A scene from “Maybe Happy Ending” is seen in this photo provided by NHN Link. (Yonhap)
SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean writer of the Tony Award-winning “Maybe Happy Ending” stressed that it is human values, not flawless systems, that keep people truly human amid rapid technological innovation driven by artificial intelligence (AI), the foreign ministry said Tuesday.
Park Chun-hue, lyricist of the six Tonys-winning musical, made the remark at a forum hosted by the ministry, where he shared his thoughts on the future of humanity in the AI era.
“Park said that as technology strives for perfection, there are human values that must not be overlooked,” the ministry said in a release.
“He stressed that it is not perfection but the willingness and capacity to understand and support one another that defines what keeps truly human in the AI era,” it said.
Hue Park, writer of “Maybe Happy Ending,” poses for photos at a press conference marking the musical’s groundbreaking achievement of six Tony awards, including Best Musical, in Seoul on June 24, 2025. (Image courtesy of Yonhap)
Park, who co-wrote and co-lyricized the romance musical, won the Best Book of a Musical and Best Original Score at this year’s Tony Awards, the first South Korean writer to win the highly acclaimed awards.
The musical, premiered at home and later adapted for Broadway, swept six Tony Awards this year, including Best Musical and the awards won by Park and co-writer Will Aronson, also marking the first for a Korean original show to have clinched the awards.
The musical is about two humanoid robots that discover love and the meaning of life.
Tuesday’s forum ensued with sessions on cultural creation and consumption in the AI era, attended by artists, tech experts and officials from related industries.
(Yonhap)
