This dossier contains 34 indexed evidence records connected to South Korea. Use the filters to inspect status, instrument type, and topic coverage—including deepfakes, synthetic media, AI-generated content, detection, and KYC—without treating a summary as a legal conclusion.
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Active law, partial
AI Basic Act: transparency, high-impact AI, and synthetic output
Law Or Treaty
CitationNot recorded in registry
Covered actors
AI business operators and providers of products or services using high-impact AI or generative AI. The Act also establishes national AI governance and duties for high-impact-AI operators.
Neutral effect or obligation summary
Article 31 requires advance notice that a product or service operates on high-impact AI or generative AI a notice that output was generated by generative AI and clear notice when an AI system supplies synthetic audio, images, or video that is difficult to distinguish from reality. Artistic or creative works may use a method that does not impair exhibition or enjoyment.
Enacted or issued
Jan 21, 2025
Verified dateNot recorded in registry
Evidence boundary
Direct evidence section in the cited Markdown dossier; official URLs are reproduced from that section.
Personal Information Protection Act: privacy, voice/face data, and automated decisions
Law Or Treaty
CitationNot recorded in registry
Covered actors
Public and private personal-information controllers and processors handling information about identifiable individuals in Korea, including data used to train, test, operate, or monitor AI systems.
Neutral effect or obligation summaryNot recorded in registry
DatesNot recorded in registry
Verified dateNot recorded in registry
Evidence boundary
Direct evidence section in the cited Markdown dossier; official URLs are reproduced from that section.
Artificial IntelligenceBiometricsPrivacy And Data ProtectionProvenance And Labeling
Non-consensual synthetic sexual media and deepfake crime
Type not recorded
CitationNot recorded in registry
Covered actors
Any person who edits, composites, or processes a person’s face, body, or voice into a form capable of causing sexual desire or shame against the subject’s will
distributors and people who possess, purchase, store, or view the resulting material.
Neutral effect or obligation summaryNot recorded in registry
Enacted or issued
Oct 16, 2024
Verified dateNot recorded in registry
Evidence boundary
Direct evidence section in the cited Markdown dossier; official URLs are reproduced from that section.
Neutral effect or obligation summaryNot recorded in registry
DatesNot recorded in registry
Verified dateNot recorded in registry
Evidence boundary
Direct evidence section in the cited Markdown dossier; official URLs are reproduced from that section.
Synthetic MediaArtificial IntelligencePrivacy And Data ProtectionPlatform Safety And ContentElections And Political ContentChild SafetyProvenance And Labeling
Election campaigning using realistic AI-generated media
Type not recorded
CitationNot recorded in registry
Covered actors
Anyone conducting election campaigning, publishing, displaying, distributing, or broadcasting realistic synthetic audio, images, or video made using AI or similar technology.
Neutral effect or obligation summaryNot recorded in registry
DatesNot recorded in registry
Verified dateNot recorded in registry
Evidence boundary
Direct evidence section in the cited Markdown dossier; official URLs are reproduced from that section.
Synthetic MediaArtificial IntelligencePlatform Safety And ContentElections And Political ContentProvenance And Labeling
Electronic financial transactions and identity/authentication
Law Or Treaty
CitationNot recorded in registry
Covered actors
Financial companies and electronic financial businesses selecting, issuing, using, or managing access media and processing electronic financial transactions.
Neutral effect or obligation summaryNot recorded in registry
DatesNot recorded in registry
Verified dateNot recorded in registry
Evidence boundary
Direct evidence section in the cited Markdown dossier; official URLs are reproduced from that section.
Synthetic MediaIdentity And KycBiometricsFraud And ImpersonationFinancial Services
Cybersecurity and critical information infrastructure
Type not recorded
CitationNot recorded in registry
Covered actors
Government and public institutions, critical information infrastructure operators, information-system operators, financial companies, and service providers as specified by each law.
Neutral effect or obligation summaryNot recorded in registry
DatesNot recorded in registry
Verified dateNot recorded in registry
Evidence boundary
Direct evidence section in the cited Markdown dossier; official URLs are reproduced from that section.
Synthetic MediaArtificial IntelligenceIdentity And KycFraud And ImpersonationCybersecurityFinancial ServicesProvenance And Labeling
