Innovation cluster for creating creative industries

Korea, with the aging population and matured manufacturing, is confronted with low economic growth and needs some breakthrough for the further development. The Korean government tries to move forward by promoting the creative industries using the science and technology potential while maintaining the competiveness in manufacturing sectors. The evaluation of creative industry policy of Korea shows followings. First, the policy direction is quite relevant and appropriate for the current Korean economy. The strong Korean IT industry will bring some synergy when coupled with Korean entertainment culture (K-pop). Second, there has to be some preconditions to implement the creative industry policy such as creating technological eco-system with the open network among the university, industry, and research institute. Finally, it is suggested that strengthening of innovation cluster (Science and Technology Park) is one of the effective tools to realize the creative industry in Korea.