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'''South Korea''', formally known as '''Republic of Korea''', is a country in East Asia and home of conglomerates including [[Samsung]], [[LG]], and [[Hyndai]].

~~== Consumer Protection ==~~

==Incidents==

South Korea legally mandates at least a 7-day return policy for most goods bought online.<ref>https://www.gowonderfully.com/post/a-foreigner-s-guide-to-online-shopping-refunds-and-returns-in-south-korea</ref>

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,<ref>https://www.dlapiperdataprotection.com/?t=collection-and-processing&c=KR#insight</ref> requires companies to accept information deletion requests,<ref>https://developer.slashid.dev/docs/access/concepts/data-protection-compliance/south-korea-privacy</ref> and requires personal information to be destroyed after it's collection purpose has been achieved.<ref>https://www.breachrx.com/global-regulations-data-privacy-laws/south-korea-personal-information-act-2/</ref> In addition, service providers are required to deactivate accounts that haven't been used in over 2 years to protect personal data.<ref>https://help.naver.com/service/5640/contents/21466?lang=en</ref>

== 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<ref>https://law.bepress.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1389&context=unswwps-flrps12.</ref>

== Political Uncertainty ==

==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,<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 ==

==References==

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 '''South Korea''', formally known as '''Republic of Korea''', is a country in East Asia and home of conglomerates including [[Samsung]], [[LG]], and [[Hyndai]].
-== Consumer Protection ==
+==Incidents==
-South Korea legally mandates at least a 7-day return policy for most goods bought online.<ref>https://www.gowonderfully.com/post/a-foreigner-s-guide-to-online-shopping-refunds-and-returns-in-south-korea</ref>
-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,<ref>https://www.dlapiperdataprotection.com/?t=collection-and-processing&c=KR#insight</ref> requires companies to accept information deletion requests,<ref>https://developer.slashid.dev/docs/access/concepts/data-protection-compliance/south-korea-privacy</ref> and requires personal information to be destroyed after it's collection purpose has been achieved.<ref>https://www.breachrx.com/global-regulations-data-privacy-laws/south-korea-personal-information-act-2/</ref> In addition, service providers are required to deactivate accounts that haven't been used in over 2 years to protect personal data.<ref>https://help.naver.com/service/5640/contents/21466?lang=en</ref>
-== 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<ref>https://law.bepress.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1389&context=unswwps-flrps12.</ref>
-== Political Uncertainty ==
+==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,<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 ==
+==References==
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