{"id":12726,"date":"2017-07-11T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-11T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2017\/07\/11\/en-korea-igf-2017-overview\/"},"modified":"2017-07-11T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-07-11T07:00:00","slug":"en-korea-igf-2017-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2017\/07\/11\/en-korea-igf-2017-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"6th Korea Internet Governance Forum (KrIGF 2017) \u2014 In-Depth Report: Minutes Digest & 3-Line Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The 3-Line Summary<\/h2>\n

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  1. The 6th KrIGF met on 15 September 2017 at Sejong University in Seoul under the theme 'Smart Internet, Open Governance' \u2014 nine workshops and three tutorials drawing about 180 participants.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. The agenda swept the year's flashpoints: the 'Google tax' and reverse discrimination against domestic platforms, zero-rating, fake news, address-resource law reform, blockchain and AI.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. It was an early case of a national IGF tackling head-on the taxation and regulation of foreign platforms \u2014 a controversy that still shapes digital policy worldwide.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on 6th Korea Internet Governance Forum (KrIGF 2017)<\/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

    Conference at a Glance (from official records)<\/h2>\n

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    Item<\/th>\nDetail<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
    Official name<\/td>\n6th Korea Internet Governance Forum (KrIGF 2017)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Dates<\/td>\n15 September 2017<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Venue<\/td>\nGwanggaeto Hall, Sejong University, Seoul<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Theme<\/td>\nSmart Internet, Open Governance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Participants<\/td>\n180<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Sessions<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Tracks<\/td>\nFour tracks: Internet Economy, Safe Internet, Governance, Tutorials<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Host<\/td>\nHosted by the Korea Internet Governance Alliance (KIGA), co-organised by 18 bodies including KISA and Naver<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

    (See the source list at the end of this article.)<\/p>\n

    Discussion Digest \u2014 from the Session Records<\/h2>\n

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    Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n

    1. The 'Google Tax' \u2014 Korea's Reverse-Discrimination Debate<\/h3>\n

    Sessions<\/strong>: Workshop 1 'Reverse discrimination in the digital economy \u2014 the world after the Google tax' (10:45\u201312:15)<\/p>\n