{"slug":"south-korea-ai-basic-act-art-36-domestic-representative","id":"AIPT-OBL-0068","permanent_url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-OBL-0068","title":"Foreign AI business operators above the threshold must designate a domestic representative in Korea","short_title":"Domestic representative","category":"governance_accountability","summary":"An AI business operator without an address or place of business in Korea, whose user numbers or revenue meet the thresholds set by Presidential Decree, must designate in writing a domestic representative with an address in Korea. The representative handles the operator's duties under the Act, including submitting the Article 32 safety results, supporting high-impact AI confirmation and cooperating with fact-finding investigations, and the operator is treated as responsible for the representative's acts.\n","practical_action":"Check user and revenue figures against the decree thresholds and appoint a Korean representative by written designation before the duty bites.\n","is_binding":true,"applies_from":"2026-01-22","section":null,"source_reference":"Article 36","official_source_url":"https://www.law.go.kr/lsInfoP.do?lsiSeq=268543","review_status":"verified","confidence_level":"medium","last_verified_at":"2026-09-26","reviewed_by":"Bhaskar Bhatt","actors":["provider","authorized_representative","gpai_provider"],"sectors":["cross_sector"],"use_cases":["generative_ai","customer_service"],"applicability":[{"description":"AI business operators established outside Korea that exceed the Presidential Decree user or revenue thresholds.","actors":["provider","gpai_provider","authorized_representative"],"conditions":null}],"evidence_examples":[{"title":"Written designation of domestic representative","description":null,"artifact_type":"document"}],"framework_mappings":[{"framework":"iso_42001","framework_name":"ISO/IEC 42001:2023","reference":"Clause 5.3; Annex A.10.2","note":"Allocation of responsibilities to an external party.","confidence_level":"medium","is_original":true},{"framework":"nist_ai_rmf","framework_name":"NIST AI RMF 1.0","reference":"GOVERN 2.1","note":"Roles and responsibilities.","confidence_level":"low","is_original":true}],"controls":[{"slug":"contractual-allocation-of-ai-duties","title":"Contractual allocation of AI duties across the supply chain","kind":"contractual","relationship":"satisfies","note":"The written designation and the representative's task list.","confidence_level":"high","url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/controls/contractual-allocation-of-ai-duties"}],"url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/obligations/south-korea-ai-basic-act-art-36-domestic-representative","policy":{"slug":"south-korea-framework-act-on-the-development-of-artificial-intelligence-and-establishment-of-a-foundation-for","title":"Framework Act on the Development of Artificial Intelligence and Establishment of a Foundation for Trust (AI Basic Act, Act No. 20676)","status":"in_force","jurisdiction":"south-korea","url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/south-korea-framework-act-on-the-development-of-artificial-intelligence-and-establishment-of-a-foundation-for"}}