Republic of Korea: Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism's enforcement regulations implementing amendments to Game Industry Promotion Act (Law No. 20485) come into force

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Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism's enforcement regulations implementing amendments to Game Industry Promotion Act (Law No. 20485) come into force

On 23 April 2025, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism Enforcement Regulations of the Act on the Promotion of the Game Industry under Decree No. 594 entered into force. The Enforcement Regulations specify procedures for age classification applications, reporting of content modifications, and the designation and re-designation of self-rating operators. They also define criteria for assessing speculative elements in games and outline measures in response to unauthorised content changes. The Game Rating and Administration Committee is assigned responsibility for applying these criteria, processing classification decisions within set timeframes, and verifying documentation submitted by self-rating operators.

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Scope

Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation authority governance
Regulated Economic Activity
software provider: other software
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government

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2025-04-18
adopted

On 18 April 2025, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism adopted updated Enforcement Regulatio…

2025-04-23
adopted

On 23 April 2025, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism Enforcement Regulations of the Act on…