Ministry of Government Legislation Narrows the Gap Between People and the Law with AI...Active SNS Promotion

Introducing Examples of AI in Legal Search and Legislative Secretary Services
Related Content Surpasses One Million Views

Artificial intelligence (AI) has permeated the daily operations at the Ministry of Government Legislation, where officials sift through statutes, review interpretations, and search for answers. The Ministry is sharing these changes with the public through videos and interviews on its social networking channels.

On September 29, the Ministry announced that it is promoting its major AI-powered projects and services under the message “Bridging the Gap between the Public and the Law – AI Brings Us Closer,” using its official social networking channels. The AI applications being highlighted range from legal text search and provision of overseas legislative information to supporting the work of public officials. The focus is on making legal information more easily accessible for the public and enabling public servants to conduct legal reviews more efficiently.

A scene from the Ministry of Government Legislation's AI Legal Search promotional video, "The Closest Law You Can Meet in Your Language." Provided by the Ministry of Government Legislation

The Ministry is also introducing a generative AI legal search service, set to be launched next year on the National Law Information Center, as well as a new platform for the World Law Information Center, through a variety of content. The generative AI legal search service allows anyone to pose questions in natural language and retrieve the relevant legal information. The next-generation World Law Information Platform, which helps users utilize overseas legislative resources, is being prepared for a pilot launch at the end of next year.

The content created to share these changes is recording high viewership. Most notably, the "Law, Connecting the Future" series—which features feedback from users such as small business owners and provides a glimpse of future services—has accumulated a combined 1.39 million views across its World Law Information Center and National Law Information Center episodes. The promotional video “The Closest Law in Your Language,” which depicts a child teaching their elderly mother how to use AI legal search, has also garnered a total of 1.23 million views.

Cases of AI adoption among public officials are also being shared on social networking platforms. Previously, the Ministry, in collaboration with the Ministry of the Interior and Safety and the Ministry of Science and ICT, launched the “AI Legal Secretary,” which has been in trial operation since July 14. This service provides initial opinions on legal questions that arise during policy implementation, and can be used by officials from central government agencies as well as local governments. The Ministry is producing and releasing a series of interviews with public officials actually using this AI Legal Secretary. Interviews with business operators involved in building forthcoming AI services and private sector AI experts will also be introduced in sequence.

AI is also being leveraged in the Ministry’s promotional strategies themselves. “Lawpli,” a piece of content created with AI-generated lyrics, melody, and music video, explains the work of the Ministry via song and has recorded 630,000 views. The Ministry is also operating the “AI Spokesperson” digital briefing, which conveniently summarizes the key points of press releases.

Commissioner Woncheol Jo of the Ministry of Government Legislation said, "AI is not only an important tool that helps the public understand and make use of the law more easily and conveniently, but is also the starting point of a transformation that substantively narrows the gap between the law and the people." He added, "We will continue to expand AI-driven legislative services that can be directly experienced by the public and to provide legal information in an even more approachable and user-friendly way."

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.