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What's happening behind South Korea's delayed AI law decrees

By Choonsik Yoo ( July 1, 2025, 01:00 GMT | Comment) -- After missing the self-imposed deadline to disclose decrees and rules for its basic artificial intelligence law, all eyes in South Korea are now on the implications of the delay as well as how the major contentious elements will be dealt with before the landmark law goes into implementation in early 2026. MLex understands that the Ministry of Science and ICT intends to keep the regulatory obligations to a minimum level in the decrees, but it still remains to be seen how many of its plans will be approved by the new government.  After missing the self-imposed deadline to disclose decrees and rules for its basic artificial intelligence law, all eyes in South Korea are now on the implications of the delay as well as how the major contentious elements will be dealt with before the landmark law goes into implementation in early 2026....

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