South Korea AI Basic Act (in force 2026-01-22)

Baseline duties for AI operators, heightened duties for "high-impact" AI in sensitive sectors, and AI-content labelling

From clause to evidenceThe chain from Korea AI Act AI Basic Act to its evidence record, in 6 steps; the text alternative lists them and the facts under the figure state each in full.ClauseKorea AI ActAI Basic ActDuty holderNot statedApplies from2026-01-22Grace periodArtefactRisk registerfor…LayersLayer 01Layer 02Layer 04Evidence recordEvidence recordv1Same topic in 28 frameworks (251 clauses): EU AI Act, ISO 42001, NIST AI RMF, TC260 Framework 3.0, ISO 23894, CSA AICM,UK ATRS and 21 moreAs of 2026-09-24 · illustrative, not a claim of conformity From clause to evidenceThe chain from Korea AI Act AI Basic Act to its evidence record, in 6 steps; the text alternative lists them and the facts under the figure state each in full.ClauseKorea AI Act · AI Basic ActDuty holderNot statedApplies from2026-01-22 · Grace periodArtefactRisk register for high-impact…LayersLayer 01Layer 02Layer 04Evidence recordEvidence record v1Same topic in 28 frameworks (251 clauses):EU AI Act, ISO 42001, NIST AI RMF, TC260Framework 3.0, ISO 23894 and 23 moreAs of 2026-09-24illustrative, not a claim of conformity
From clause to evidence Build the artefact, then file every output it produces as a record that names AIGE-OBL-KR-AIBASIC. Drawn from chapter 08.
Text alternative
  • Clause: Korea AI Act, AI Basic Act.
  • Duty holder: Not stated.
  • Applies from: 2026-01-22, Grace period.
  • Artefact: Risk register for high-impact….
  • Layers: Layer 01, Layer 02, Layer 04.
  • Evidence record: Evidence record v1.
  • Record schema: Evidence record.
  • The same topic in 28 other frameworks; the crosswalk section below links each clause.
Id
AIGE-OBL-KR-AIBASIC
Instrument
South Korea AI Basic Act law
Clause
AI Basic Act
Applies from
Grace period · MSIT announced a guidance period of at least one year that holds back fact-finding and fines except in exceptional cases, while the duties apply

The artefact that evidences it

Risk register for high-impact AI; AI-use notification; AI-content labelling.

Patterns that build it

No pattern in the catalogue names this clause on its "Maps to" line yet; the artefact above is the engineering answer.

The same topic in other frameworks

From the topic crosswalk: the clauses filed under the same topics as this one. Mappings are illustrative, not a claim of conformity.

Risk management

Governance and accountability

Documentation and transparency

Human oversight

Robustness, security and evaluations

Incident response and monitoring

Content provenance and deepfakes

Source

Chapter 08, section Other jurisdictions, checked against its sources on the review date above.

Machine-readable

Cite this obligation

García Aibar, J. (2026). South Korea AI Basic Act (in force 2026-01-22) (AIGE-OBL-KR-AIBASIC). In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis & Body of Knowledge (v0.5.0). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197. https://aigovernanceengineer.com/obligations/aige-obl-kr-aibasic. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026obligation,
  author       = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title        = {{South Korea AI Basic Act (in force 2026-01-22) (AIGE-OBL-KR-AIBASIC)}},
  howpublished = {In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis \& Body of Knowledge},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {0.5.0},
  doi          = {10.5281/zenodo.22956197},
  url          = {https://aigovernanceengineer.com/obligations/aige-obl-kr-aibasic},
  note         = {Version 0.5.0}
}