South Korean Government is looking to become the world’s best e-government as it faces the era of artificial intelligence (AI).
In order to vitalize South Korea’s data economy, it is going to quickly modify subordinate legislation of Personal Information Protection Act and set up a “MyData portal” that allows the people in South Korea to safely distribute their information.
Ministry of the Interior and Safety (MOIS) announced its 2020 Operational Plan that includes “E-Government 2025 Basic Plan” at the Government Complex Seoul on the 2nd.
South Korean Government is going to establish a new roadmap for e-government as it faces the era of digital transformation.
It is going to prepare a basic plan that includes next five-year goals for an AI-based e-government by the end of this year. It is going to expand the use of private clouds and prepare a groundwork to spread public clouds that are the keys to implement AI by introducing an exclusive private digital service contract system. It is going to push for an amendment of Electronic Government Act that is based on promotion of digital administrative innovation and grounds for the spread of intelligent services.
“As the era of digital transformation has approached, we can see limitations of the current e-government system and we are going to create a medium and long-term roadmap in order to prepare opportunities to overcome the old system.” said MOIS. “We are going to prepare the foundation that will help us to become the world’s best e-government once again based on AI.”
MOIS is also going to strengthen legal and institutional support in order to secure data and to vitalize data economy.
South Korean Government is going to open data on new industries and pending social issues that South Korean companies and the people in South Korea need under the principle of complete openness of public data. It is going to establish “MyData portal” that will allow the people to download their information as data and safely distribute their data and expand their rights to use their personal information. While entire certificate needs to be submitted at the moment, one will be able to select minimum amount of necessary data and send it in the near future. South Korean Government is also going to quickly modify subordinate legislation of Personal Information Protection Act that includes use of information under a pseudonym. It is going to focus on reorganizing personal information protection governance. It is also going to focus on deciding whether EU’s GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) is appropriate as soon as possible.
It is going to provide emergency support so that local economies that have struggled due to the novel coronavirus can regain their energy.
In order to help small businesses, it is going to increase the number of local gift certificates set to be issued this year and valued at $2.52 billion (3 trillion KRW). In order to relieve financial burdens for companies that have temporarily closed and for people who have been isolated or diagnosed with the novel coronavirus, it is going to provide tax benefits and financial support. Until the end of the first half of this year, it is going to rapidly carry out local finance worth $11.5 billion (13.7 trillion KRW).
It is going to increase its budget for disaster and safety from $14.7 billion (17.5 trillion KRW) to $17.6 billion (21 trillion KRW) mostly for areas such as infectious disease, climate change, and old facilities that can cause major damage. In order to improve its response system based on types and stages of disasters, it is going to legalize Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters’ Joint Deputy Department Head System that was first introduced in order to deal with the novel coronavirus.
“We are going to implement policies that the people can truly feel changes in prevention and safety and local economy this year.” said Minister Jin Young of MOIS. “We are going to put in maximum efforts in order to lessen anxiety for the people and difficulties within the public economy from the novel coronavirus and continue to innovate ourselves in order to prevent disasters and accidents and to recover local vitality.”
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