On 6 October 2026, Korea's culture ministry published a corrective order over probabilistic-item disclosure against a foreign game publisher (notice no. 2026-0388). It was served by public notice, gongsi songdal, because the ministry could not confirm an address at which to deliver it. This is the order that the 10 September pre-notice (notice no. 2026-0362) said would follow if no opinion was submitted. It is the eighth probability-item notice since December 2025.

What the order says

The order cites Article 33(2) of the Game Industry Act, the disclosure duty, and Article 38(9) through (11). It lists the same ten items as the pre-notice: nine inside the game, covering loot boxes, random pet and talent boxes, gift boxes, and an in-game shop's probabilistic items as a whole, and one covering the paid probabilistic items on the website. Each is recorded as odds not displayed. The corrective action is the mirror of the list: display the odds for each item, in the game and on the site.

The company must submit its correction results to the ministry's game content industry division by 27 October 2026, twenty-one days after publication. The notice states what follows if it does not comply: under Article 45, item 11 of the Act, imprisonment of up to two years or a fine of up to KRW 20 million, or a restriction on domestic distribution of the game. It also gives the objection routes: an objection to the ministry within 30 days of receiving the order, an administrative appeal within 90 days of learning of it, or an administrative lawsuit within 90 days of learning of it.

The timing

  • 10 September 2026. Pre-notice published, with a comment deadline of 28 September.
  • 28 September 2026. The comment window closes.
  • 6 October 2026. The order is published, twenty-six days after the pre-notice and eight days after the deadline.

The earlier matter ran almost the same course. The May pre-notice was followed by its order on 15 June, twenty-five days later. Two cases are not a rule, but they point the same way: when a pre-notice draws no visible response, the order has followed within about a month.

What to take from it

  • The pre-notice is the window; the order is the deadline. Once the order is published, the question is no longer whether to comment but whether the corrections are made by the date stated.
  • Service by public notice does not wait for you to read it. The ministry treats the notice as given once it is published. A publisher that is not watching the gazette finds out late, if at all.
  • The fix is administrative, the exposure is not. Displaying the odds is a matter of weeks. The penalty clause, including a restriction on distribution in Korea, is what makes a missed deadline expensive.

Munteok's Korea Regulation Monitor lists each of these notices within a day of publication, with a link to the original.

Munteok provides regulatory information, not legal advice.