Regulation, Law & GovernancePersonal Information Protection Commission
Korea temporarily suspends new DeepSeek downloads
New downloads of DeepSeek in Korea were temporarily suspended — not a sanction, but the company was steered into suspending voluntarily
Why it matters
Shortcomings in third-party data transfers and the privacy policy were found
Source — Primary sources first; secondary reports are labelled “Press”
Presskhan.co.krhttps://www.khan.co.kr/article/202502171105001Added in Week 35, 2026 · See that week