The service was suspended at 6 p.m. Saturday and will be resumed after \”improvements and remedies\” are made in line with South Korea’s personal information protection laws. The measures come after multiple government ministries and agencies blocked internal access to the AI service amid concerns about the startup’s data management practices. The commission sent a formal inquiry to DeepSeek last month seeking clarification on the service’s data collection and management methods.DeepSeek has since assigned a representative in South Korea and acknowledged shortcomings in considering local protection laws while also expressing its will to actively cooperate with the commission. Meanwhile, Chinese Ambassador Dai Bing last week cited the joint communique on AI signed by South Korea, China and other countries at a recent summit in Paris, amid Seoul’s moves to block access to China’s AI model DeepSeeker. The statement reflects a shared commitment to the safe, sustainable, and fair development of AI, Dai said in a posting on the social media channel X.X.XYZ. It was the first public comment by the top envoy to Seoul as South Korea has been taking steps to restrict access todeepSeek across all government agencies, citing risks of personal and confidential data leaks.
The service was suspended at 6 p.m. Saturday and will be res….
