Kim Bong-jin, founding chair of the Korea Startup Forum and founder of Baemin, said the Tada incident left entrepreneurs with a psychological barrier to building innovative services. Former and current forum chairs, marking the group’s 10th anniversary, called for improvements to the startup regulatory environment, including a shift to negative regulation and the creation of a fair, open market for competition. They also urged continued dialogue with government and parliament to improve systems.

Generative AI is lowering content production costs and driving rapid growth in text, images and video, while also increasing the spread of similar posts or lightly modified copies of others’ work. The value of original material reflecting direct experience and expertise is rising. X has begun granting existing revenue-share participants access to apply for an “original content rewards” programme, while Naver is selecting creators based on AI-search citations and topic expertise, with monthly payments and additional support for top creators.