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Annex

South Korea AI Regulatory Requirements

This annex gives the adopter a single per-regime view of South Korea's comprehensive national AI statute, the Framework Act on the Development of Artificial Intelligence and Establishment of Trust (widely cited as the "AI Basic Act"), Law No. 20676, enacted 21 January 2025 and in force since 22 January 2026. It sits alongside the other ai/jurisdictions/ annexes and is the corpus's first binding-statute annex for the Asia-Pacific region (Singapore's is a voluntary framework). In shape the Act resembles the EU AI Act more than the US state laws, a risk-tiered ("high-impact AI"), economy-wide, extraterritorial statute carrying transparency, safety, and human-oversight duties, but it is materially lighter: a promotion-first framework law whose binding duties are few, whose operative thresholds are largely delegated to Presidential Decree, and whose maximum administrative fine is 30 million won. This annex frames the Act's provisions and cross-references the operational substance rather than restating it.

Type
Annex
Version
0.0.5
Date
2026-10-27
Owner
Chief Information Security Officer
Approving authority
Governance Library Maintainer
Classification
Public
Confidentiality
Public
Category
AI Governance
Review frequency
Annual and upon material change to the AI Basic Act, its Enforcement Decree, or Ministry of Science and ICT implementing guidelines
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

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Outline

  • Purpose
  • Applicable law and regulatory authority
  • Transition timeline
  • Scope: covered actors and covered systems
  • Governance architecture
  • Core obligations
  • Promotion and support measures
  • AI ethics and voluntary governance
  • Enforcement
  • Limitations
  • Framework alignment

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