원회	Press Release

To be released at	June 16, 2023 (Friday) 12:00 p.m.

Korea-Malaysia to discuss expanding digital government cooperation

-	A Korean delegation will visit Malaysia to discuss plans to expand cooperation in the digital government.

-	The visit will include a high-ranking official meeting, a cooperation forum, and thematic discussions regarding mutual cooperation.

□	The Ministry of the Interior and Safety (MOIS) will dispatch a government-wide digital government delegation to Malaysia from June 18 to 21, jointly with the Korea Customs Service and the Public Procurement Service.

□	From June 19 to 20, the delegation will meet the Deputy Minister of Economy of Malaysia and senior officials from other ministries, including the Ministry of Finance and the Administrative Modernization and Management Planning Unit, to discuss ways to expand cooperation between the two countries.

○	On June 20, the delegation will co-host the Korea-Malaysia Digital Government Cooperation Forum with MyDIGITAL Corporation of Malaysia to share the latest trends and best practices in each country, followed by thematic discussions with the relevant Malaysian agencies to dole out more concrete plans for cooperation.

□	In particular, the delegation will share Korea’s digital government best practices, focusing on the mobile driver’s license, the electronic customs clearance system (UNI-PASS), and Korea ON-line E-Procurement System (KONEPS).

○	The mobile driver’s license is the MOIS’s latest achievement in mobile identification platform since the mobile government employee ID. It attracted significant attention from around the world as the first case of a nationwide digital identification system powered by blockchain technology.

○	The UNI-PASS of the Korea Customs Service is the top export among Korea’s digital government solutions. The recent UNI-PASS export to Tanzania was worth of 56 billion KRW.

○	The KONEPS developed by the Public Procurement Service has also been exported to and positively received in numerous countries, including Costa Rica, Tunisia, and Jordan.

□	Mr. Hwang Kyu-chul, Director General for Public AI Policy who will lead the delegation, said, “Korea’s digital government efforts have been praised by various international organizations such as Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), United Nations (UN), and World Bank. We will continue to share our experience with other governments and contribute to the digital transformation of the global community by expanding international cooperation.”

Division in Charge	Digital Government Cooperation Division, Digital Government Bureau, Ministry of the Interior and Safety	Manager	Director	SON Sungjoo	(044-205-2781)
		Staff in Charge	Deputy Director	JEON Changseok	(044-205-2792)