What measures are included in South Korea’s second nation normalization project task list?

The second batch includes pay transparency in job advertisements, action against illegal street structures and false country-of-origin labeling, measures against local council junkets and construction-bidding corruption, and stronger protections for domestic-violence victims.

Why did the South Korean government launch the nation normalization project?

President Lee Jae Myung ordered the project in March to correct abnormal practices and systems and eliminate deeply rooted illegal and illicit acts that affect people’s everyday lives. The second batch was chosen from roughly 200 suggestions focused on public grievances.

How will South Korea address technology theft and cybersecurity gaps under the project?

The government plans to expand nondisclosure agreements to prevent technology theft masked as business negotiations and permit white hackers to discover and report security vulnerabilities in good faith. It will also strengthen consumer-protection responsibilities for online platforms.

Gov't to promote pay transparency in job ads under 'nation normalization project'

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Summary

The South Korean government announced 30 additional tasks Tuesday under its nation normalization project to address everyday grievances and illegal practices. The measures include promoting pay transparency in job ads, cracking down on illegal street structures, and preventing imported goods from being falsely labeled as locally made. The project now includes 194 tasks, following an initial batch of 164 announced after President Lee Jae Myung ordered reforms in March.

Key Facts

The second batch of tasks was selected from about 200 public suggestions focused on resolving everyday grievances.
The measures include preventing local council members from taking junkets, addressing corruption in construction bidding, and restricting convicted domestic-violence offenders from using legal procedures to locate victims’ addresses.
The government will expand nondisclosure agreements to prevent technology theft disguised as business negotiations and allow white hackers to report security flaws in good faith.
The first batch included adjusting school-zone speed limits, standardizing beach umbrella fees, improving studio-apartment management, and banning illegal use of Onnuri gift certificates.

By Yonhap

Published Oct 20, 2026 1:17 pm KST

Sim Jong-seob, a senior official at the Office for Government Policy Coordination, delivers a briefing on the nation normalization project at the Government Complex Seoul, May 22. Yonhap

The government will seek to promote pay transparency in job ads, crack down on illegal street structures and root out the practice of disguising imported goods as locally made or laundering their country of origin as part of its "nation normalization project," officials said Tuesday.

The prime minister's office announced a second batch of 30 tasks to tackle under the normalization project launched after President Lee Jae Myung ordered in March the correction of abnormal practices and systems, and deep-rooted illegal and illicit acts to improve the everyday lives of the people.

Since then, the government had identified the first batch of 164 tasks, including adjusting speed limits in school zones, the standardization of beach umbrella fees, improving the opaque management system of studio apartments and banning illegal use of the Onnuri gift certificates the government issues to revitalize traditional markets.

The additional 30 tasks announced Tuesday were selected from about 200 suggestions with a focus on resolving everyday public grievances, including preventing local council members from taking junkets, cracking down on corruption in construction bidding and preventing those convicted of domestic violence from abusing legal proceedings to track down victims' addresses.

Also included are expanding nondisclosure agreements to prevent tech theft disguised as business negotiations, allowing "white hackers" to discover and report security flaws in good faith, and strengthening consumer protection responsibilities for platforms.

"We should continue to identify and rectify unreasonable practices and gaps in our systems that have long been overlooked simply because that is how things have always been done," Lim Ki-keun, minister for government policy coordination, said. "The government will take full responsibility for carrying these tasks out."

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