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AI business operator (Korea)

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Under the Korean AI Basic Act, a legal person, organisation, individual or state body doing AI business, split into development business operators, who develop and provide AI, and utilisation business operators, who offer products or services built on it 1.

Developed in
ch. 18, The same roles across regimes
Chapters
ch. 18, EU AI Act · ch. 21, AI Laws Worldwide
Source
1 numbered reference, listed below

Where it is used

2 chapters of the Body of Knowledge use the term. Each link opens the first section that does.

AI business operator (Korea): mentions per chapter5 mentions of the term across 2 of the 23 chapters of the Body of Knowledge; the chapters the glossary cross-references are drawn solid.Cross-referenced chapterOther chapterCross-referenced, not named08 Regulatory Map: 3 mentions08 Regulatory Map318 EU AI Act021 AI Laws Worldwide: 2 mentions21 AI Laws Worldwide2No mentions in the other 20 chaptersSource: the Body of Knowledgev0.5.0
AI business operator (Korea): mentions per chapter5 mentions of the term across 2 of the 23 chapters of the Body of Knowledge; the chapters the glossary cross-references are drawn solid.Cross-referenced chapterOther chapterCross-referenced, not named000102030405060708 Regulatory Map: 3 mentions308101112131415161718192021 AI Laws Worldwide: 2 mentions2212223Source: the Body of Knowledge v0.5.0
Mentions per chapter How often each chapter names the term, with the chapters the glossary cross-references drawn solid. The longest bar is where to read the term in use; bars spread across many chapters mark a term that runs through the discipline.
Mentions as a table
Mentions of AI business operator (Korea) per chapter
ChapterMentionsCross-referenced
00 Preface0No
01 Definition0No
02 Why Now0No
03 Values & Principles0No
04 The Stack0No
05 Patterns0No
06 The Role0No
07 Maturity Model0No
08 Regulatory Map3No
10 Reading List0No
11 AI Defined0No
12 Governance Program0No
13 Risk Management0No
14 Development0No
15 Deployment0No
16 Fairness & XAI0No
17 Incidents0No
18 EU AI Act0Yes
19 Privacy & AI0No
20 Existing Law0No
21 AI Laws Worldwide2Yes
22 Principles & Standards0No
23 AI Agents0No
  • Domestic representative (Korea)

    A person with an address or office in Korea whom a foreign AI business operator above thresholds set by decree must designate in writing.

Sources

  1. [1] Basic Act on the Development of Artificial Intelligence and the Establishment of a Foundation for Trust (Korea AI Basic Act) (Act No. 20676, in force 2026-01-22; Art. 2 as amended 2026-01-20; Arts. 2(4) high-impact areas, 2(7) AI business operators, 33 confirmation, 34 high-impact duties, 36 domestic representative). Korean Law Information Center (MOLEG). 2026-01-22. https://www.law.go.kr/LSW/lsInfoP.do?lsiSeq=268543 (verified: primary)

Definitions of legal terms paraphrase the cited text, which governs. Dated statements are as of .

Cite this term

García Aibar, J. (2026). AI business operator (Korea). In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis & Body of Knowledge (v0.5.0), Glossary. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197. https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/ai-business-operator-korea. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026aibusinessoperatorkorea,
  author  = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title   = {{AI business operator (Korea)}},
  note    = {Glossary, AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis \& Body of Knowledge, version 0.5.0},
  year    = {2026},
  doi     = {10.5281/zenodo.22956197},
  url     = {https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/ai-business-operator-korea}
}