South Korea will launch "electronic ID card" service as soon as the second half of next year.

[South Korea will launch "electronic ID card" service in the second half of next year at the earliest. According to Yonhap news agency, South Korea's Ministry of Administration and Security said on the 20th that some amendments to the "resident Registration Law" were adopted at the state meeting on the same day. Accordingly, the "electronic ID card" with the same legal effect as the current physical ID card will be launched as soon as the second half of next year.