5.Revitalization of Internet use;
6.Protection of personal information that is collected, processed, stored and used
through employment of information and communications networks;
7.Protection of juveniles using information and communications networks;
8.Improvement of information and communications network safety and reliability;
9.Other necessary matters needed to promote information and communications network
use and protect information.
(3)The Minister of Information and Communication shall strive for cohesion between
policy referred to in paragraph (1) and the basic plan for promoting informationalization
stipulated in Article 5 of the Informationalization Promotion Framework Act.
Article 5 (Relation with Other Acts) With the exception of special provisions in other
Acts, the promotion of the utilization of information and communications networks and
the protection of information shall be governed by this Act.
Article 6 (Promotion of Technological Development)
(1)Under conditions stipulated by Presidential Decree, the Minister of Information and
Communication may appoint research institutes to implement projects intended for
research and development, technical cooperation, technological transfer, or technical
guidance services, in order to efficiently promote information and communications
network technology.
(2)The Government may incur the requisite costs, in whole or in part, of research
institutes undertaking the research and development projects referred to in paragraph (1).
(3)Presidential Decree shall stipulate necessary matters regarding the payment and
administration of costs set in paragraph (2).
Article 7 (Management and Dissemination of Information Pertaining to
Technologies)
(1)The Minister of Information and Communication shall manage information
concerning technologies and equipment related to information and communications
networks (hereafter referred to as "information pertaining to technologies") in a
methodical and collective manner.
(2)When the Minister of Information and Communication judges it necessary to manage
information concerning technologies in a methodical and collective manner, he may
request involved administrative agencies as well as national and public research
institutes, to provide information pertaining to said technologies. In this case,