The Digital Government Review of Korea was prepared by the OECD Directorate for Public Governance (GOV) under the leadership of Director Elsa Pilichowski. It was produced by the Innovative, Digital and Open Government Division (INDIGO) led by Carlos Santiso, and carried out under the supervision of Acting Head of the Digital Government Unit, Marco Daglio.
The review was written by Seong Ju Park (Chapters 2 and 3), Cecilia Emilsson (Chapters 4 and 5) and Julian Olsen (Chapters 3 and 6), and co-ordinated by Seong Ju Park. All chapters benefitted from the strategic orientation and revisions of Acting Deputy Head of Division Marianna Karttunen.
The review also drew on valuable comments from Arturo Rivera, Jamie Berryhill and Piret Tõnurist from INDIGO; Alana Baker from the Public Management and Budget Division; and Gillian Dorner, Deputy Director. Comments were also provided by Bora Kim, Eunseo Choi, Gallia Daor, Molly Lesher, and Takako Kitahara from the Directorate of Science, Technology and Innovation. Misha Pinkhasov provided editorial assistance.
This project was made possible by the support of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety (MOIS) and the National Information Society Agency (NIA) of Korea, and in particular:
Byung Joon Park, Director of Digital Government Cooperation, MOIS.
Taera Choi, Deputy Director, MOIS.
Jung Hyeon Oh, Assistant Director, MOIS.
Hyunjoo Kim, Executive Principal,NIA.
The project also benefited greatly from the valuable inputs and knowledge provided by the following public officials from OECD countries, who acted as peers during the OECD fact-finding mission to Seoul and Sejong in June 2024:
Laura Sommer, Principal Advisor, Digital Services Branch – Government Chief Digital Officer, Department of Internal Affairs, New Zealand
Tim Paul, Head of Creative and Design at the Incubator for Artificial Intelligence, and former Head of Interaction Design at Government Digital Service, United Kingdom
The OECD Secretariat acknowledges the contribution of all public officials in Korea who participated in the OECD survey and fact-finding mission. This includes representatives from the Ministry of Science and ICT; the Ministry of Education; the Ministry of Employment and Labor; the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport; the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism; the National Tax Service; Statistics Korea; the Korea Customs Service; the Korea Internet and Security Agency; the Personal Information Protection Commission; the National Information Resources Service; the Public Procurement Service; the Seoul and Incheon metropolitan governments; and the Korea Local Information Research and Development Institute. The OECD Secretariat especially thanks the Digital Government Cooperation Division of MOIS for their support and collaboration throughout the review process.