Born2Global Centre, which supports technology companies' global expansion, announced on December 17th that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Continental Automotive Korea, a global German company, on the 16th.
Consequently, Born2Global Centre is planning to start verifying technologie .... Read more
Alchera, an AI image recognition startup and a member company of Born2Global Centre, has revealed its strategy and vision just before being listed on the KOSDAQ market as of December 21.
Alchera provides a complete solution that covers collecting and editing of large-capacity image data, deep lea .... Read more
South Korean artificial intelligence (AI) developer VUNO Inc. joined the first batch of innovative medical device companies certified by the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) on Dec. 1, being categorized as an innovative takeoff-type business.
As the soaring exports of South Korean COVID-19 t .... Read more
Ookla, a U.S.-based web service that ranks internet connection worldwide, on Oct. 28 said Korea had the fastest mobile internet speed among 138 countries surveyed. (Screen capture from website of Speedtest's Global Index chart on left and Speedtest Awards' chart on right)
By Kim Minji
kimmj7725@ .... Read more
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Korea is rising as a production base for vaccines and medication. Pictured here are researchers at SK Bioscience on Nov. 15 working at a lab. (Yonhap News)
Kim Minji and Lee Hana
Korea is rising as a production base for vaccines and medication for the COVID-19 pandemic.
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lululab, a member company of Born2Global Centre, has successfully attracted Series B funding from Netmarble, Korea's leading game developer, as well as from other companies.
In addition to Netmarble, the firms L&C Bio, Global Medical Research Center, and CTK Investment are participating in this S .... Read more
BlueSignal, a member company of the Born2Global Centre and Sejong Technopark, uses an AI-based traffic prediction engine to develop diverse platform services that offer various traffic information, tailored to the needs of the transportation industry and related industries.
The company develops innovativ .... Read more
MORAI, Inc., a member company of Born2Global Centre and Sejong Technopark, has successfully secured US$1.8M in Series A funding round. The round includes investment from Kakao Ventures and Korea Credit Guarantee Fund (KODIT) as well as from an existing investor Naver D2SF (Naver D2 Startup Factory).
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Korean startup Autonomous a2z has garnered a seed investment of $1.9 million to develop autonomous mobility solutions for the Korean market.
Founded in 2018, Autonomous a2z said it has started commercialization of ongoing projects and can provide services ranging from recognition of surrounding c .... Read more
Quantum Gate, a Korean startup that specializes in smart traffic safety solutions, has been authorized by the Korean government to sell its intelligent vehicle speeding alarm system, UXDFS (User Experience Intelligent Driver Feedback System). Quantum Gate is a member company of Born2Global Centre and .... Read more
BlueVisor, a member company of Born2Global Centre, placed second in the latest Fintech Unicorn Battle in Asia, receiving recognition for its technological prowess and business viability.
The Fintech Unicorn Battle in Asia is a global pitch competition organized by Startup.Network. It provides an .... Read more
Born2Global Centre, in collaboration with the ProColombia, hosted the Korea-Colombia startup online meetup focused on building bilateral partnerships (Joint Venture partnership prototypes) between startups of Colombia and Korea on November 26.
The online meetup is designed to promote aspiring ent .... Read more
IDB Lab and Born2Global Centre launch a new initiative for promoting deep tech exchange in IDB member countries by supporting the formation of partnership prototypes between startups in Latin America and the Caribbean and Korea.
Learning from South Korea’s successful COVID-19 experience with deep te .... Read more
Image deciphering technology and a medical engineering Ph.D. join forces
When JLK was first founded by CEO Kim Won-tae in 2014, the company specialized in display testing equipment that combined simple AI technologies and image deciphering technologies.
In order to expand the company’s busine .... Read more
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Toss Lab was founded by four entrepreneurs who joined forces with the aim of becoming the greatest B2B startup in Asia. Kim Dae-hyeon, Toss Lab’s CEO, founded the company after gaining experience at big-name companies like LG and TMON.
Doubling ann .... Read more
SecuLetter, a member company of the Born2Global Centre, recently has signed a partnership agreement with BlueZebra, a Thai information security company, on the supply of SecuLetter's products. SecuLetter has been an active member company of the Born2Global Centre.
BlueZebra is a mid-sized Managed Securit .... Read more
As a response to heightened global interest in Korea's exemplary response to COVID-19, the government on Oct. 12 published the English-language book "All About Korea's Response to COVID-19."
By Lee Hana and Lee Jihae
http://www.korea.net/Government/Current-Affairs/National-Affairs/view?articleId=569 .... Read more
Korea this year ranks eighth in global digital competitiveness according to the Switzerland-based International Institute for Management Development (IMD). (IMD homepage)
By Kim Hyelin and Yoon Sojung
Korea ranks eighth this year in digital competitiveness, up two notches from last year.
Th .... Read more
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy on Oct. 13 held a demonstration of a noncontact delivery service featuring drones and autonomous robots on Jangdo Island off the coast of Yeosu, Jeollanam-do Province. The photo shows a delivery robot used at the event. (GS Caltex)
Kim Young Deok and Yoon Sojung .... Read more
The Ministry of Science and ICT on Oct. 15 said it will supply an unlicensed 6-gigahertz frequency band. The photo shows a KT technician on Sept. 24 installing equipment to boost Wi-Fi quality at a market in Seoul's Jung-gu District. (Yonhap News)
Xu Aiying and Yoon Sojung
The speed of Wi-Fi will get fi .... Read more
Incheon International Airport on Oct. 14 became the world's first airport to launch trial services for indoor self-driving vehicles (right) and cart robots. (Incheon International Airport Corp.)
By Lee Kyoung Mi and Lee Jihae
Incheon International Airport on Oct. 14 became the world's first airpor .... Read more
Opensignal, a London-based mobile analytics company, said in its report "Benchmarking the global 5G user experience – October update" that Korea has the world's second-fastest average 5G speed at 336.1 Mbps after Saudi Arabia (377.2). (Yonhap News)
Kim Young Deok and Lee Jihae
This is according to Ope .... Read more
By Xu Aiying and Lee Jihae
"I'm so busy, so busy."
Robots on Oct. 8 looked quite busy at the Yeoksam Station branch of No Brand Burger in Seoul's Gangnam-gu District. A cooking robot was baking buns and frying patties based on order sequence and menu item. After cooking, it piled the food o .... Read more
Medical artificial intelligence (AI) solution development company VUNO Inc. announced that it ranked first in the Retinal Fundus Glaucoma Challenge Edition (REFUGE2).
REFUGE2 was organized in conjunction with the 8th workshop of MICCAI(the Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Interventio .... Read more
Toss Lab, provider of the enterprise collaboration tool JANDI, has raised $13 million in a Series B round, bringing its total fundraising to over $20 million. The round was led by SoftBank Ventures Asia, the venture arm of SoftBank Group.
JANDI is an enterprise team collaboration platform with a .... Read more
KASA Korea, a property technology startup, has raised $7.8 million in a pre-series B funding round. The round was led by Korea Development Bank. Northern Light Venture Capital, Kona I Partners, and Kukbo Design also participated in the pre-series B round. With the fresh funds, KASA Korea became to ama .... Read more
Born2Global Centre, with the collaboration of the Argentine Embassy in Korea and the support of IDB Labs, conducted the second online startup meetup on September 16, to promote the possibilities of joint venture.
In light of the recent events of Covid-19 and the shift to the new normal paradigm, .... Read more
President Moon Jae-in on Sept. 3 speaks at the first strategy meeting for the Korean New Deal held at Cheong Wa Dae. (Yonhap News)
By Lee Hana
President Moon Jae-in has announced funding of KRW 170 trillion for projects and businesses related to the Korean New Deal over the next five years and .... Read more
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Korea has shown a remarkable increase in the number of international patent applications filed this year. (Korean Intellectual Property Office)
By Lee Kyoung Mi and Yoon Sojung
Korea in this year's first half showed the world's second-highest increase in the number of .... Read more
The U.S. business magazine Forbes on Sept. 3 ranked Korea third safest for COVID-19 among 100 countries. (Screen capture from Forbes)
Kim Minji and Lee Jihae
Deputy Prime Minister and Economy and Finance Minister Hong Nam-ki, citing a Forbes survey ranking Korea the third safest for COVID-19 among 100 .... Read more
Samsung Display on Sept. 16 released a foldable panel with the world’s smallest curvature for a smartphone screen. (Samsung Display)
Kim Minji and Yoon Sojung
Samsung Display's breakthrough of the smallest OLED curvature on the market means a near-perfect fold for such smartphones.
LG Electronic .... Read more
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport on Sept. 19 held an event at Sejong Lake Park in Sejong Special Self-Governing City to test drones that deliver food, like the one pictured here. (Yonhap News)
Kim Young Deok and Lee Jihae
The event on Sept. 19 was the first time for drones to be shown .... Read more
The artificial intelligence robot Curly in March 2018 prepares its stone for a test match at the Icheon Training Center of the Korea Paralympic Committee. At the time, Curly lost a two-end game against a high school team, 3-0. (Korea.net DB)
Kim Young Deok and Lee Jihae
An artificial intelligence ( .... Read more
The Born2Global Centre has published the "Korea Startup Index 2019," which contains comprehensive information on the Korean startup ecosystem. The Born2Global Centre has been publishing the Korea Startup Index since 2014. Featuring new and exclusive content, it delivers insights on Korea's dynamic startup eco .... Read more
WellsCare, a member company of the Born2Global Centre, recently signed a store contract with b8ta, a famous American flagship store that is dedicated to innovative products. WellsCare has been an active member of the Born2Global Centre since 2019.
Based on the contract, WellsCare will be selling .... Read more
GSIL is solidifying its position as a smart safety company through its successful contracts with large Korean companies in recent years.
GSIL signed an order contract based on the provision of smart safety systems with leading domestic construction companies such as Samsung Engineering, Samsung C .... Read more
Toss Lab -- Series B funding: $13M
Toss Lab, provider of the enterprise collaboration tool JANDI, has raised $13 million in a Series B round, bringing its total fundraising to over $20 million. The round was led by SoftBank Ventures Asia, the venture arm of SoftBank Group.
JANDI is an enter .... Read more
Looxid Labs got selected as one of the winners in the real-time live contest of the world's largest computer graphics conference, SIGGRAPH 2020. Only 9 companies got selected as the finalists among all the candidates from all over the world.
On August 26th, Looxid Labs introduced Looxid Link, a n .... Read more
The AI-based in vitro diagnostic medical device startup Noul was selected as a project to support the RIGHT Fund's program.
Noul's miLab (Micro-Intelligent Laboratory) enables rapid and accurate diagnosis with a fully automated platform for microscopic reading, which is a standard for diagnosis o .... Read more
Bon2Global Centre organized a webinar on the theme of Innovation Ecosystem of Korea and Israel with Ministerio de Economía (MINEC), IDB Lab and Start-Up Nation Central.
This seminar was held at the request of the Minister of Economy, El Salvador. Israel’s government is leveraging, seeking innovative .... Read more
President Moon Jae-in on Aug. 18 gives a speech at Changdeok Girls' Middle School in Seoul's Jung-gu District at a meeting on the "Green Smart School" project.
By Lee Kyoung Mi and Lee Jihae
President Moon Jae-in on Aug. 18 called education "a core investment field for a new future" and said he ho .... Read more
MR TIME, an Apposter's wearable brand, has successfully launched its four smartwatch faces and two straps created through the collaborative efforts of MR TIME and Ducati, an Italian superbike brand, via Makuake, a crowdfunding platform(https://www.makuake.com/project/ducati_edition_strap/). MR TIME is .... Read more
SecuLetter, a member company of the Born2Global Centre, recently has signed a partnership agreement with South African IT security company Afriko on the supply of SecuLetter's products. Seculetter has been an active member of the Born2Global Centre since 2017.
Afriko is a midsize IT company headq .... Read more
A new test kit that confirms the result of a test for COVID-19 within just 15 minutes is expected to reduce the burden of onsite hospital personnel. The photo above is of hospital staff on June 2 testing samples at a screening clinic in Bupyeong-gu District of Incheon. (Yonhap News)
Kim Young Deok and .... Read more
By Kim Young Deok and Yoon Sojung
Video = Seongdong-gu District Office
High-tech bus stops that can protect commuters from viruses and fine dust and shelter them from snow and rain have been launched in Seoul for the first time.
Seongdong-gu District Office on Aug. 10 said the ten "smart shelter" .... Read more
The Japanese economic daily Nihon Keizai Shimbun said its survey of the global market shares of leading products and services found that seven Korean items including smartphones, OLED panels and shipbuilding topped their respective sectors in global market share. The photo above shows a woman on Aug. 8 trying .... Read more
The outdoor self-delivery robot Dilly Drive delivers food to Gwanggyo Alleyway, an apartment complex with public facilities on the lower floors and residences on the upper ones, in Suwon, Gyeonggi-do Province. (Woowa Brothers Corp.)
Kim Young Deok and Lee Jihae
Woowa Brothers plans to advance the tech .... Read more
The Ministry of Science and ICT on Aug. 20 said that by year's end, it will install free Wi-Fi at an additional 10,000 public facilities such as libraries and bus stops. The photo above is of a KT technician installing public Wi-Fi at the public library in Seoul's Eunpyeong-gu District. (KT)
By Xu Aiying a .... Read more
The Ministry of Science and ICT on Aug. 26 announced the plan "Science and Technology Future Strategies 2045" at the 12th meeting of the Presidential Advisory Council on Science & Technology in Seoul. (Ministry of Science and ICT)
A few days ago in 2045, Su-yeong got a new tooth thanks to reproductive st .... Read more
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Election Commission on Aug. 19 held a videoconference with the Organization of American States to share with Latin America the Korean experience of holding a general election amid COVID-19. The photo above is of a voter in Korea's general elections on April 15 .... Read more
President Moon Jae-in on June 29 chairs a meeting of his senior secretaries at Cheong Wa Dae. (Yonhap News)
By Xu Aiying and Lee Jihae
President Moon Jae-in on June 29 said, "We must go beyond defensive responses in the face of a crisis. We must shift to a more proactive stance to turn the global su .... Read more
President Moon Jae-in on June 30 holds a summit via videoconferencing with European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at Cheong Wa Dae. (Yonhap News)
By Lee Hana
President Moon Jae-in on June 30 held a summit via videoconferencing with European .... Read more
President Moon Jae-in on July 14 speaks to a national reporting event for the Korean New Deal at Cheong Wa Dae. (Yonhap News)
By Lee Kyoung Mi and Lee Jihae
President Moon Jae-in on July 14 called his proposed Korean New Deal "a declaration of the Republic of Korea’s great transition into a leading nation .... Read more
President Moon Jae-in on July 14 announces the specifics of the Korean New Deal in a national reporting meeting at Cheong Wa Dae. (Yonhap News)
By Kim Young Deok and Lee Jihae
President Moon Jae-in on July 14 announced the specifics of the Digital New Deal, part of the Korean New Deal, saying "Addin .... Read more
President Moon Jae-in on July 14 gives a speech on his proposed Korean New Deal at Cheong Wa Dae. (Yonhap News)
By Lee Hana
The Korean New Deal plan unveiled by President Moon Jae-in on July 14 is an initiative anchored in part by an eco-friendly strategy of changing Korea from a carbon-reliant economy .... Read more
President Moon Jae-in and seven other world leaders said in an op-ed in The Washington Post posted on July 15 that the world must guarantee equal, global access to a COVID-19 vaccine. (Screen shot from Washington Post)
By Lee Hana
President Moon Jae-in and seven other world leaders said in an op-ed publ .... Read more
Korea's first military communications satellite Anasis-II on July 20 is carried on the rocket Falcon-9 and launched at 5:30 p.m. in Florida at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. (Screen capture from Space X YouTube)
Kim Young Deok and Lee Jihae
DAPA said, "We will secure national defense in spa .... Read more
Deputy ICT Minister Kim Jeong-won gives a speech on July 23 at the opening ceremony of an artificial intelligence-powered identification and tracking system verification at Nuriggum Square in Seoul's Mapo-gu District. (Ministry of Science and ICT)
Lee Kyoung Mi and Lee Jihae
The Ministry of Science .... Read more
VUNO Inc., South Korean artificial intelligence (AI) developer and a member company of the Born2Global Centre, announced that VUNO Med®-Fundus AI™, its AI-based screening solution for the fundus, gained the honor of being the first-ever Innovative Medical Device in Korea by the Ministry of Food a .... Read more
Riiid, a leading AI education solutions startup and a member company of the Born2Global Centre, has successfully secured a USD 41.8 million pre-Series D funding round. The round includes investment from state-run Korea Development Bank (KDB), NVESTOR, Intervest as well as from an existing investor IMM .... Read more
Innopresso, a member company of the Born2Global Centre, recently launched "Mokibo Folio," an independently developed keyboard with an integrated touchpad, on Kickstarter (www.b2ge.fnd.to/mokifolio). The company has accumulated USD 450K through previous crowdfunding campaigns for this product on Wadiz .... Read more
Customers and business owners are raving about new contactless mobile services in Taiwan, a global leader in the fight against COVID-19. 12CM's smart stamp is enabling the most disruptive of these new services to serve customers during the global health crisis.
12CM, a FinTech and O2O service pro .... Read more
Cloudike, a member company of the Born2Global Centre, has deployed a business cloud service in Southeast Asia through a collaboration with Naver Business Platform (NBP). Cloudike has been an active member company of the Born2Global Centre since 2016.
The release was done via Naver Cloud Platform .... Read more
WellsCare, a member company of the Born2Global Centre, will be expanding its presence in the Middle East starting in July. WellsCare has been an active member company of the Born2Global Centre since 2019.
WellsCare recently signed a business partnership contract with Sharaf DG, the largest electr .... Read more
“Korea Startup Index 2019,” the sixth edition in the series has been recently published. According to our current survey, half of the respondents (65%) strongly agreed that COVID-19 will have a negative change in the startup ecosystem. Majority of respondents agreed that change and uncertainty .... Read more
A cybersecurity startup and a member company of the Born2Global Centre, swlDch suggests dynamic, unidirectional QR code technology that can encourage wider user adoption as well as protect user privacy.
Strict measures are eased as the number of COVID-19 cases is falling. However, concerns remain .... Read more
A service that delivers packages to islands and mountainous regions using drones is now becoming a reality.
Package delivery from Incheon to nearby islands is currently conducted using 10 passenger ship routes. However, PABLO AIR, a member company of the Born2Global Centre, plans to use its unman .... Read more
Students learn more efficiently when they are confidently engaged. And deep learning affords such engagement.
Global AI tutor provider and a member company of the Born2Global Centre, Riiid shows why in a recent real-world study demonstrating how personalized intelligent tutoring systems (ITS) pre .... Read more
Vice Minister of Health and Welfare Kim Gang-lip (second from left) on June 24 discusses the government's capacity to respond to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a forum on Korea's response to and tasks in the pandemic at Blue Square in Seoul's Yongsan-gu District.
Kim Young Deok and Lee Jih .... Read more
Dable, a content discovery platform and a member company of the Born2Global Centre, recently published its "Indonesia Media Consumption Trend Report," an analysis of how media content is consumed as a result of COVID-19. The report spans consumption trends for major Indonesian media companies over a three-mon .... Read more
VisualCamp, the eye tracking technology company and a member company of the Born2Global Centre, released version 2.0 of SeeSo earlier this week. VisualCamp has been an active member of the Born2Global Centre since 2017.
SeeSo is a mobile eye tracking SDK (Software Development Kit) for mobile app .... Read more
In early June, Alchera, a member company of the Born2Global Centre, was selected as part of the Plug and Play Japan's Summer/Fall 2020 Program. Alchera has been an active member of the Born2Global Centre since 2019.
Plug and Play Japan is the Japanese office of Plug and Play, a startup accelerato .... Read more
StradVision's AI-based camera perception software is leading the way toward the future for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and Autonomous Vehicles (AVs). The Company continues to expand into the European Union with the strategic hiring of a new EU General Manager. StradVision is a member com .... Read more
A trial run of drone delivery on June 8 was conducted by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute. The photo shows a drone used in the test that was conducted at GS Caltex's Musucheon Stream gas station on Jeju Island. (GS Caltex)
By Kim .... Read more
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries on June 17 announced the launch of a joint working group to develop self-driving ships by 2025. (MOTIE)
By Lee Hana
A national project to develop self-driving ships powered by a smart and autonomous system incorporat .... Read more
Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Sung Yun-mo (right) on June 1 poses with Hyundai Heavy Industries President Ka Sam-hyun in holding an agreement at the signing ceremony for a memorandum of understanding on a construction capacity reservation deal for LNG vessels at Lotte Hotel in Seoul. Qatari Minister .... Read more
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy on June 11 announced a roadmap to make Korea's disinfection model a global standard at the sixth meeting of the Central Economic Response Headquarters at Government Complex-Seoul. The photo shows a medical worker checking equipment used to test for the novel coronavi .... Read more
President Moon Jae-in on June 18 speaks at the office of Douzone, a big data platform company based in Chuncheon, Gangwon-do Province, and talks to staff in charge of developing innovative services using data and artificial intelligence. (Yonhap News)
By Kim Hyelin and Lee Jihae
President Moon Jae .... Read more
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 negotiations on the proposed Korea-Singapore Digital Partnership Agreement. (Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy)
Xu Aiying and Lee Hana
Kore .... Read more
Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang Kyung-wha on May 26 gives a speech in a videoconference on the launch of the Group of Friends for Solidarity and Inclusion with Global Citizenship Education in an event hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Seoul. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Lee Kyoung Mi and Lee J .... Read more
By introducing SecuLetter's security solution, Korea's BNK Busan Bank has strengthened its security against Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) between network connections.
SecuLetter is a Korean information security company and a member company of the Born2Global Centre that develops and supplies .... Read more
Alchera, the leading high-tech company in South Korea and a member company of the Born2Global Centre, with the specialty of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on the facial recognition technology, exported the preventive solution of COVID-19 to San Pedro Square Market, California, on May 18, 2020.
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The National Information Society Agency (NIA) will share with the international community the Korea’s response of COVID-19 using ICT technology and take the lead in international cooperation in ICT-based K-disaster models.
In the meantime, as the World Health Organization (WHO) and major foreign .... Read more
In early May, GSIL, a member company of the Born2Global Centre, successfully finished its installation of a smart safety management system for a construction site operated by Lotte Engineering & Construction (Lotte E&C). GSIL will be providing Lotte E&C's construction site with a smart safety manageme .... Read more
DCART, a member company of the Born2Global Centre, that produces micro-mobility devices, launched its electric wagon, ORGO, in early May via Indiegogo (https://igg.me/at/orgo-electric-wagon/x#/).
The launch on Indiegogo, a crowdfunding platform, allows customers to pre-order the ORGO for a significant di .... Read more
Latin America’s leading gaming and entertainment content publishing company, FHL Games, announced that it will launch blockchain-based user authentication and payment service digital, “KAYBO KEEPIN”, in Google Play Store.
FHL Games Co. LTD, established in 2008, operates the gaming and entertainme .... Read more
12CM (One-two-cee-em), the smart stamp software platform provider and a member company of the Born2Global Centre, has recently inked a collaboration deal with Naver Business Platform (NBP). 12CM has been an active member of the Born2Global Centre since 2018.
NBP is a fully independent subsidiary .... Read more
President Moon Jae-in on May 21 chairs a meeting of CEOs from key industries at the Korea International Trade Association in Seoul's Gangnam-gu District. (Yonhap News)
By Xu Aiying and Lee Jihae
President Moon Jae-in on May 21 pledged to swiftly press ahead with his proposed "Korean New Deal" to minimize .... Read more
President Moon Jae-in on May 14 announces his commitment to fostering venture startups during a meeting with the Next-Generation Global Youth Startup Leaders in Seoul's Gangnam-gu District. (Yonhap News)
By Lee Kyoung Mi and Yoon Sojung
In a meeting with leading young executives in the startup secto .... Read more
4DReplay, a member company of the Born2Global Centre, will be providing its 4DLive solution for Japanese multinational company Softbank's 5G mobile communications service. 4DReplay has been an active member of the Born2Global Centre since 2017.
4DLive is a media technology that enables immersive .... Read more
By Lee Hana
"Korea's success with widespread testing offers a way out for most countries that are stuck in lockdown."
Vox, a U.S. digital media outlet, posted a YouTube video on April 10 titled "The big lesson from South Korea's coronavirus response" that analyzed the country's approach to slo .... Read more
In mid-March, GSIL, a member company of the Born2Global Centre, signed a new contract with the Korean conglomerate Samsung Engineering for the supply of GSIL's smart safety management system to the construction site of Samsung Engineering's Motor Control Center (MCC) at Green Building in Pyeong-taek, .... Read more
SMARTGOLF LLC, a member company of the Born2Global Centre, has successfully launched its smart golf system, SMARTGOLF, via Makuake, a crowdfunding platform.
SMARTGOLF, which launched on April 13 (https://www.makuake.com/project/smartgolf), achieved 4,300 percent of its original crowdfunding goal in seven .... Read more
Bluevisor, a member company of the Born2Global Centre, was selected for the second consecutive year to participate in the NatWest FinTech Accelerator Programme, which is sponsored by the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS).
Bluevisor will be participating in the accelerating program from April through A .... Read more
SendBird, the leading interactions API service for mobile and web applications, today announced that it has acquired core technology and key engineering talent from enterprise video conferencing platform Roundee.io. These resources will be used to rapidly advance SendBird’s recently introduced SendBir .... Read more
French Ambassador to Korea Philippe Lefort (left) on April 23 visits the think tank Institut Pasteur Korea in Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do Province, where he is briefed by an institute staff on the status of Pasteur's treatment of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (French Embassy in Korea)
Song Baleun and .... Read more
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance Hong Nam-ki on April 27 holds a videoconference with economy ministers from around the world at Government Complex-Seoul. (Ministry of Economy and Finance)
By Song Baleun and Lee Jihae
The government this year will allocate from the Economi .... Read more
Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Kim Hyun-mee (left) and Minister of Unification Kim Yeon Chul on April 27 sign a sleeper during a ceremony to mark the start of the Donghae Bukbu Line at Jejin Station in Goseong-gun county, Gangwon-do Province.
By Lee Hana
Photos = Ministry of Land, Infras .... Read more
President Moon Jae-in on April 23 speaks at the naming ceremony of the HMM Algeciras, the world's largest container vessel, at the Okpo shipyard of Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering on Geojedo Island, Gyeongsangnam-do Province.
By Xu Aiying and Yoon Sojung
President Moon Jae-in on April .... Read more
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Retention Period: Until the completion of business
*Reason for information holding by laws and regulations
When it is necessary to preserve the information in accordance with relevant laws and regulations, such as the Promotion of Information and Communication Network Utilization and Information Protection, etc., the Center will keep the member's information for a certain period determined by the relevant laws and regulations. In this case, the Center will only use the information for the purpose that it is kept for, and the period of preservation is as follows:
-Record of identity verification
-Reason for preservation: Information Network Promotion and Information Protection Act
-Retention Period: 1 year
4. Third Party Provision of Personal Information
1-1. The Center till only provide the personal information to the other third parties if they comply with Articles 17 and 18 of the Personal Information Protection Act, including the consent of the subject and special exceptions of the law.
1-2. The Center provides the personal information to the third parties as follows:
Details of Personal Information Provided to Third Parties
- Recipients of the personal information: Future Creation Science Department, Youth Entrepreneurship Foundation, Korea IT Industry Promotion Agency, and other government agencies and public institutions.
- Purpose of the usage of the third parties: Utilize to support related projects and policy data
- Retention Period for the third parties: The collected information is used for obtaining and confirming the information necessary for the project and kept for 3 years after the completion of business
5. Personal Information Processing Consignment
1-1. The Center handles the following personal information processing tasks for a smooth personal information processing.
- Details of Personal Information Processing
o Fiduciary: JIT Korea
o Details of Work: Identification of new service and product development and customized service based on the membership service
o Period of Consignment: Completion of business
1-2. At the conclusion of the contract, the Center shall, in accordance with Article 25 of the Personal Information Protection Act, document the matters such as prohibition of personal information processing other than the purpose of carrying out the entrusted business, technical and managerial protection measures, restriction of re-entrustment, management and supervision of the trustee, And supervise whether the trustee handles personal information securely.
1-3. If the contents of the consignment service or the consignee change, we will disclose it through the personal information processing policy without delay.
6. Link Site
The Center may provide you with links to other centers’ websites. In this case, the Center has no control over the external sites and materials, so the Center caanot be responsible for and cannot guarantee the usefulness of the services provided. Please review the policy of the new site if accessing other website through the links provided by the Center since the privacy policy of the site is not related to the Center.
7. Posting
1-1. The Center values your posts and does its best not to later, tamper, or delete the posts except for the following cases:
- Spamming posts (e.g., lucky letters, 800 million emails, specific site ads, etc.)
- Posts containing false facts that may defame others
- Posts containing invasion of privacy without the consent, violating the Center’s and other’s copyright, etc.
- In order to maintain the desirable bulletin board culture, the Center can delete or modify certain parts of the post.
- The Center categorizes the posts by its topic for easier understanding.
- In other cases, action can be taken after an explicit warning.
1-2. Fundamentally, all rights and responsibilities related to the post are reserved for the author. In addition please inform that voluntarily disclosed information in post is difficult to be protected.
8. The subject can exercise the following rights:
1-1. The subject may exercise the following rights of privacy at any time with respect to the Center.
- Personal information request
- Request correction of an error
- Deletion request
- Request to suspend the processing
1-2. The exercise of the rights under Paragraph 1 may be done through written document, e-mail, fax, etc. in accordance with the Form 8 of the Enforcement Regulations of the Personal Information Protection Act.
1-3. In the event where the subject requires correction or deletion of personal information, the Center will not use or provide the information until the correction or deletion is completed.
1-4. The exercise of rights under Section 8-1 may be done through a legal representative of the subject or an agent. In this case a power of attorney should be submitted according to Form 11 of the Enforcement Regulations of the Personal Information Protection Act.
9. Personal Information Items to Process
1-1. The Center collects the following personal information when registering for the membership to facilitate the customer consultation and other services as well.
<Korean National Register: Phone number>
- Required Items: Name, date of birth, gender, ID, password, e-mail address/mobile phone number. Information of a legal representative and registration certificate required for anyone under the age of 14.
<Corporate/Group Registration>
- Required Items: Group ID, company name, name/phone number/email of the representative, group address, administrator ID, manager contact, and position
- Optional Items: Website and fax number of representative
<Foreigner Registration>
- Required Items: Name, ID, password, security questions, nationality, gender, date of birth, e-mail address, sign-up credentials
- Optional Items: Mobile phone number
We do not collect any sensitive personal information, such as race, ethnicity, ideology, creed, hometown, political tendencies, criminal records, health information, and sex preference, which may be of concern to the user’s basic human rights.
10. The Center will destroy personal information without delay when the purpose of processing personal information is achieved. The procedures, deadlines, and methods of destruction are as follows:
1-1. The information entered by the user is transferred to a separate DB after the completion of the purpose (separate documents in the case of paper) and is stored or destroyed for a certain period of time according to internal policies and other related laws. At this time, the personal information transferred to DB will not be used for other purposes unless it is under the law.
1-2. When the retention period of personal information has elapsed, the information destroyed within 5 days from the end of the retention period. In the event that personal information becomes unnecessary, such as the fulfillment of purpose of processing of personal information, the abolition of service, or termination of business, we will destroy the personal information within 5 days from the day when processing of personal information is recognized as unnecessary.
1-3. Destruction Method
For electronic files, we use a technical method that prevents the reproduction of records. Paper files are either shredded or incinerated.
11. In accordance with Article 29 of the Personal Information Protection Act, the Personal Information Safety Insurance Center carries out the following technical, administrative and physical measures to ensure safety.
1-1. Periodic Self-Audits
We conduct our own audits quarterly to ensure the safety of handling personal information.
1-2. Limiting the number of personnel handling the personal information and proper training
We minimize the number of employees handing the personal information.
1-3. Establishing and implementing an internal management plan
We have established and implemented an internal management plan for the safe handling of personal information.
1-4. Technical measures against hacking
The Center installs security programs to prevent leakage and damage of personal information caused by hacking or computer viruses. Also, we periodically update and check the system, install the system in a restricted area, and technically and physically monitor and block them.
1-5. Encryption of personal information
User's personal information is encrypted, stored, and managed. Only the user can have access to it, and the important data may use a separate security function such as encrypting transmission data or using a file lock function.
1-6. Restrict access to personal information
We take necessary measures to control the access to personal information through granting, modifying, and deleting access rights to the database system that handles personal information. We also control unauthorized access from outside using an intrusion prevention system.
1-7. Lock system for document security
We keep documents with personal information and auxiliary storage media in safe place with locks.
12. Personal Information Protection Officers
1-1. The Center is responsible for the handling of personal information, and has designated a person responsible for the protection of personal information for the complaint handling and damage relief of the subject for the matters regarding personal information processing.
- Personal Information Protection Officer
Name: Tae Wook Kim
Responsibilities: General operation management
Position: Manager
Contact:
- You will be connected to the privacy department.
- Privacy Department
Department Name: Global talent discovery and development team
Manager: Won Hee Hwang
Contact:
1-2. You may contact the person in charge of personal information protection for any personal information protection related complaints and damages remedies. The Center will respond to inquiries without delay.
13. Request to view personal information
1-1. You can request the viewing of personal information in pursuant to Article 35 of the Personal Information Protection Act to the following department. The Center will promptly process the requests for personal information on time.
- Personal information request and processing department
- Privacy Department
Department Name: Global talent discovery and development team
Manager: Won Hee Hwang
Contact:
1-2. You may also request personal information access through the website of the Ministry of Public Administration and Security's "Comprehensive Support for Personal Information Protection" website (www.privacy.go.kr).
▶ Ministry of Public Administration and Security General Support Portal for Personal Information Protection → Personal Information Civilization → Request for Personal Information Request (I-PIN is required for identification)
14. Change of personal information processing policy
1-1. This personal information processing policy will be effective from the listed effective date. If there are additions, deletions, and corrections of the changes according to laws and policies, we will notify them through announcements 7 days before the change.
This service clause is to regulate basic contents like responsibilities, rights, duties, conditions in using the internet website born2global.or.kr (“Service”) provided by Korea ICT Promotion center (“Center”).
Article2 (Validity and alteration)
① This clause is valid to every member who wishes to use the service.
② Contents in this clause are published to the members by presenting them in the service screen or other methods, and when the member who agrees to them signs up for the service, they are valid.
③ The center may alter the clause in a range that does not damage the relevant laws like laws on clause limitations, Telecommunications Business Act, and Telecommunications Framework Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection Act. And publish the alteration immediately in the same method with item2. However, alteration of important regulations on the responsibility or duty of the user should be published at least 7 days before the change.
④ When the member does not agree to the altered clause, the member may suspend the usage of service and cancel the contract.
⑤ When the center notified or noticed the revised clause by item3, and the member did not express the intention of refusal clearly, it is considered to be an agreement to the altered clause.
Article3 (Rules other than clause)
For the contents not included in this agreement, follows the relevant laws like The Telecommunications Framework Act, Telecommunications Business Act or detailed usage guide decided by the center..
Article4 (Definition of terms)
① The definition of terms used in this agreement are as below.
1. Member: Customer who accessed the site and agreed to the clause, and received ID and password, and the qualification and authority are separately managed.
2. User: Person using the service who is not a member.
3. ID (serial number): Combination of English letters and numbers selected by the member and approved by the center for member identification and service usage, only one ID per date of birth can be provided and used.
3. E-mail: Member’s own electronic mail address
4. PASSWORD: Combination of English letters and numbers selected by the member for the protection of member information
5. Operator: A person selected by the center for overall management and smooth operation of the service
6. Suspension of service: During normal use, suspending the provision of service according to certain conditions decided by the center.
2 Definition of terms used in this clause follow the regulations in relevant laws except for the ones regulated in article1, and ones not regulated in relevant laws follow general commercial practice. Chapter2 Service usage contract
Article5 (Formation of usage contract)
① When the member clicks “agree” button to the question "Do you agree with the clause?” it is considered agreed.
② Usage contract is formed by the approval of the center to the application of the member.
Article6 (Usage application)
Usage application is performed by the members writing the items below in the user registration screen of the service.
1. Name
2. E-mail
3. Password
4. Phone
5. Other items decided necessary by the center
Article7 (Approval of the usage application)
The center approves the service usage application to the member who applied by writing down the items in article6.
Article8 (Limitation of the approval)
① The center may disapprove the applications below.
1. When it is technically impossible to provide service.
2. When the name is not real, or in case of false entry using other people’s name
3. Omission or misentry in the user registration contents
4. When the application is damaging or to damage the order of society or good and laudable custom
5. When the customer has lost the membership qualification due to his or her own imputation. However, when it has been more than 6 months from the lost, and when the member has received approval, it is exempted.
6. When other usage application requirements decided by the center are not fulfilled.
7. When a child under the age of 14 failed to get an agreement of the legal representative when agreeing to the private information collection and provision according to the information communications network act
Article9 (Change in contract)
1. When there is a change in the written contents in the application, the member should modify it according to the separate usage method decided by the center. The center is not responsible of the damage to the member caused by the delay of modification.
2. The center may collect and use the membership or other information required to the member by changing it like adding, deleting according to the relevant law or the center’s Privacy Statement. Chapter3 Use of service
Article10 (Commence of service)
① The center commences the service from the time the usage application of a member is approved. However, for some service, the service is commenced from a designated date.
② When it is unable to commence the service because of the disability of duty or technology of the center, notify the member or present on site.
Article11 (Using time of the service)
① The use of service is open Throughout the Year, 24 hours a day in principle. However, the service might be paused because of duty or technology problem of the center, also, in the time decided by the center for operational reason, the service can be paused. In this case, the center will notice it in advance or afterwards.
② The center may divide the service into certain ranges and decided the usage time for each part individually, and notice this in this case.
Article12 (Change or suspension of service)
① The center may notify the changed contents and the date to the members according to the method in article21 item2, and change the provided service. Also, when service provision is unavailable due to ID overlap, the center may set a certain period to require the member to change the ID which is not overlapped. And the center may change the IC collectively in a way that does not change the essential part of the ID because of site integration, change in main policy of the center. In this case, the center may notify the member about the change.
② The center may limit or suspend the service partially or totally in the cases below.
1. When it is necessary due to constructions like repair of service facility.
2. When the member is disturbing the operation of the service
3. When there is a problem in normal use of service due to blackout, facility troubles, flood of access and other reasons.
4. When it is impossible to maintain the service due to situations in the center like termination of contract with the service provider.
5. Force majeure like natural disaster, national emergency.
③ The center may limit the provision of certain services to member of age below 14, member protected by Juvenile Protection Act, member of age below 20, foreign member, corporative member.
③ In case of service suspension according to article2, the center notifies the member in the method regulated in article 21 item 2. However, in case of service suspension which is impossible to notify in advance because of reasons that cannot be controlled by the center(Disk disability without imputation or intention of the operator, system down), this is not applied.
④ The center is not responsible of problems occurring from the suspension, change of service.
Article 13 (Responsibility and duty of members about e-mail)
① The center may provide e-mail service to the member.
② The center does not edit or observe the contents of the member’s e-mail, and each member is responsible for 속 contents in the mail.
③ The member should not send Junk Mail, Spam Mail, chain letters or recommend Pyramid organization, damage other people, or send mails to harm good and laudable custom by the center’s e-mail.
④ The responsibility occurring from violation of item2 is on the member, and in this case, the center may provide the member’s ID, E-mail, PASSWORD to investigative agency.
Article 14 (Provision of information and posting of advertisement)
① The center may post information on the service screen or provide information to the members by e-mail or mail when operating the service.
② The center may post the member’s company information provided by the member (Including the information provided by the member like investment attraction information of the company) on the service screen by the agreement of the member. The center is not responsible of the reliability, accuracy or other contents of the posted information, data, and facts.
③ The center may post advertisements on the homepage, service screen, SMS, e-mail in operating the service, and the member agrees to the advertisement posting when using the service.
④ Member’s usage of the advertisement posted on the service, or participation in the promotion of the advertiser by the service is a problem between the member and the advertiser. If there is a trouble between them, the member and the advertisement should settle the trouble by themselves, and the center is not responsible for that.
Article 15 (Deletion of post or contents)
① The center may delete all contents in the service posted or delivered by members(Include delivery between members) without notice in advance in cases of below, and the center is not responsible.
1. Slandering the center, other members, or a third party, or contents to damage one’s honor by mudslinging
2. When it is a distribution of information, sentence; figure which may harm the public order or good and laudable custom
3. When the contents are admitted that it is relevant to crime.
4. When the contents are invading the copyrights of the center or the third party.
5. When it exceeded the period of posting decided by the center in detailed usage guide in article2.
6. When the contents are not related to the service provided by the center
7. Postings of advertisement, promotion materials which are unnecessary or disapproved.
8. When the contents are posted by stealing other people’s ID, E-mail, name, or the contents are a forgery and alteration of information written by other people.
9. When it does not match the posting’s objective like many postings of same contents
10. When it is judged to be violating other relevant laws or center regulation
② The center may decide detailed usage guide about the postings to proceed it, and the member should follow the regulations to post and delete the postings(Include delivery between members)
Aticle16 (Copyrights of the postings)
① The copyrights of the postings made by the member (Include delivery between members) belong to the member, and the center has the right to post them.
② The center may not use the postings in other purpose without the agreement of the member. However, in case of merger, transfer of a business, integration of sites operated by the center, the center may change the location of the postings without changing the contents.
③ The center does not have civil and criminal liability when the postings of the member in the service invade other people’s copyrights, program copyrights. If the center received proposal order like claiming damages from other people because the member invaded other people’s copyrights, program copyrights, the member should make efforts for the exemption of the center, and when the center is not exempted, the member is responsible for all damages to the center caused by the situation.
④ The center may delete the postings of the member when the member canceled the service or is canceled by legal reasons
⑤ Copyrights of the postings made by the center belong to the center.
⑥ The member cannot use the data posted in the service in profit making purpose like processing, selling the information obtained through the service or make a third party use the information, and the invasion of the postings copyrights will be regulated by relevant laws.
Chapter 4 Duties of contract parties
Article 17 (Duty of the center)
① The center dose not leak or distribute the personal information of the member learned by operation of the service. However, when required by investigation agency for investigation by relevant laws, or when there is a request from Korea Internet Safety Commission, the regulation is exempted..
② In the range of item 1, the center may make and use statistical data on partial or total personal information of the member without agreement in advance relevant to the operation, and may send cookies to the member’s computer for this. In this case, the member may refuse to receive to cookies or change the settings of the computer browser used to warn about the receipt of cookies, and the member is responsible of the service change due to cookies setting change.
③ When complaints of the members about the service, the center should treat the complaints rapidly, and when rapid treatment is not possible, the center should post the reason and treatment schedule on the screen or notify the member by methods like e-mail.
4 When there is no specific regulation in the relevant law about the service usage provided by the center, the center is not responsible.
④ The center observes the laws related to operation and maintenance of service like Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Security Act, Telecommunications Business Act, the Communication Secrets Protection Act.
⑤ When loss of mobile of the member is received by the center, the center sends the contents about the mobile by the member’s e-mail immediately.
Article18 (Duty of member)
① The member should not perform the deed below when using the service.
1. False entry of usage application or modification, or stealing, illegally using the ID and password of other members
2. Copying, distributing, commercially using the information obtained by the service information of the center
3. Defamation or damage to other people
4. Posting obscene materials on the board or linking pornographic sites
5. Invasion of rights like copyrights of the center or the third party.
6. Distributing information, sentence, figure, voice and others which may harm public order or good and laudable custom to people
7. Registering or distributing data infected by computer virus which causes malfunctioning of the facility or destruction of information relevant to service
8. Disturbing the operation of the service intentionally, sending information that may disrupt stable operation of service or advertisement opposed to clear refusal of receiver.
9. Disguising as other people or stating the relationship with other people in false
10. Collecting, saving, opening other member’s personal information
11. Distributing false information to gain profit to themselves or other people, or to damage other people
12. Gambling with assets or act of speculation
13. Assisting act of prostitution or distributing information to mediate obscene act
14. Delivering words, voice, writings, video, or images that cause embarrassment or hate, fear continuously to other people to disturb their normal life.
15. Changing information posted on service
16. Sending or posting the information which is banned to post or send by relevant laws (Including computer program)
17. Disguising or pretending to be the employee or operator of the center, or stealing other people’s name to post articles or to send e-mail.
18. Posting or sending by e-mail a data including software virus, other computer codes, file, program that is designed to disturb and damage the normal operation of computer software, hardware, electronic communication device
19. Troubling other members like stalking
20. Other illegal or unfair cautions
① The member should observe the relevant laws, regulation in this clause, cautions noticed in the service, usage guide, and contents notified by the center, and should not perform deeds to disturb the task of the center.
② The member cannot perform sales activities to sell products except when officially admitted by the center, and especially, cannot do hacking, gaining profit by advertisement, commercial activities through pornographic site, illegal distribution of commercial software. The center is not responsible for the result and damage of sales, legal measures like imprisonment by relative institutes caused by the violation, and the member should make compensation for damages to the center for these acts.
③ The member should provide complete information (Registered information) which is identical with the current facts when registering for the service usage.
④ The member should renew the registered information immediately when there is a change. When the registered or renewed information provided by the member is inaccurate, or when the member did an action stated in article 1, the center may limit or suspend the member’s use of service by article24 in this clause, and also may perform reasonable actions like accusation to investigation agency.
Article 19 (Responsibility and duty of member ID, E-mail, Password management)
① The member is responsible for all results occurring from ID, E-mail and Password’s careless management or illegal use, and the center is responsible for results occurring from the responsible reasons of the center like the system breakdown of the center
② The member should bit let a third party use their ID, E-mail or Password, and when the member is aware that their ID, E-mail or Password is stolen or used by a third party, they should notify the center immediately and follow the guide of the center.
③ The member ID cannot be changed without the agreement of the center in advance.
Article20 (Notice to the member)
① When the center is notifying the member, the center may use the e-mail registered by member.
② The center replaces the individual notice by posting on the service board in case of notice for unspecified individual member.
Article21 (User’s private information protection)
According to relevant laws, the center should make effort to protect the personal information of the member including registered information. The private information protection of the member follows the Privacy Statement decided by the center or relevant laws.
Article22 (Consignment of personal information)
The center should process the tasks like treatment and management of collected personal information (Tasks), but when necessary, the center may consign partial or total task to the selected institutes. Chapter 5 Cancel of contract or usage limit
Article23 (Cancel of contract or usage limit)
① When the member wants to cancel the service usage contract, he or she should apply for cancelation to the center in the site or in the method decided by the center.
③ When the member does not perform the duties of the member regulated in article 19, the center may cancel the usage contract or suspend the service usage without notice in advance.
④ The center may limit the service usage according to the member’s qualification even after the member was provided with the ID and Password by the usage contract.
⑤ About the measures of the center in item 2 and 3, the member may raise an objection according to the procedure decided by the center.
⑥ When it is admitted that the objection in item4 is reasonable, the center reopens the service usage immediately.
Article24 (Ban on transfer)
① The member cannot transfer or give the usage authority of the service and other positions of usage contract to other people and all rights and responsibility including copyrights of the postings belongs to the member who posted them.
② When the center is merged or merged after divestiture, or when the center transfers the service to a third party, so the provision agent is changed, the center may notify the members in the method in article21. In this case, a member who objects the merger, merger after divestiture, or transfer of service, may cancel the usage contract.
Chapter 6 Compensation of damage and others
Article25 (Compensation of damage)
① When the center is damaged by the violation of the clause by the member, the member violating this clause should compensate the damage to the center.
② When the center receives various appeals from a third party, including a claim for damages or suit by the member’s illegal actions or violation of the clause in using the service, the member should exempt the center by his or her cost and risk, and when the center is not exempted, the member should compensate all damages to the center caused by the situation.
Article26 (Exemptions)
① The center is exempted about the responsibility of service provision when it is impossible to provide service due to natural disaster or other force majeure.
② The center is not responsible of usage disability due to the member’s imputation.
③ The center is not responsible of the loss of expected profit by the usage of the service, and other damage caused by the data obtained through the service. The center is not responsible of reliability, accuracy or contents of the information, data, fact that the member posted on the site.
④ The center is not responsible to be involved to the dispute between members or between member and a third party and also is not responsible of compensation of the damage.
Article27 (Competent court)
① When there is a dispute between the center and the member about the usage of service, the center and the member should sincerely discuss to settle the dispute.
② When the dispute is not settled by the discussion in item1, the parties may start a suit to the competent court according to the Civil Procedure Code.
Supplementary provisions (2003. 7. 25.)
(Date of enforcement) This clause is enforced from July 25, 2003.
Supplementary provisions (2006. 6. 16.)
(Date of enforcement) This clause is enforced from June 16, 2006.
Previous clause enforced from July 25, 2003 is substituted by this clause.