Games & Commerce

GRAC urges caution over foreign game \'Swordsman from Hell\' over loot box disclosure breach

South Korea’s Game Rating and Administration Committee issued a user alert over an overseas game title, \'Swordsman from Hell\', for violating mandatory disclosure rules on probability-based items. The regulator said it confirmed through monitoring that the game failed to meet disclosure obligations and is proceeding with administrative sanctions with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. It said it may restrict domestic distribution if corrective orders are not followed.

Politics

Song Gi-heon elected chair of science, ICT and broadcasting committee for second half

South Korea\'s National Assembly elected three-term Democratic Party lawmaker Song Gi-heon as chair of the Science, ICT, Broadcasting and Communications Committee for the second half of the 22nd parliament. Song said he would work hard to deliver results on science and technology and on broadcasting issues. The assembly voted on 11 standing committee chair appointments as 167 lawmakers from the governing bloc participated, while the People Power Party walked out in protest.