Malaysia and South Korea strengthen ITS collaboration with a new MoU, focusing on talent development, smart mobility and the Malaysia ITS Roadmap 2030.
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is deepening collaboration with South Korea to advance talent development, research and innovation in Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS).
Works Minister Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi said South Korea’s global leadership in ITS, smart cities and digital technology offers a strong strategic partnership for implementing the Malaysia ITS Roadmap 2030.
He noted decades of close cooperation, with Korean engineering contributing to major national projects since the 1990s.
“From the Penang Second Bridge to the Petronas Twin Towers, Korea’s engineering excellence stands proudly within Malaysia’s landscape,” Nanta said in his keynote address at the Malaysia-Korea ITS Roadshow 2025.
“These structures remind us that when Malaysia and Korea unite, we build more than infrastructure. We build legacy.”
He said the roadshow is a strategic platform for knowledge exchange and exploring new ITS opportunities among policymakers, experts and practitioners.
The event featured the exchange of a memorandum of understanding between Malaysia’s Works Ministry and South Korea’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.
The agreement aims to strengthen cooperation in ITS, smart tolling, sustainable construction and infrastructure asset management.
Nanta stated Malaysia is now advancing the ITS Roadmap 2030, a guiding document for the next decade of digital mobility.
“It is more than a policy document. It is our national pledge to deliver real impact, fewer accidents, smoother travel, reduced emissions and a mobility experience worthy of a modern, forward-looking nation,” he said.
“At the heart of every ITS initiative is a human story. That is why we pursue ITS, not for systems but for lives.”
He added that Malaysia’s mobility vision emphasises safer, smarter and greener travel built on people-first design. – Bernama
