By Choonsik Yoo ( September 9, 2025, 04:51 GMT | Insight) -- South Korea will enforce its basic AI law in January 2026 without suspending new regulatory obligations, instead introducing a grace period on rules involving fines. The Ministry of Science and ICT released a draft enforcement decree that outlines obligations such as advance notice, watermarking and definitions of high-performance and high-impact AI systems. Despite calls for a moratorium, the government rejected delaying these regulatory provisions, leaving open the possibility of trade tensions with the US.South Korea confirmed on Monday that it will not suspend regulatory provisions of the basic artificial intelligence law when it goes into effect in January 2026, but instead operate a certain grace period for companies subject to a fine, dismissing concerns by some that the law will deter the domestic AI industry....
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