{"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)","short_title":"Framework Act on the Development of Artificial Intelligence and Establishment of a Foundation for Trust","jurisdiction":"south-korea","instrument_type":"act","status":"in_force","is_binding":true,"issuing_body":"National Assembly of the Republic of Korea; competent ministry Ministry of Science and ICT","summary_plain":"Korea's AI Basic Act is a comprehensive framework statute combining industrial promotion with trust and safety rules. It gives a legal basis for a national AI master plan every three years and the National AI Committee, supports R&D, data, standardisation and SMEs, and imposes duties on operators of high-impact AI (risk management, explanation, human oversight) and transparency duties to notify users of generative AI output. Foreign operators above a threshold must designate a domestic representative. It was promulgated in January 2025 and took effect on 22 January 2026 after a one-year grace period.","adopted_on":"2025-01-21","in_force_on":null,"applies_from":null,"official_source_url":"https://www.law.go.kr/lsInfoP.do?lsiSeq=268543","last_verified_at":null,"review_status":"pending_review","confidence_level":"high","updated_at":"2026-09-11T14:53:07+00:00","url":"https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/south-korea-framework-act-on-the-development-of-artificial-intelligence-and-establishment-of-a-foundation-for","status_note":"Official page is in Korean; law number, promulgation date (2025-01-21) and enforcement date (2026-01-22) were confirmed from it. The 26 December 2024 plenary passage date comes from search results rather than the fetched page. English title is the commonly used translation; an official English text was not fetched.","scope_summary":"Scope is as set out in the official text linked below. Issued by National Assembly of the Republic of Korea; competent ministry Ministry of Science and ICT. Oversight: Ministry of Science and ICT as competent authority; presidential National AI Committee; AI Safety Institute. Stated purpose: Promote the AI industry while establishing trust obligations for high-impact and generative AI.","who_it_applies_to":null,"key_dates_summary":"2024-12-26: Passed by the National Assembly plenary; 2025-01-21: Promulgated as Act No. 20676; 2026-01-22: Act enters into force","penalties_summary":null,"what_organizations_must_do":null,"published_on":null,"date_notes":"Only the announcement or adoption date is recorded from the source; in-force and application dates are to be confirmed by a reviewer.","taxonomy":[],"sections":[],"obligations":[],"applicability_rules":[],"deadlines":[],"versions":[],"enforcement_events":[],"procurement_rules":[],"sources":[{"title":"Framework Act on the Development of Artificial Intelligence and Establishment of a Foundation for Trust (AI Basic Act, Act No. 20676)","publisher":"Korea Ministry of Government Legislation, National Law Information Center","url":"https://www.law.go.kr/lsInfoP.do?lsiSeq=268543","document_date":"2025-01-21","document_type":"legislation","tier":1,"tier_label":"Official primary source (government, legislature, regulator, court, standards body, intergovernmental)"}],"related_policies":[],"related_frameworks":[],"faq":[],"source":{"official_source_url":"https://www.law.go.kr/lsInfoP.do?lsiSeq=268543","source_title":"Framework Act on the Development of Artificial Intelligence and Establishment of a Foundation for Trust (AI Basic Act, Act No. 20676)","source_publisher":"Korea Ministry of Government Legislation, National Law Information Center","source_document_date":"2025-01-21","source_reference":null,"source_tier":1,"last_checked_at":"2026-09-11","last_verified_at":null,"review_status":"pending_review","confidence_level":"high","content_version":1,"change_summary":"Imported from the source-backed legacy dataset (database/data/ai_policies.json); fields limited to what the official source page states. Reviewer to enrich scope, dates and obligations.","reviewed_by":null}}