# South Korea

- **Record type**: Jurisdiction profile
- **Short name**: South Korea
- **ISO code**: KR
- **Type**: country
- **Region**: Asia / Eastern Asia

## In brief

South Korea has 1 recorded AI policy instrument, 1 of them binding and 1 in force. Instruments on record: Framework Act on the Development of Artificial Intelligence and Establishment of a Foundation for Trust (2025, act, in force). Korea's AI Basic Act is a comprehensive framework statute combining industrial promotion with trust and safety rules.

## Overview

Korea's AI Basic Act is a comprehensive framework statute combining industrial promotion with trust and safety rules.

## Regulatory status

Instruments on record: Framework Act on the Development of Artificial Intelligence and Establishment of a Foundation for Trust (2025, act, in force). Each is linked to its official source; human verification pending.

## What is binding and what is guidance

Binding: Framework Act on the Development of Artificial Intelligence and Establishment of a Foundation for Trust. Strategy or guidance: none recorded.

## How to use this profile

- Open the official source on each instrument before relying on any date or obligation.
- Treat strategies and guidance as signals of coming regulation, not as binding requirements.

## Official sources

- Framework Act on the Development of Artificial Intelligence and Establishment of a Foundation for Trust (AI Basic Act, Act No. 20676) — Korea Ministry of Government Legislation, National Law Information Center — https://www.law.go.kr/lsInfoP.do?lsiSeq=268543

## Instruments recorded for this jurisdiction (1)

- **Framework Act on the Development of Artificial Intelligence and Establishment of a Foundation for Trust (AI Basic Act, Act No. 20676)** — Act / statute, In force, binding
  - Record: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/south-korea-framework-act-on-the-development-of-artificial-intelligence-and-establishment-of-a-foundation-for
  - Context file: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/south-korea-framework-act-on-the-development-of-artificial-intelligence-and-establishment-of-a-foundation-for.md

## Provenance

- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/ai-regulation-south-korea
- **Official source**: https://www.law.go.kr/lsInfoP.do?lsiSeq=268543
- **Source document**: Framework Act on the Development of Artificial Intelligence and Establishment of a Foundation for Trust (AI Basic Act, Act No. 20676)
- **Published by**: Korea Ministry of Government Legislation, National Law Information Center
- **Review status**: verified
- **Confidence**: medium
- **Facts last confirmed**: 2026-09-26
- **Confirmed by**: AI Policy Tracker (see https://aipolicytracker.org/reviewers)
- **Retrieved**: 2026-09-27
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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