BOOKMARK
  • Korean|
  • Chinese|
  • Japanese|
  • Vietnamese
본문내용 바로가기

Aju Business Daily

SEARCH
  • ECONOMY
  • ENTERTAINMENT
  • IT
  • South Korea
  • North Korea
  • WORLD
  • SPORTS
  • LIFESTYLE
  • AUTO MOTIVE
  • OPINION
  • PEOPLE
  • MILITARY
Home > IT > article

S. Korea starts smartphone identification service for digital driver's license

Park Sae-jin Reporter(swatchsjp@ajunews.com) | Posted : June 24, 2020, 15:30 | Updated : June 24, 2020, 15:30
  • 트위터
  • 페이스북
  • 웨이보

[Courtesy of PASS]


SEOUL -- With the real-life introduction of a mobile identification service, South Koreans no longer have to show their driving license in the form of plastic cards to identify themselves. The digital driver's license can be used for verification in various cases such as on-road police inspections.

South Korea opened the door for the mobile identification service in September last year when the Ministry of Science and ICT lifted regulations through a regulatory sandbox. A regulatory sandbox exempts regulations on new products or services for a certain period of time so that companies can develop and demonstrate new technologies.

Through the regulatory sandbox, the country's top three major mobile carriers -- SK Telecom (SKT), KT, LGU+ -- have agreed with police to develop and commercialize the mobile driver's license verification service based on digital barcodes provided by a joint authentication app. Encrypted personal information is stored only in safety areas inside smartphones, with distributed principals adopted to operate only the minimum encrypted data.

PASS, a personal smartphone authentication app, began the digital identification service for mobile driver's license. The digital driver's license can be used at convenience and other stores to verify the age of owners.

The digital driver's license can be registered through the simple step of uploading photographed images of a driver's license and an authentication process. It only reveals a QR code, a square-shaped digital barcode, on the display of a smartphone along with the photograph of its owner without exposing other sensitive personal information.

Drivers can also use the digital version of their plastic identification card as an authentication device at driving license test centers. 

Encrypted digital authentication methods are widely researched in South Korea. In early June, the southern port city of Busan unveiled plans to demonstrate a decentralized identification service that allows users to manage personal information without an identity document such as identification cards.

  • Park Sae-jin Reporter
  • email : swatchsjp@ajunews.com
© Aju Business Daily & www.ajunews.com Copyright: All materials on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, displayed, published or broadcast without the authorization from the Aju News Corporation.
  • twitter
  • facebook
  • weibo
  • link copy
  • LIST
  • TOP

Related news

  • .[ANALYSIS] Experts urge bold regulatory reforms to turn crisis into opportunity for growth.
    [ANALYSIS] Experts urge bold regulatory reforms to turn cris…
  • .S. Korea approves demonstration of wireless charging for running electric buses .
    S. Korea approves demonstration of wireless charging for run…
  • .Renovation of old cars into camping vehicles gains popularity amid COVID-19 pandemic.
    Renovation of old cars into camping vehicles gains popularit…
  • .Seoul demonstrates low-cost IoT-based wall charger for EVs.
    Seoul demonstrates low-cost IoT-based wall charger for EVs
  • .Busan City to demonstrate blockchain-based decentralized identification service for first time.
    Busan City to demonstrate blockchain-based decentralized ide…

Real Time Photo News

  • .BTS agency posts record earnings in 2020 on brisk online activities and album sales .

    BTS agency posts record earnings in 2020 on brisk online activities and album sales

  • .[FOCUS] BTS agency leagues with Universal Music to launch new K-pop band in US music scene.

    [FOCUS] BTS agency leagues with Universal Music to launch new K-pop band in US music scene

  • .CJ ENM aims to become major visual content producer thru partnership with Epic Games .

    CJ ENM aims to become major visual content producer thru partnership with Epic Games

  • .​Solo singer Sunmi to come back with new album Tail.

    ​Solo singer Sunmi to come back with new album 'Tail'

  • .Big Hits live-streaming joint venture gains reinforcements from Universal Music, YG.

    Big Hit's live-streaming joint venture gains reinforcements from Universal Music, YG

Latest News

more+

  • Prime Minister Chung stresses importance of 'borderless communication channel' to minimize informati…
  • State hospital succeeds in inserting wireless pacemakers into hearts of bradyarrhythmia patients
  • LG Electronics' joint venture with Canada's Magna awaits approval by shareholders in March
  • Sajo Seafood to launch raw tuna menu delivery service
  • Researchers find new roundworm species near Dokdo
Aju Business Daily
  • ABOUT US
  • CONTACT US
  • PRIVACY STATEMENT
  • Copyright Policy

Address : Aju News Corporation LEEMA Building, 11th floor, 42, Jong-ro 1-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul.    Mail : swatchsjp@ajunews.com

Copyright ⓒ 2016 By Ajunews Corporation, All Rights Reserved.

Mobile view