On the 26th, the Game Self-Regulation and Rating Board (GSOK) launched an expert forum to rally support for the 'Game Industry Promotion Act Full Amendment' (hereinafter referred to as the 'Full Amendment'), spearheaded by Assemblyman Cho Seung-rae.

Following a kickoff meeting on January 14th, the forum aims to spend the next five months dissecting the legal and policy implications of the amendment, ultimately providing a solid foundation of evidence for the legislative decision-making process.

The panel is composed of: Hwang Sung-ki (GSOK Chairman and Professor at Hanyang University) leads the charge, joined by Park Jong-hyun (Hanyang University), Yoo Byung-jun (Seoul National University), lawyer Lee Byung-chan (Onsaemiro), Lee Do-kyung (Youth Foundation), and Lee Jang-joo (I-rak Digital Research Institute), with expert contributions from Cho Soo-hyun (Game Culture Foundation) and Choi Seung-woo (Yulchon LLC).

The forum has identified six key areas: game addiction prevention, user verification, rating and content update reporting, governance under the Game Promotion Agency, prize regulations, and the ongoing struggle against private servers and hacks. They plan to synthesize these expert opinions into a comprehensive debate, pushing the necessity of this legislation into the public eye and supporting its passage in the parliamentary plenary session.

Chairman Hwang Sung-ki, a professor at Hanyang University Law School, remarked, 'This amendment is a crucial milestone that will define the next two decades of the Korean game industry,' adding, 'We will mobilize the collective expertise of our members to clarify the significance of this bill and ensure it crosses the finish line.'