{"id":12736,"date":"2022-07-15T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2022\/07\/15\/en-korea-igf-2022-overview\/"},"modified":"2022-07-15T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-07-15T04:00:00","slug":"en-korea-igf-2022-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2022\/07\/15\/en-korea-igf-2022-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"The 11th Korea Internet Governance Forum (KrIGF 2022) \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-2022-overview_thumbnail-2.svg\" alt=\"Korea IGF 2022 \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-2022-overview_s3-1.svg\" alt=\"Korea IGF 2022 \u30bd\u30a6\u30eb \u2014 3-line summary\"><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>On 15 July 2022 the 11th Korea Internet Governance Forum returned to a physical venue \u2014 Seoul&#39;s Ireum Center, with YouTube streaming \u2014 for ten sessions under the theme &#39;A Human-Centred Internet, Governance in Which Everyone Participates.&#39;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The agenda tracked a turbulent year: cybersecurity after Russia&#39;s invasion of Ukraine, consumer protection in the NFT market, platform-monopoly regulation, smart-city privacy and human rights in the metaverse.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>War in cyberspace and rules for overheating digital-asset markets concern every connected country; Korea&#39;s debate as a self-described middle power offers a useful comparison point.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on <strong>The 11th Korea Internet Governance Forum (KrIGF 2022)<\/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<blockquote>\n<p>&#x1f4cd; After two online years, the forum returned to a physical venue for the first time in three years, in hybrid format (09:40\u201317:50)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\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-2022-overview_h2-1.svg\" alt=\"Korea IGF 2022 \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>The 11th Korea Internet Governance Forum (KrIGF 2022)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Edition<\/td>\n<td>11th<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dates<\/td>\n<td>15 July 2022<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Venue<\/td>\n<td>Ireum Center (B1 Nuri Hall and 2F education rooms), Yeouido, Seoul, with YouTube live streaming<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Theme<\/td>\n<td>A Human-Centred Internet, Governance in Which Everyone Participates<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sessions<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Host<\/td>\n<td>Co-hosted by nine organisations including KISA and KIGA, co-organised by Gabia, the Future Internet Forum, CyberCommerce and Open Net<\/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-2022-overview_minutes-1.svg\" alt=\"Korea IGF 2022 \u30bd\u30a6\u30eb \u2014 Discussion map\"><\/p>\n<p>Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Ukraine and Cybersecurity \u2014 What War Asks of the Internet<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Session 8 &#39;Ukraine and Cybersecurity&#39;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Prompted by Russia&#39;s invasion, the session examined attacks on critical infrastructure \u2014 citing the 2015 Ukraine power-grid attack \u2014 and how war now enlists companies and civil society, not just states [3]<\/li>\n<li>Panellists flagged stalled norm-building at the UN GGE and OSCE, and warned of an accelerating &#39;splinternet&#39; or cyber-balkanisation [3]<\/li>\n<li>Korea&#39;s strategic position as a middle power, and the role of younger generations and social networks in norm formation, were also debated [3]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. NFTs, Blockchain and Consumer Protection \u2014 Rules for an Overheated Market<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Sessions on NFT consumer protection, blockchain regulation and fintech governance (Session 7)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Consumer protection in the speculative NFT market and approaches to blockchain regulation each had dedicated sessions [1]<\/li>\n<li>A further session on fintech governance made digital-asset rule-making one of the year&#39;s pillars [1]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Smart Cities and Personal Data \u2014 Next-Generation City or New Panopticon?<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Session 9 &#39;Use and Protection of Personal Data in Smart Cities&#39;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In the context of Korea&#39;s 2050 carbon-neutrality drive, the session weighed the collection, use and sharing of personal data in data-driven smart cities [4]<\/li>\n<li>Framed as &#39;next-generation city or new panopticon?&#39;, it compared the GDPR, CCPA and other regimes to seek privacy safeguards for IoT environments [4]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. Platform Monopolies and Metaverse Rights \u2014 Governing New Spaces<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sessions<\/strong>: Session 5 &#39;Directions for Regulating Platform Companies&#39; and Session 10 &#39;Expanding Human Rights in the Metaverse&#39;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Regulatory directions for platform monopolies were debated head-on, reflecting Korea&#39;s intensifying platform-regulation discourse [1][2]<\/li>\n<li>The then-novel question of human rights inside the metaverse also featured; KISA framed the internet as the core foundation of a future digital society spanning the metaverse, smart cities and AI [1][2]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Three-Minute Short Talk \u2014 Your Questions Answered<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q. What changed with the return to in-person?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. Participants gathered physically at Seoul&#39;s Ireum Center while YouTube streaming kept the wider online audience \u2014 a hybrid format that preserved the reach gained during the online years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. The timeliest topic?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. War and cyberspace. From power-grid attacks to fears of a &#39;splinternet,&#39; the Ukraine session confronted how war accelerates internet fragmentation \u2014 seen from a middle power&#39;s perspective.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q. Why should I care?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A. NFT and platform regulation were being written in many countries at once, and defending critical infrastructure from cyberattack is a shared security agenda everywhere.<\/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-2022-overview_h1-1.svg\" alt=\"Korea IGF 2022 \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 2022 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:\/\/www.kisa.or.kr\/402\/form?postSeq=2167\">KISA, 2022\ub144 \uc81c11\ud68c \ud55c\uad6d\uc778\ud130\ub137\uac70\ubc84\ub10c\uc2a4\ud3ec\ub7fc(KrIGF) \uac1c\ucd5c\uff08KISA\u30d7\u30ec\u30b9\u30ea\u30ea\u30fc\u30b9\uff09<\/a> \u2014 \u97d3\u56fd\u30a4\u30f3\u30bf\u30fc\u30cd\u30c3\u30c8\u632f\u8208\u9662\uff08KISA\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/digitaljustice.kr\/45675\/\">2022\ub144 \ud55c\uad6d\uc778\ud130\ub137\uac70\ubc84\ub10c\uc2a4\ud3ec\ub7fc(KrIGF)\uff08\u958b\u50ac\u6848\u5185\uff09<\/a> \u2014 \u9032\u6b69\u30cd\u30c3\u30c8\u30ef\u30fc\u30af\u30bb\u30f3\u30bf\u30fc\uff08digitaljustice.kr\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/igf.or.kr\/3189\">[\uc138\uc1588] \uc6b0\ud06c\ub77c\uc774\ub098\uc640 \uc0ac\uc774\ubc84\uc548\ubcf4\uff08\u30a6\u30af\u30e9\u30a4\u30ca\u3068\u30b5\u30a4\u30d0\u30fc\u5b89\u4fdd\uff09<\/a> \u2014 KrIGF\u4e8b\u52d9\u5c40\uff08\u97d3\u56fd\u30a4\u30f3\u30bf\u30fc\u30cd\u30c3\u30c8\u30ac\u30d0\u30ca\u30f3\u30b9\u30d5\u30a9\u30fc\u30e9\u30e0\u516c\u5f0f\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/igf.or.kr\/3198\">[\uc138\uc1589] \uc2a4\ub9c8\ud2b8\ub3c4\uc2dc \ub0b4\uc758 \uac1c\uc778\uc815\ubcf4 \uc774\uc6a9\uacfc \ubcf4\ud638\uff08\u30b9\u30de\u30fc\u30c8\u90fd\u5e02\u306b\u304a\u3051\u308b\u500b\u4eba\u60c5\u5831\u306e\u5229\u7528\u3068\u4fdd\u8b77\uff09<\/a> \u2014 KrIGF\u4e8b\u52d9\u5c40\uff08\u97d3\u56fd\u30a4\u30f3\u30bf\u30fc\u30cd\u30c3\u30c8\u30ac\u30d0\u30ca\u30f3\u30b9\u30d5\u30a9\u30fc\u30e9\u30e0\u516c\u5f0f\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\uff09 (accessed 2026-07-11)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/igf.or.kr\/3349\">2022 \ud55c\uad6d\uc778\ud130\ub137\uac70\ubc84\ub10c\uc2a4\ud3ec\ub7fc(KrIGF) \uad6d\ubb38\ubcf4\uace0\uc11c\uff0f\uc601\ubb38\ubcf4\uace0\uc11c\uff08\u516c\u5f0f\u5831\u544a\u66f8\u30fb\u97d3\u56fd\u8a9e\/\u82f1\u8a9e\uff09<\/a> \u2014 KrIGF\u4e8b\u52d9\u5c40\uff08\u97d3\u56fd\u30a4\u30f3\u30bf\u30fc\u30cd\u30c3\u30c8\u30ac\u30d0\u30ca\u30f3\u30b9\u30d5\u30a9\u30fc\u30e9\u30e0\u516c\u5f0f\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\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 15 July 2022, 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>On 15 July 2022 the 11th Korea Internet Governance Forum returned to a physical venue \u2014 Seoul&#8217;s Ireum Center, with YouTube streaming \u2014 for t<\/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":[163,161,160,2394,162,164],"class_list":["post-12736","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-koreaigf2022","tag-minutes-digest","tag-sourced"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12736","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=12736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12736\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}