Instrument and legal status
Jurisdiction: South Korea
Issuer: Republic of Korea / Ministry of Science and ICT
Publication / adoption date: 2026-08-18
Status: Binding Presidential Decree / subordinate legislation
Effective / applicability date: Current version in force 2026-08-20
Reviewed: 2026-10-03
FACT — official development
Binding Presidential Decree, current version in force from 2026-08-20. Article 25 permits a business to request high-impact AI classification confirmation from the Minister of Science and ICT, submitting the product/service overview, development/training-data overview, materials demonstrating use process/results and other relevant documents. This confirmation procedure is distinct from Article 23 transparency, Article 27 high-impact business duties and Article 28 impact-assessment provisions.
INTERPRETATION — governance relationship
This development should be read within the existing South Korea governance architecture. Its legal force is binding presidential decree / subordinate legislation; the Observatory does not infer broader obligations from its title.
IMPLICATION — enterprise relevance
Separate classification confirmation from transparency, business duties and assessment; apply Korean definitions rather than importing EU classifications.