue of creative product development process and key talent acquisition., Mar 15, 2018.
Interview with Hawaii Public Radio on Human Computer Interaction. “Humans- Computers: Can We Talk?” July 27 2017. (http://hpr2.org/post/humans-computers-can-we-talk-1)
In-depth report on Samsung TV Remote that I designed as the director of a special TF for a new TV remote. The Wall Street Journal. “Review: Samsung Fixes the TV Remote”, April. 20, 2016. (http://www.wsj.com/articles/review-samsung-fixes-the-tv-remote-1461176690)
In-depth report on how I made a new Samsung TV interface and how it was accepted at CES (Consumer Electronics Show) 2013. Joongang Iibo (one of three major newspapers in S. Korea in terms of circulation), “New TV that recommends channels based on user face, voice, and previous content choices”, Jan. 20, 2013.
Interview in Chosun Daily Newspaper (#1 Newspaper in S. Korea in terms of circulation), “Post-Jobs, Struggling Apple” December. 12. 2011.
Interview in Chosun Daily Newspaper (#1 Newspaper in S. Korea in terms of circulation), “MS & Samsung, The Counterattack in Smartphone Industry” October. 1. 2011.
In-depth report to introduce the department of Interaction Science (Where I participated as the founding director) in SKKU in Hankook Daily Newspaper (one of the major newspaper in S. Korea in terms of circulation), “Convergence, Technology and Social Science” Jun. 14. 2010.
Interview in Chosun Daily Newspaper (#1 Newspaper in S. Korea in terms of circulation), “Apple Effects” February. 3. 2010.
Interview in Chosun Daily Newspaper (#1 Newspaper in S. Korea in terms of circulation), “Why has S. Korea not been able to produce game products like Nintendo Wii?” April 24, 2009.
My studies on human robot interaction appeared at the Science section of JoongAng Daily Newspaper (one of top three major newspapers in S. Korea in terms of circulation) at September 26, 2008 under the title of “Grown-up Robots vs. Growing Robots.”
A full transcript of my forum discussion was published at Game Industry Journal, 18 (2), (pp. 20-34), 2007, under the title of “Game is a dynamic new language.”
Interview in Greater Good magazine published by UC Berkeley, “Can Robots Feel Your Pain?” (pp. 4-5), August 2007.
Interview with OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) (http://www.oclc.org/) on the future of online community and online library search. Dublin, OH., Nov. 13. 2006.
Quoted in Online Journalism Review (www.ojr.org), “It feels relevant: biological tactility in news media,” September 25, 2006.
Interview with McKinsey & Company on the issue of Human Robot Interaction in domestic settings, April 26, 2006.
Interview in USA Today, “TiVo’s Ripple Effect: Water-Cooler Chill”, March 23, 2005.
Interview in The Detroit Press, “TiVo transforms TV gossip: Digital video recorder users have to be careful not to overhear plot twists of still-unseen shows”, April 20, 2005.
Interview in The Washington Post, “Computer Voices Carry”, October 8, 2001.
A study featured in BBC News, “Robots Say It with Feeling”, October 1, 2001.
A study featured in Science Daily, “We “Hear” Personality In Computer-Generated Speech And The More It Sounds Like Us, The More We Like It” October 1, 2001.