South Korea privacy watchdog warns against public facial recognition deployments
The National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRCK) warned earlier today against the country’s plans to deploy facial recognition for…
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South Korea’s digital identity blockchain prepares to add new credentials, go international
South Korea’s blockchain-based national mobile digital identity system is not due to be fully operational until 2024, but it is…
Digital ID interoperability features in South Korea-Singapore partnership agreement
Governments of Singapore and the Republic of Korea (ROK) have signed the Korea-Singapore Digital Partnership Agreement (KSDPA), which aims to…
New Digital IDs roll out as established program report encouraging adoption trends
Call it update Friday. Progress reports on digital ID campaigns from developed economies (including California’s) and developing (including Bhutan’s) are…
Korea’s out front with digital IDs, but national history could be decisive in success
There is more to the South Korean government’s apparent backing of a planned self-sovereign digital identity program than meets the…
Korea expands airport check-ins with palm vein biometrics, enrollment to bank branches
The South Korea Financial Telecommunications and Clearings Institute (KFTC) has entered a business agreement with nine financial corporations and the…
Winning.I accepted into South Korean government’s international expansion accelerator
Winning.I has been selected to participate in global business expansion accelerator Born2Global to support the growth of its mobile contactless…
Serbia, Kosovo reach reciprocal deal to accept ID cards as travel documents
A series of digital ID credentials issued around the world that people can use to cross borders are going through…
Winning.I to tackle global gov’t contactless biometrics market following local recognition
The Aerox Finger v3.0 contactless mobile fingerprint biometric solution from Winning.I has been selected as a ‘Superior R&D Innovation Product’…
Kakao shows biometric face verification accuracy with strong FRVT result
South Korea-based artificial intelligence developer Kakao Enterprise Corp. has burst into the top performers for biometric accuracy of the ongoing…
