{"id":12719,"date":"2014-07-19T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-19T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2014\/07\/19\/en-korea-igf-2014-overview\/"},"modified":"2014-07-19T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-07-19T03:00:00","slug":"en-korea-igf-2014-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2014\/07\/19\/en-korea-igf-2014-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"3rd Korea Internet Governance Forum (KrIGF 2014) \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-2014-overview_thumbnail-2.svg\" alt=\"Korea IGF 2014 \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-2014-overview_s3-1.svg\" alt=\"Korea IGF 2014 \u30bd\u30a6\u30eb \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>The 3rd KrIGF met on 4 July 2014 at D.CAMP, a startup hub in Seoul&#39;s Yeoksam-dong, under the theme &#39;Internet Governance through Participation and Cooperation&#39;, with some 50\u201370 participants.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Held just after the US announced it would relinquish oversight of the IANA functions, it debated Korea&#39;s response to ICANN&#39;s internationalisation and a plan for a standing multistakeholder council at home.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>This edition flipped the forum from government-led to civil-society-led \u2014 a shift that produced the Korea Internet Governance Alliance (KIGA) four months later.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>3rd Korea Internet Governance Forum (KrIGF 2014)<\/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-2014-overview_h2-1.svg\" alt=\"Korea IGF 2014 \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>3rd Korea Internet Governance Forum (KrIGF 2014)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>4 July 2014, 10:00\u201318:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>D.CAMP (Banks Foundation for Young Entrepreneurs), 6F Multipurpose Hall, Yeoksam-dong, Seoul<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theme<\/td>\n<td>Internet Governance through Participation and Cooperation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Participants<\/td>\n<td>50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sessions<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Keynote<\/td>\n<td>Keynote &#39;Multi-stakeholder Model \u2013 under development&#39; by Prof. Kilnam Chon (KAIST)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Host<\/td>\n<td>KrIGF Organising Committee \u2014 proposed by civil society, academia and business; co-hosted with KISA, Naver, Daum, Gabia and Google<\/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-2014-overview_minutes-1.svg\" alt=\"Korea IGF 2014 \u30bd\u30a6\u30eb \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. The IANA Transition \u2014 The US Lets Go; Where Does Korea Stand?<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Workshop 1 &#39;ICANN\/IANA internationalisation and Korea&#39;s position&#39; (11:00\u201312:30, moderated by Prof. Lee Young-eum, KNOU)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Coming right after the March 2014 NTIA announcement that the US would hand over stewardship of the IANA functions, KAIST&#39;s Lee Dong-man presented on the transition, debated by Open Net&#39;s Jeon Eung-hwi and KISA&#39;s Hwang In-pyo [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>At stake was how Korea would engage as control of the internet&#39;s core resources moved from US oversight to a global multistakeholder arrangement [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. Keynote by Kilnam Chon \u2014 Korea&#39;s &#39;Father of the Internet&#39; on Multistakeholderism<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Keynote &#39;Multi-stakeholder Model \u2013 under development&#39; (10:30\u201310:50)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Prof. Kilnam Chon of KAIST, revered as the father of the Korean internet, delivered the keynote on the multistakeholder model as a work in progress [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>Opening remarks came from all camps at once \u2014 the science ministry&#39;s Song Kyung-hee, KAIST&#39;s Lee Dong-man, Daum&#39;s Lee Byung-sun and Open Net&#39;s Jeon Eung-hwi \u2014 signalling a genuinely multistakeholder relaunch [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Civil Society Takes the Lead \u2014 Relaunching a Government-Led Forum<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Multiple sessions<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This edition was proposed by civil society, academia and business, with KISA joining later as co-host \u2014 a reversal of the agency-led first two forums, as GISWatch records [4][3]<\/li>\n<li>Inspired by NETmundial and Brazil&#39;s CGI.br model, the Korea Internet Governance Alliance (KIGA) \u2014 a 29-member volunteer multistakeholder council \u2014 was founded that November and has hosted the KrIGF ever since [4][3]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. Auditing Korea&#39;s Policy-Making \u2014 Toward a Standing Multistakeholder Platform<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Workshop 2 &#39;Evaluating existing internet policy-making&#39; (13:30\u201315:00) and Workshop 3 &#39;Building a domestic multistakeholder policy platform&#39; (15:30\u201317:00)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Workshop 2, moderated by attorney Yoon Jong-soo, put Korea&#39;s existing policy-making processes under review with panellists including KISO&#39;s Kim Kyung-tae and Jinbonet&#39;s Oh Byung-il [2][5]<\/li>\n<li>In Workshop 3, attorney Kim Bo-ra-mi presented a blueprint for a standing multistakeholder policy platform \u2014 groundwork for KIGA&#39;s founding months later [2][5]<\/li>\n<li>Civil society had done its homework: that February the Net Neutrality Users Forum published a book-length study, &#39;Talking About Internet Governance&#39; [2][5]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. What did this meeting actually achieve?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. No resolutions, but real consequences: the blueprint for a standing multistakeholder council debated here became KIGA, founded just four months later.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. What was the most contentious topic?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Who should steward the internet&#39;s core resources after the US let go of IANA oversight \u2014 and, at home, how to open up Korea&#39;s government-led policy-making.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why should I care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. This is a rare, well-documented moment of a national IGF flipping from government-run to community-run \u2014 a case study for any country debating who writes its internet rules.<\/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-2014-overview_h1-1.svg\" alt=\"Korea IGF 2014 \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 2014 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:\/\/igf.or.kr\/86\">2014 KrIGF \uac1c\uc694\uff08\u7b2c3\u56de\u30d5\u30a9\u30fc\u30e9\u30e0\u6982\u8981\uff09<\/a> \u2014 KrIGF\u516c\u5f0f\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\uff08Kr-IGF \ud55c\uad6d \uc778\ud130\ub137\uac70\ubc84\ub10c\uc2a4\ud3ec\ub7fc\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/igf.or.kr\/666\">2014 \ud504\ub85c\uadf8\ub7a8\uff08\u7b2c3\u56de\u30d5\u30a9\u30fc\u30e9\u30e0 \u30d7\u30ed\u30b0\u30e9\u30e0\uff09<\/a> \u2014 KrIGF\u516c\u5f0f\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\uff08Kr-IGF \ud55c\uad6d \uc778\ud130\ub137\uac70\ubc84\ub10c\uc2a4\ud3ec\ub7fc\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\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:\/\/act.jinbo.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IG_Report(E-book)(final).pdf\">\uc778\ud130\ub137\uac70\ubc84\ub10c\uc2a4\ub97c \ub9d0\ud558\ub2e4\uff08\u96fb\u5b50\u66f8\u7c4d\u300e\u30a4\u30f3\u30bf\u30fc\u30cd\u30c3\u30c8\u30ac\u30d0\u30ca\u30f3\u30b9\u3092\u8a9e\u308b\u300f\uff09<\/a> \u2014 \ub9dd\uc911\ub9bd\uc131\uc774\uc6a9\uc790\ud3ec\ub7fc\uff08\u7db2\u4e2d\u7acb\u6027\u5229\u7528\u8005\u30d5\u30a9\u30fc\u30e9\u30e0\u30fb\u9032\u6b69\u30cd\u30c3\u30c8\u30ef\u30fc\u30af\u30bb\u30f3\u30bf\u30fc\u63b2\u8f09\uff09 (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 19 July 2014, 11:00 (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 3rd KrIGF met on 4 July 2014 at D.CAMP, a startup hub in Seoul&#8217;s Yeoksam-dong, under the theme &#8216;Internet Governance through Participatio<\/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":[163,161,160,711,162,164],"class_list":["post-12719","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-koreaigf2014","tag-minutes-digest","tag-sourced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12719","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=12719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12719\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}