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Despite technical prominence, South Korea is held back by political turbulence. The United Nations has only considered South Korea a Developed Country as of 2021<ref>https://www.korea.net/AboutKorea/Economy/Koreas-Rise-to-a-Developed-Country</ref>, and as of 2025, | Despite technical prominence, South Korea is held back by political turbulence. The United Nations has only considered South Korea a Developed Country as of 2021<ref>https://www.korea.net/AboutKorea/Economy/Koreas-Rise-to-a-Developed-Country</ref>, and as of 2025, nine of thirteen Korean presidents were either exiled, removed by coup, forced to resign, assassinated, arrested or impeached<ref>https://lemmy.ml/post/26713143</ref>. South Korea has an active ceasefire with [[North Korea]]<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Armistice_Agreement</ref>, and has issued Martial Law as recently as 2024<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_South_Korean_martial_law_crisis</ref>, giving the military sweeping powers including search without warrant<ref>https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2024/12/falqs-south-korean-martial-law/</ref>. | ||
== References == | |||
Revision as of 06:40, 4 March 2025
South Korea, formally known as Republic of Korea, is a country in southeast Asia and home of conglomerates including Samsung, LG, and Hyndai.
Consumer Protection
South Korea legally mandates at least a 7-day return policy for most goods bought online[1].
The Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) is one of the worlds strictest data privacy laws, requiring companies to obtain explicit consent before collecting personal information[2], requires companies to accept information deletion requests[3], and requires personal information to be destroyed after it's collection purpose has been achieved[4]. In addition, service providers are required to deactivate accounts that haven't been used in over 2 years to protect personal data.[5].
Incidents
In 2009, a blogger was arrested for publishing messages online to damage public interest. In 2010, the law used to charge the blogger was deemed unconstitutional[6].
Political Uncertainty
Despite technical prominence, South Korea is held back by political turbulence. The United Nations has only considered South Korea a Developed Country as of 2021[7], and as of 2025, nine of thirteen Korean presidents were either exiled, removed by coup, forced to resign, assassinated, arrested or impeached[8]. South Korea has an active ceasefire with North Korea[9], and has issued Martial Law as recently as 2024[10], giving the military sweeping powers including search without warrant[11].
References
- ↑ https://www.gowonderfully.com/post/a-foreigner-s-guide-to-online-shopping-refunds-and-returns-in-south-korea
- ↑ https://www.dlapiperdataprotection.com/?t=collection-and-processing&c=KR#insight
- ↑ https://developer.slashid.dev/docs/access/concepts/data-protection-compliance/south-korea-privacy
- ↑ https://www.breachrx.com/global-regulations-data-privacy-laws/south-korea-personal-information-act-2/
- ↑ https://help.naver.com/service/5640/contents/21466?lang=en
- ↑ https://law.bepress.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1389&context=unswwps-flrps12
- ↑ https://www.korea.net/AboutKorea/Economy/Koreas-Rise-to-a-Developed-Country
- ↑ https://lemmy.ml/post/26713143
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Armistice_Agreement
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_South_Korean_martial_law_crisis
- ↑ https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2024/12/falqs-south-korean-martial-law/