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- Pilot issuance of smartphone-stored digital IDs to start in April
- Feb 11,2022
- A mobile service to verify a person's ID through a smartphone from April will begin trial operation. Shown is digital driver's licenses on smartphones. (Yonhap News) B...
- Denmark: 'prime partner for Digital New Deal cooperation' with Korea
- Sep 15,2021
- Denmark's Tech Ambassador Anne Marie Engtoft Larsen (Danish Embassy in Korea) By Yoon Sojung Photos = Danish Embassy in Korea "My country is a prime collaborative ...
- [Korean New Deal: year one] When digital tech meets administrative services
- Aug 03,2021
- An "AI (artificial intelligence) government," one of the ten leading tasks of the Korean New Deal, aims to provide non-contact and customized public services through new ...
- Verification of vaccination history via QR code to start on July 12
- Jun 23,2021
- From next month, users of multipurpose facilities like restaurants can verify their history of vaccination against COVID-19 by inputting their QR codes when checking in a...
- Korea, Singapore start talks on digital partnership agreement
- Jun 23,2020
- Minister for Trade Yoo Myung-hee (right) and Singaporean Minister for Trade and Industry Chan Chun Sing on June 22 announce via videoconferencing the launch of negotiatio...
- Asia-Pacific gov’ts highlight civic participation for the goal of an open government
- Nov 06,2018
- The Open Government Partnership Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting 2018 opened on Nov. 5 at the Westin Chosun Hotel, Seoul. Panel discussion speakers introduce cases of the op...
- OECD countries emphasize digital transformation in e-government sector
- Oct 30,2018
- Minister of the Interior and Safety Kim Boo Kyum emphasizes the importance of digital transformation by actively applying new technologies to the public sector at the ope...
- Automated immigration service opens for non-Koreans residents
- Oct 01,2018
- The Smart Entry Service, automated immigration inspection gates, has become available to non-Korean residents entering any airport or port across the country starting Oct...
- Korea tops 2018 UN e-gov't development survey
- Jul 23,2018
- Korea tops the 2018 U.N. e-Government Survey for online participation, and ranks third in terms of e-government development. Pictured, policy makers from 10 countries par...
- Non-Korean residents participate in local elections
- Jun 15,2018
- Lin Chun Li, a Korean resident with Chinese citizenship, smiles after voting in the seventh round of quadrennial local elections, at Wongok High School polling station No...