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The Game Dev's Playbook: Navigating Korea's Mandatory Agent Designation Law
Foreign game companies have historically been in a regulatory blind spot under South Korea's Game Industry Promotion Act. Learn about the new mandatory Domestic Agent designation requirements and how to ensure compliance.
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How to Get an Adult-Only Game Rated in Korea: A Step-by-Step Guide
A step-by-step guide for global developers preparing a Korean adult-only game rating application, including required materials, review timing, and store integration.
Korea Game Advertising Compliance: A Practical Guide to GSOK
A practical guide to GSOK’s game-advertising standards, monitoring process, major compliance risks, and pre-launch review checklist.
Korea Game Advertising Compliance: KFTC Enforcement and GSOK Standards
The Soul Strike case shows how broad “ad-free” claims can create Korean consumer-protection risk. Learn how KFTC enforcement and GSOK self-regulation apply.
GRAC’s 2026 Organizational Overhaul: Stronger User Protection and Post-Management
GRAC’s 2026 restructuring expands probability-item victim support, post-management, and domestic-agent oversight. Here’s what global game operators should prepare.
Korea’s Zero-Tolerance Era: Why Probability Errors Are Now Business-Critical
Probability disclosure errors in Korea can trigger major refunds, regulatory action and civil liability. Here’s what global game operators must check in 2026.
[In-Depth Analysis] How GRAC Investigates Suspected False Probability Disclosures
A practical breakdown of how GRAC screens probability reports, verifies game data with technical experts, and coordinates enforcement and user relief.
4 Probability Disclosure Issues to Check After the July 2026 GRAC Roundtable
Five recurring probability disclosure failures game publishers should check after Korea’s July 2026 GRAC roundtable, with practical steps to prevent them.
[Review] Korea Domestic Agent Rules: Key Takeaways from the 2026 GRAC Roundtable
Key findings from Korea’s first domestic agent roundtable, covering designation thresholds, legal duties, enforcement risks, and recurring probability disclosure failures.
Korea Loot Box Compliance: 5 Technical FAQs for Developers
Five practical answers for developers on large reward pools, pity systems, dynamic probabilities, disclosure links, and discontinued items.
Korea Probability Disclosure Compliance: 5 Essential Q&As
Five practical answers for game developers and live-operations teams on Korea’s probability precision, rounding, and disclosure requirements.
Korea Loot Box Compliance: Probability Precision, Change Notices, and Pity Systems
A technical guide to Korea’s probability disclosure rules, covering numerical precision, advance change notices, multi-stage systems, and pity mechanics.
Agent Designation Status Check: Are You Required to Designate a Domestic Agent?
From October 2025, Korea will begin enforcing a new regulation requiring overseas game companies to designate a mandatory domestic agent. This isn't a simple administrative formality—it's a core compliance requirement that can directly impact your ability to launch and operate games in Korea.
A Complete Guide: Choosing the Right Local Agent for Overseas Game Developers in Korea
Starting October 2025, overseas game developers are required to designate a local agent in Korea under the Game Industry Promotion Act (GIPA).
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