Republic of Korea: Labelling and disclosure requirements in Law amending Game Industry Promotion Act (Bill no. 2120110/ Law no. 19242)

Progress

Current status
in force
22 Mar 2024 in force
27 Feb 2023 adopted
20 Feb 2023 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
Republic of Korea
Policy Area
Consumer protection
Policy Instrument
Fair marketing and advertising practice requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
software provider: other software
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

22 Mar 2024
in force

Implemented Law amending Game Industry Promotion Act including labelling and disclosure requirements (Bill no. 2120110/ Law no. 19242)

On 22 March 2024, the law amending the Game Industry Promotion Act, labelling and disclosure requirements (Bill no. 2120110/ Law no. 19242), was implemented. The law establishes a new definition for probability items, encompassing in-game items whos…

Source
Event type law
Action type implementation
Government branch legislature
Government body parliament
27 Feb 2023
adopted

Adopted Bill amending Game Industry Promotion Act including labelling and disclosure requirements (Bill no. 2120110)

On 27 February 2023, the Bill amending the Game Industry Promotion Act, including labelling and disclosure requirements (Bill no. 2120110), was adopted by the National Assembly of South Korea. The Bill introduces a new definition for probability ite…

Source
Event type law
Action type adoption
Government branch legislature
Government body parliament
20 Feb 2023
under deliberation

Introduced Bill amending Game Industry Promotion Act including labelling and disclosure requirements (Bill no. 2120110)

On 20 February 2023, the Bill amending the Game Industry Promotion Act, including labelling and disclosure requirements (Bill no. 2120110), was introduced to the National Assembly. The Bill would introduce a new definition for probability items, enc…

Source
Event type law
Action type introduction
Government branch legislature
Government body parliament