( August 13, 2026, 03:11 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: South Korea is moving to add 68 dedicated privacy and information-security officials across 36 government bodies as part of a broader effort to strengthen safeguards against data breaches and cyberattacks. The proposed presidential decree, for which public consultation ended Wednesday, cites the growth of large-scale and high-risk personal-data processing driven by artificial intelligence, cloud adoption and the platform economy as the reason for the staffing increase. Of the new positions, 37 would focus on personal-information protection and 31 on information security, with additional staff going to agencies including the interior ministry, justice ministry, foreign ministry, Financial Services Commission, National Tax Service and Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency. The Personal Information Protection Commission would receive five additional staff — four for privacy work and one for information security.Official notice is attached (in Korean)....
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