Enforcement Decree of the Framework Act on the Development of Artificial Intelligence and the Creation of a Foundation for Trust

Summary

Presidential decree implementing Korea's AI Basic Act, in force from 22 January 2026. It defines the defence, intelligence and police AI excluded from the Act (Art. 2), organises the National AI Strategy Committee and the AI Safety Institute, and fills in the Act's trust duties. AI business operators must give prior notice of high-impact or generative AI and may mark generative outputs in human-perceivable or machine-readable form (Art. 23). The Art. 32 safety duties apply to AI systems trained with at least 10^26 floating-point operations that use the most advanced AI technology currently in use and whose risk may broadly and seriously affect life, safety or fundamental rights (Art. 24).

Language

English translation by Korea Legislation Research Institute (KLRI) Open it. The Korean text is authoritative.

Safety topics

Status notes

Enacted as Presidential Decree No. 36053 on 21 Jan 2026 and in force from 22 Jan 2026 (the digital medical device part of Annex 1 from 24 Jan 2026); its addenda repeal the Regulation on the Establishment and Operation of the National AI Strategy Committee and carry the committee over. Presidential Decree No. 36506 of 20 Jul 2026, in force 21 Jul 2026, added Art. 1-2, which lists the AI-vulnerable groups of Art. 3(5) of the Act (among them people with disabilities, people aged 65 or over, recipients of basic livelihood benefits, multicultural families and North Korean defectors), and requires impact assessments to reflect them (Art. 28). Presidential Decree No. 36580 of 18 Aug 2026, in force 20 Aug 2026, made a consequential change to Art. 2. Art. 25 sets the high-impact AI confirmation procedure, with a reply within 30 days. A domestic agent is required of operators with prior-year revenue of KRW 1 trillion or more, AI-service revenue of KRW 10 billion or more, or an average of 1 million or more daily domestic users (Art. 29). MSIT guidelines under the Act cover transparency (KR-04), safety (KR-05), high-impact AI determination (KR-06), high-impact AI operator duties (KR-07) and AI impact assessment (KR-08).

Sources

Open the official source https://www.law.go.kr/법령/인공지능발전과신뢰기반조성등에관한기본법시행령

Secondary source: https://www.law.go.kr/LSW/lsInfoP.do?lsiSeq=282879&chrClsCd=010202&urlMode=lsInfoP&efYd=20260122&ancYnChk=0

Local copy

Verification

History

1. 2026-10-14english_version: – → {"kind": "government translation", "url": "https://elaw.klri.re.kr/eng_service/l — KLRI's English translation of Decree No. 36053, now stored.2026-10-14-refresh-translation-fixes · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
2. 2026-10-14notes: Enacted as Presidential Decree No. 36053 on 21 Jan 2026 after Cabinet approval o → Enacted as Presidential Decree No. 36053 on 21 Jan 2026 and in force from 22 Jan — Removed claims that rest only on press reports (now in verification.note). Added Decree No. 36506 (Art. 1-2, Art. 28), Decree No. 36580, Arts. 25 and 29 from the stored text, and named the guideline records.2026-10-14-refresh-translation-fixes · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
3. 2026-10-14summary: Presidential decree implementing Korea's AI Basic Act, in force with the Act on → Presidential decree implementing Korea's AI Basic Act, in force from 22 January — Rewritten from the Korean text: 'providers' is now 'AI business operators' (인공지능사업자); 최첨단의 인공지능기술 is rendered as 'the most advanced AI technology currently in use' instead of 'frontier-level technology'; Art. 23 now says marking may be human-perceivable or machine-readable. The confirmation procedure moved to notes.2026-10-14-refresh-translation-fixes · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
4. 2026-10-14official_identifier: Presidential Decree No. 36053 (enacted 21 Jan 2026); current version Presidentia → Presidential Decree No. 36053 — The identifier held a description of two versions; it now gives the enactment number only, and the later decrees are in notes.2026-10-14-refresh-translation-fixes · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)

Related records

Korea AI Basic Act South Korea · In force

Korea AISI South Korea · Published (non-binding, current)

Korea AI transparency guideline (Art. 31) South Korea · Published (non-binding, current)

Korea frontier AI safety guideline (Art. 32, draft) South Korea · Draft / proposed

Korea high-impact AI determination guideline South Korea · Published (non-binding, current)

Korea high-impact AI operator duties guideline South Korea · Published (non-binding, current)

Korea AI impact assessment guideline South Korea · Published (non-binding, current)

Citation

President of the Republic of Korea (Presidential Decree); competent ministry: Ministry of Science and ICT, AI Safety and Trust Policy Division. Enforcement Decree of the Framework Act on the Development of Artificial Intelligence and the Creation of a Foundation for Trust [Presidential Decree No. 36053]. 2026-01-21. https://www.law.go.kr/법령/인공지능발전과신뢰기반조성등에관한기본법시행령. Status: In force; verified 2026-10-14 (level A). Local copy archive/KR-03/2026-10-11/official.html retrieved 2026-10-11 19:39:19 UTC, SHA-256 62e1599c79b9c5df32b4982e20cef3a312487b6956b114e54b1198cc280cea05. Every AI Policy Ever, version 1.18 (snapshot 2026-10-18), record KR-03.

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