{"id":12722,"date":"2015-07-27T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-27T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2015\/07\/27\/en-korea-igf-2015-overview\/"},"modified":"2015-07-27T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-07-27T08:00:00","slug":"en-korea-igf-2015-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2015\/07\/27\/en-korea-igf-2015-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"4th Korea Internet Governance Forum (KrIGF 2015) \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-2015-overview_thumbnail-2.svg\" alt=\"Korea IGF 2015 \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-2015-overview_s3-1.svg\" alt=\"Korea IGF 2015 \u30bd\u30a6\u30eb \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>The 4th KrIGF met on 30 October 2015 at the Korea Science and Technology Center in Seoul \u2014 the first edition hosted by KIGA, the multistakeholder council founded a year earlier, with 10 sessions and about 150 participants.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Under the theme &#39;Korea&#39;s Internet Governance: What Shall We Do?&#39;, it ranged from address-resource policy reform and intermediary liability to the IANA transition and beginner tutorials.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>This was the year the national IGF settled into its lasting form: an annual forum run by a standing civil-led council rather than a government agency.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>4th Korea Internet Governance Forum (KrIGF 2015)<\/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-2015-overview_h2-1.svg\" alt=\"Korea IGF 2015 \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>4th Korea Internet Governance Forum (KrIGF 2015)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>30 October 2015<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Korea Science and Technology Center, Seoul<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theme<\/td>\n<td>Korea&#39;s Internet Governance: What Shall We Do?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Participants<\/td>\n<td>150<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sessions<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Host<\/td>\n<td>Hosted by the Korea Internet Governance Alliance (KIGA), co-organised by 19 bodies including KISA and KISDI<\/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-2015-overview_minutes-1.svg\" alt=\"Korea IGF 2015 \u30bd\u30a6\u30eb \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. KIGA&#39;s First Year in Charge \u2014 Community-Run Governance Beds In<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Multiple sessions<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This was the first KrIGF hosted by KIGA, the multistakeholder council founded in November 2014 \u2014 and it has hosted every edition since, as GISWatch notes [1][6][4]<\/li>\n<li>With 19 co-organising bodies including KISA and KISDI, the forum grew to 10 sessions and roughly 150 participants, its largest yet [1][6][4]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. Address-Resource Policy \u2014 Flagship Session on Activating Multistakeholder Governance<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Featured session &#39;Activating multistakeholder internet governance&#39; (13:00\u201314:20)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Using Korea&#39;s internet address policy as the test case, the session mapped how to convert government-led management of address resources into a multistakeholder arrangement [2][6]<\/li>\n<li>The thread later grew into KIGA&#39;s working group to revise the Internet Address Resources Act, replacing the government-appointed deliberation committee with a bottom-up elected one, as GISWatch records [2][6]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Intermediary Liability and Copyright \u2014 Parallel Workshops on Online Expression<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Parallel workshops (14:35\u201315:35)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Two parallel workshops tackled intermediary liability \u2014 how far platforms must answer for user content \u2014 and the governance of copyright [2]<\/li>\n<li>Both fed into Korea&#39;s running controversy over takedowns, blocking and their impact on free expression online [2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. IG 101 and Hanja Domains \u2014 Tutorials to Widen the Circle<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Tutorials &#39;A Look Inside Internet Governance 1 &amp; 2&#39; (09:30\u201311:30) and workshop &#39;Do domain names need Chinese characters?&#39;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The day opened with a two-part primer, &#39;A Look Inside Internet Governance&#39;, built on materials by Prof. Lee Young-eum of Korea National Open University, tracing coordination of the internet from its origins [2][3]<\/li>\n<li>A workshop on whether domain names need Chinese characters \u2014 a live China\u2013Japan\u2013Korea question, led by Kim Kyung-seok of the Korean Generation Panel \u2014 and an ICANN policy update on the IANA transition ran alongside [2][3]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. What did this meeting decide?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Nothing formally \u2014 but it locked in Korea&#39;s model of a national IGF hosted every year by KIGA, a standing multistakeholder council, instead of a government agency.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. What was the highlight?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Address-resource reform: serious debate on moving .kr and related policy from ministry control to a body where government, business and civil society sit as equals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why should I care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Everyday questions \u2014 content takedowns, platform responsibility, copyright \u2014 started getting a regular, citizen-accessible venue here.<\/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-2015-overview_h1-1.svg\" alt=\"Korea IGF 2015 \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 2015 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\/category\/2015-krigf\/2015-summary\">2015 KrIGF \uac1c\uc694\uff08\u7b2c4\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\/category\/2015-krigf\/2015-prog\">2015 \ud504\ub85c\uadf8\ub7a8\uff08\u7b2c4\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:\/\/igf.or.kr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/%EC%9D%B8%ED%84%B0%EB%84%B7-%EA%B1%B0%EB%B2%84%EB%84%8C%EC%8A%A4-%EB%93%A4%EC%97%AC%EB%8B%A4%EB%B3%B4%EA%B8%B0-%EC%9D%B8%ED%84%B0%EB%84%B7-%EA%B4%80%EB%A6%AC-%EC%A1%B0%EC%9C%A8-%EA%B1%B0%EB%B2%84%EB%84%8C%EC%8A%A4%EC%9D%98-%ED%9D%90%EB%A6%84.pdf\">\uc778\ud130\ub137 \uac70\ubc84\ub10c\uc2a4 \ub4e4\uc5ec\ub2e4\ubcf4\uae30\uff08\u7b2c4\u56deKrIGF\u30c1\u30e5\u30fc\u30c8\u30ea\u30a2\u30eb\u8cc7\u6599\u30fb\u30a4\u30fb\u30e8\u30f3\u30a6\u30e0\uff09<\/a> \u2014 KrIGF\u516c\u5f0f\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\u63b2\u8f09\uff08\u97d3\u56fd\u653e\u9001\u901a\u4fe1\u5927\u5b66\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:\/\/nsp.nanet.go.kr\/trend\/seminar\/detail.do?seminarControlNo=SEMI0000004693\">2025\ub144 \uc81c14\ud68c \ud55c\uad6d \uc778\ud130\ub137\uac70\ubc84\ub10c\uc2a4\ud3ec\ub7fc \uc138\ubbf8\ub098 \uc815\ubcf4\uff08\u6b74\u4ee3\u30c6\u30fc\u30de\u4e00\u89a7\u3092\u542b\u3080\uff09<\/a> \u2014 \u97d3\u56fd\u56fd\u4f1a\u56f3\u66f8\u9928\uff08\uad6d\ud68c\ub3c4\uc11c\uad00\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<\/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 27 July 2015, 16:00 (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 4th KrIGF met on 30 October 2015 at the Korea Science and Technology Center in Seoul \u2014 the first edition hosted by KIGA, the multistakeh<\/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":[163,161,160,488,162,164],"class_list":["post-12722","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-koreaigf2015","tag-minutes-digest","tag-sourced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12722","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=12722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12722\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}