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Korea Regulation Monitor
A dated record of what changed in Korean regulation — game, AI, privacy, and digital assets.
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Coverage
Four regimes, one record
Game
2 published · latest 2026-08
Game Industry Act — domestic agent · Probabilistic-item (loot-box) disclosure · Game ratings / classification
AI
3 published · latest 2026-08
AI Framework Act — domestic agent
Privacy
15 published · latest 2026-08
PIPA — domestic representative
Digital assets
8 published · latest 2026-09
VASP notification · VASP real-name account gate · Virtual Asset User Protection Act · Cross-border virtual-asset transfer registration
E-commerce duties cross these four regimes and remain in the checker.
The record
What changed
Newest first
- Bill to Amend Korea's Specified Financial Transaction Information Act Targets VASPs Serving Korean Users
2026-09-07
crypto - Pending Bill: Korea Would Widen Game-Prize Rules but Add a Pre-Submission Duty
2026-08-31
game - New Bill Would Force Foreign Game Publishers to Name Their Own Korean Subsidiary as Domestic Agent — and Add Suspension Power for Non-Compliance
2026-08-31
game - Pending PIPA Amendment Would Elevate Data-Handler Access-Rights Duty to Statute, With a Fine Attached
2026-08-31
privacy - Korea: Bill Would Require Crypto Exchanges to Segregate User Assets in Separate Wallet Addresses, Not Just Ledger Entries
2026-08-31
crypto - Bill Would Add Fines for Downplaying or Falsely Reporting Data Breaches Under PIPA
2026-08-31
privacy - Korea Advances Bill to Strengthen PIPA: Strict Liability for Data Breaches, New Enforcement Powers
2026-08-31
privacy - Korea Considers PIPA Amendment: Reversed Burden of Proof for Breach Damages, New Criminal Penalties for Trading Leaked Data
2026-08-31
privacy - Proposed PIPA Amendment Would Tighten Data-Breach Notification to 'Immediate', Not 'Without Delay'
2026-08-31
privacy - Pending PIPA Amendment: Points and Coupons Would No Longer Count Toward Reducing Data-Breach Damages
2026-08-31
privacy - Pending PIPA Amendment Would Add a 'Consent Decree' Procedure for Data-Breach Investigations
2026-08-31
privacy - Pending PIPA Amendment: PIPC Could Order Mandatory Data-Breach Response Measures
2026-08-31
privacy - Pending Bill Would Let Financial Regulator Order Emergency Measures Against Virtual Asset Businesses
2026-08-31
crypto - PIPA Amendment Bill Advances to Committee Review: Proposed Fines for Refusing Data Requests, Ban on 'Hard-to-Leave' Design
2026-08-31
privacy - Pending PIPA Amendment Would Require Companies to Self-Disclose Data-Breach Sanctions to Affected Users
2026-08-31
privacy - Korea Considers Voluntary Privacy Certification for Data-Processing Products (PIPA Amendment)
2026-08-31
privacy - Bill Would Raise Criminal Penalties for Obstructing PIPC Investigations
2026-08-31
privacy - Korea Advances Bill to Require VASP Balance Verification and Risk-Management Systems
2026-08-31
crypto - Pending PIPA Amendment Would Drop Fault Requirement for Statutory Damages, Add Enforcement Fines and an Emergency Suspension Power
2026-08-31
privacy - Bill to Scrap Korea's 'One Exchange, One Bank' Rule Moves to Committee Review
2026-08-31
crypto - Korea's PIPA Amendment Clears the National Assembly: New Pathway to Reuse Existing Personal Data for AI Development
2026-08-31
privacy - Korea Amends AML Reporting Rules for Virtual Asset Service Providers, Effective 20 August 2026
2026-08-24
crypto - Korea Extends Travel Rule to All Virtual Asset Transfers and Tightens VASP Registration Screening
2026-08-24
crypto - New Amendment Bill Filed for Korea's AI Framework Act
2026-08-24
ai - Bill Filed to Delay Korea's Crypto "Other Income" Tax Start Date from 2027 to 2030
2026-08-17
crypto - Bill Would Create Legal Basis for an 'AI Transition Response Levy' on Employers Affected by AI Adoption
2026-08-17
aiUpdated 08-18 - Pending Bill Would Let Korea Designate 'High-Risk' AI Models for National-Security and Public-Safety Oversight
2026-08-10
ai - Bill Would Write Specific Physical-Security Rules Into Korea's Privacy Act
2026-08-10
privacy
Enforcement & rulemaking log
Regulatory actions across four regimes
Scanned daily · newest first · up to 12 entries
Companies are not named; notices are summarized.
2026-09
Game · enforcement
Korea's culture ministry posted advance notice of a corrective order on probabilistic-item disclosure, served by public notice.
Source: 문화체육관광부공고제2026-0362호(확률형 아이템 정보 표시의무 위반사항 시정명령(처분) 사전통지서(의견제출통지) 공시송달)
2026-08
Privacy · enforcement
Korea's data-protection authority gave advance notice of 2 administrative dispositions under the Personal Information Protection Act, served by public notice.
2026-08
Privacy · rulemaking
Korea's data-protection authority pre-announced a new public notice under the Personal Information Protection Act.
2026-06
Game · enforcement
Korea's culture ministry posted a corrective order on probabilistic-item disclosure, served by public notice.
Source: 문화체육관광부공고제2026-0235호(확률형 아이템 정보 표시의무 위반사항 시정명령(처분) 공시송달)
2026-06
Game · enforcement
Korea's culture ministry posted advance notice of a corrective order on probabilistic-item disclosure, served by public notice.
Source: 문화체육관광부공고제2026-0220호(확률형 아이템 정보 표시의무 위반사항 시정명령(처분) 사전통지서(의견제출통지) 공시송달)
2026-06
Privacy · rulemaking
Korea's data-protection authority pre-announced 3 amendments to the PIPA Enforcement Decree.
2026-06
Privacy · enforcement
Korea's data-protection authority served a corrective order under the Personal Information Protection Act by public notice.
2026-05
AI · rulemaking
Korea's science ministry adopted an amendment to the AI Framework Act's Enforcement Decree (promulgated 2026-08-18).
Source: 과학기술정보통신부공고제2026-0603호(인공지능 발전과 신뢰 기반 조성 등에 관한 기본법 시행령 일부개정령안 입법예고)
2026-05
Game · enforcement
Korea's culture ministry posted advance notice of a corrective order on probabilistic-item disclosure, served by public notice.
Source: 문화체육관광부공고제2026-0206호(확률형 아이템 정보 표시의무 위반사항 시정명령(처분) 사전통지서(의견제출통지) 공시송달)
2026-05
Privacy · rulemaking
Korea's data-protection authority pre-announced a new public notice under the Personal Information Protection Act.
2026-04
Digital assets · enforcement
Korea's financial intelligence unit published a sanction against a virtual-asset service provider for anti-money-laundering failures.
Source: www.kofiu.go.kr
2026-03
Digital assets · enforcement
Korea's financial intelligence unit published corrective requirements for 2 virtual-asset service providers following an AML inspection.
Source: www.kofiu.go.kr
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