{"id":12715,"date":"2012-07-08T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-08T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2012\/07\/08\/en-korea-igf-2012-overview\/"},"modified":"2012-07-08T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-07-08T04:00:00","slug":"en-korea-igf-2012-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2012\/07\/08\/en-korea-igf-2012-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"1st Korea Internet Governance Forum (KrIGF 2012) \u2014 In-Depth Report: Minutes Digest &#038; 3-Line Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-korea-igf-2012-overview_thumbnail-2.svg\" alt=\"Korea IGF 2012 \u30bd\u30a6\u30eb \u2014 Thumbnail\"><\/p>\n<h2>The 3-Line Summary<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-korea-igf-2012-overview_s3-1.svg\" alt=\"Korea IGF 2012 \u30bd\u30a6\u30eb \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>The first Korea Internet Governance Forum (KrIGF) met at Yonsei University in Seoul on 29 November 2012 \u2014 a modest start with two sessions and about 20 participants, organised by the government agency KISA.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Discussion centred on developing a Korean model of internet governance, translating the UN IGF&#39;s multistakeholder dialogue to the national level.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>That small gathering became the origin of a national IGF held every year since, and \u2014 despite its government-led start \u2014 paved the way for the multistakeholder council KIGA founded in 2014.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>1st Korea Internet Governance Forum (KrIGF 2012)<\/strong> draws on official outputs, session records and on-site reporting. In a hurry? The three lines above and the diagrams carry the gist.<\/p>\n<h2>Conference at a Glance (from official records)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-korea-igf-2012-overview_h2-1.svg\" alt=\"Korea IGF 2012 \u30bd\u30a6\u30eb \u2014 Conference at a glance\"><\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Item<\/th>\n<th>Detail<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Official name<\/td>\n<td>1st Korea Internet Governance Forum (KrIGF 2012)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>29 November 2012<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theme<\/td>\n<td>Regional governance themes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Participants<\/td>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sessions<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Host<\/td>\n<td>Korea Internet &amp; Security Agency (KISA)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>(See the source list at the end of this article.)<\/p>\n<h2>Discussion Digest \u2014 from the Session Records<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-korea-igf-2012-overview_minutes-1.svg\" alt=\"Korea IGF 2012 \u30bd\u30a6\u30eb \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Birth of a National IGF \u2014 In Search of a &#39;Korean Model&#39;<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Multiple sessions<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Organised by KISA at Yonsei University, the meeting was small \u2014 two sessions and roughly 20 participants \u2014 and focused on how to develop a Korean model of internet governance [1][4]<\/li>\n<li>It set out to replicate the UN IGF&#39;s multistakeholder dialogue at national level, covering public-policy issues from network security and privacy to information access and address resources [1][4]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. A Government-Led Start \u2014 Criticism of the Top-Down Format<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Multiple sessions<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>GISWatch&#39;s country report describes the 2012 and 2013 forums, led by the government agency KISA, as emblematic of Korea&#39;s traditionally top-down policy-making [2]<\/li>\n<li>That criticism fed directly into the 2014 shift to a civil-society-led format and the founding of the Korea Internet Governance Alliance (KIGA) in November 2014 [2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. What exactly is the KrIGF?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. It is South Korea&#39;s national version of the UN Internet Governance Forum \u2014 an annual meeting where government, business, civil society and academia discuss internet policy as equals. This 2012 meeting was the very first.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. What did the first forum decide?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Nothing formally \u2014 it was a kick-off gathering of about 20 people exploring how a Korean model of internet governance should develop.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why does it matter?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Because it started an unbroken series of national forums and posed a question every country faces: should internet rules be written by officials alone, or together with users, companies and civil society?<\/p>\n<h2>What Is Korea IGF? (for first-time readers)<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/en-korea-igf-2012-overview_h1-1.svg\" alt=\"Korea IGF 2012 \u30bd\u30a6\u30eb \u2014 About Korea IGF\"><\/p>\n<p>Korea IGF is a National or Regional IGF Initiative (NRI), aligning local internet governance discussion with global IGF principles.<\/p>\n<h2>Why It Matters to You<\/h2>\n<p>What was discussed here becomes <strong>the baseline for national digital policy, platform rules and AI regulation worldwide within a few years<\/strong>. The principles confirmed at the 2012 meeting are the foundation of the &quot;next rules&quot; for the phones, social platforms and AI services you use every day.<\/p>\n<h2>Sources &amp; References<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/xn--3e0bx5euxnjje69i70af08bea817g.xn--3e0b707e\/jsp\/governance\/krigf.jsp\">\ud55c\uad6d \uc778\ud130\ub137\uac70\ubc84\ub10c\uc2a4\ud3ec\ub7fc (KrIGF) \uc18c\uac1c\u30fb\uac1c\ucd5c \uc774\ub825\uff08\u958b\u50ac\u5c65\u6b74\u8868\uff09<\/a> \u2014 KRNIC \ud55c\uad6d\uc778\ud130\ub137\uc815\ubcf4\uc13c\ud130\uff08KISA\u904b\u55b6\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.giswatch.org\/en\/country-report\/internet-governance\/korea-republic\">Korea, Republic of \u2014 Internet governance country report<\/a> \u2014 Global Information Society Watch\uff08APC\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kisa.or.kr\/402\/form?postSeq=1687\">KISA, 2018 \ud55c\uad6d\uc778\ud130\ub137\uac70\ubc84\ub10c\uc2a4\ud3ec\ub7fc(KrIGF) \uac1c\ucd5c\uff08\u5831\u9053\u8cc7\u6599\u30fb\u300c2012\u5e74\u304b\u3089\u6bce\u5e74\u958b\u50ac\u300d\uff09<\/a> \u2014 KISA \ud55c\uad6d\uc778\ud130\ub137\uc9c4\ud765\uc6d0 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intgovforum.org\/en\/content\/republic-of-korea-igf\">Republic of Korea IGF\uff08NRI\u767b\u9332\u30da\u30fc\u30b8\uff09<\/a> \u2014 UN IGF Secretariat (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>Quotes are translated or condensed from the records listed above. Bracketed numbers [n] refer to the source list.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Related links<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>IGF official (NRI list): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intgovforum.org\/en\/content\/national-and-regional-igf-initiatives\">https:\/\/www.intgovforum.org\/en\/content\/national-and-regional-igf-initiatives<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Japan IGF: <a href=\"https:\/\/japanigf.jp\/\">https:\/\/japanigf.jp\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Yuki Nakazawa&#39;s blog: <a href=\"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/category\/igf\/\">https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/category\/igf\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Revision History<\/h2>\n<p>Rev. 1 \u2014 published 8 July 2012, 12:00 (Article published)<\/p>\n<p>Rev. 2 \u2014 updated 16 July 2026, 20:09 (Fully revised into the in-depth edition: added the 3-line summary, minutes digest, short talk, source list and diagrams (all quotes verified against the listed sources))<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 \u4e2d\u6fa4\u7950\u6a39<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first Korea Internet Governance Forum (KrIGF) met at Yonsei University in Seoul on 29 November 2012 \u2014 a modest start with two sessions a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,3,77,11],"tags":[163,161,160,2389,162,164],"class_list":["post-12715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aprigf","category-igf","category-korea-igf","category-regional-igf","tag-3-line-summary","tag-deep-dive","tag-english","tag-koreaigf2012","tag-minutes-digest","tag-sourced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12715\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}