What works in South Korea
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Quality scores are 0–100 rubric scores; “strong evidence” reflects study design; adoptions count documented replications elsewhere. Know more
Evidence snapshot for South Korea
South Korea has implemented a comprehensive framework for digital accessibility and inclusion across multiple sectors. The Nationwide Accessible Kiosk Mandate requires voice guidance, braille, and adjustable-height features by January 2026, though a 2024–2025 survey found 30% of 540 people with disabilities still reported difficulty using kiosks, with 44.8% of 277 kiosk users preferring staff-assisted transactions. Web accessibility is enforced through the KWCAG Web Accessibility Mandate mandating Level AA compliance for all government websites, and Korea's Web Accessibility Quality Certification reports over 17,500 certified sites; however, the government's own benchmark shows average compliance scores plateaued near 61/100 since 2020 despite rising certifications. The Digital Baeumteo programme has trained 793,000 people across 1,000+ community centres as of 2022, targeting older adults (56% of trainees), people with disabilities, and multicultural families.
Drawn from: Nationwide Accessible Kiosk Mandate · Korea's Web Accessibility Quality Certification — A Digital Inclusion Act Cert Mark Backed by Three Government Bodies · Digital Baeumteo – National Digital Competence Training Network · KWCAG Web Accessibility Mandate & WA Certification · South Korea's National Election Commission — AI Deepfake Detection and Enforcement Ahead of the 2024 Elections · Korea dBrain+ — AI-enhanced national public financial management system for fiscal risk and treasury forecasting · South Korea's Public-Sector Gender Employment Disclosure System · Daedeok Innopolis — South Korea's R&D Commercialisation Cluster
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Evaluation evidence +41 pts 86 here · 45 average
Evaluated outcomes +15 pts 100 here · 85 average
Scalability beyond pilot +12 pts 76 here · 64 average
Documented learning +12 pts 86 here · 74 average
Demonstrated reach +10 pts 86 here · 76 average
Achievement / evidence +9 pts 100 here · 91 average
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control +9 pts 59 here · 50 average
Gender-mainstreaming embedding +9 pts 100 here · 91 average
Governance, capability & sustainability +9 pts 73 here · 64 average
Weaknesses
Biodiversity — conservation / improvement, evidenced -10 pts 41 here · 51 average
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced -12 pts 18 here · 31 average
Teacher capability & pedagogy -15 pts 22 here · 37 average
Inclusiveness / equity -19 pts 24 here · 42 average
Transparency, ethics & data protection -20 pts 28 here · 48 average
Equity & inclusion -24 pts 28 here · 52 average
Effectiveness -27 pts 50 here · 77 average
Efficiency -44 pts 0 here · 44 average
Score profile vs peers
Coloured bar: South Korea. Grey bar: peer average across the corpus. Both on a common 0–100 scale.
Points compare this place's average on each dimension with the average across all evaluated places, on a common 0–100 scale. Know more
Top good practices here
SK Telecom's AI Care — Voice-Activated Emergency Monitoring for Seniors Living Alone · 96
Nationwide Accessible Kiosk Mandate · 92
Digital Baeumteo – National Digital Competence Training Network · 92
KWCAG Web Accessibility Mandate & WA Certification · 88
Mandatory Annual Workplace Sexual-Harassment Prevention Education — South Korea · 85
Each number is the practice's overall 0–100 quality score against its catalogue's rubric. Know more
Cities with evaluated practice
Where the documented practice in South Korea concentrates — each city has its own evidence profile.
Recommended to adopt or replicate
Transferable practices from elsewhere that address this place's gaps.
Ciudad Mujer — El Salvador's Integrated Women's Services Programme · fit 100/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 3 other places
SASA! Community Mobilisation Programme against Intimate Partner Violence — Uganda · fit 100/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 4 other places
Rwanda's Land Tenure Regularization Programme — Titling Land in Women's Names · fit 90/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Already adopted in 6 other places
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- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Guyana's One-Third Gender Candidate Quota — Two Decades of Sustained Representation · fit 82/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Serbia's 40% Electoral Gender Quota — From One-in-Three to Near-Parity Party Lists (2020-2025) · fit 82/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Bogotá's Care Blocks (Manzanas del Cuidado) · fit 82/100
- Rated highly transferable
- Addresses this place's weak dimensions
Fit estimates how well a practice matches this place, 0 (poor) to 100 (excellent); the list is ordered to favour practices that address this place's gaps. Know more