Toss and CGV Plan FacePay at Cinema Ticket and Concession Kiosks
South Korean fintech company Toss and cinema operator CJ CGV have agreed to introduce facial-recognition payments at movie-theater kiosks, extending Toss’s…
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Gyeonggi Opens Employee Verification Portal to Counter Official-Impersonation Scams
South Korea’s Gyeonggi provincial government has launched a public employee-verification service to help businesses and residents check whether someone…
South Korean Army Plans Biometric Gun Cabinets and Digital Weapon Locks
South Korea’s Army plans to introduce biometric smart gun cabinets and NFC-based digital locks, replacing physical keys and handwritten records in a long-term…
El Salvador Seeks Digital Identity Cooperation With South Korea
El Salvador is seeking government agreements with South Korea on digital identity, artificial intelligence governance and cybersecurity as part of an effort to…
South Korea Formalizes Optional Facial Recognition for Mobile Phone Sign-Ups
South Korea is moving ahead with a plan to let mobile carriers verify new subscribers with facial recognition, part of a wider government effort to stamp out…
South Korea’s Telecom Face-Verification Mandate Will Initially Exempt Foreign Residents
South Korea will require facial recognition for all new mobile phone subscriptions from July, matching each applicant’s face against their official…
Hancom Auth Passes Korean Financial-Sector Biometric Evaluation
Hancom WITH says its facial-authentication platform, Hancom Auth, has passed the performance evaluation run by the Korea Financial Telecommunications and…
Sumsub Partners With iMind to Strengthen Compliance Infrastructure for South Korea’s Payments Sector
Sumsub has partnered with the South Korean firm iMind to bring its identity verification, fraud prevention, and compliance technology into the country’s…
South Korean Forum Pushes Digital Identity Tools for Foreigner Banking
A National Assembly forum in South Korea has put new focus on how digital identity tools and biometrics could open remote banking services to foreign…
South Korea Civil Rights Groups Urge Review of SIM Card Biometric Mandate
South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT has confirmed that mandatory facial recognition for new mobile phone number registrations will take effect on March…