'Mobile Driver's License' Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation Selected as an Excellent Case of Proactive Administration

On the 24th, Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation received a commendation from the Ministry of the Interior and Safety in collaboration with the National Police Agency for the issuance of mobile driver's licenses at the Active Administration Best Practice Competition. Photo by Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] The Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation's mobile driver's license implementation case has been selected as an exemplary case of proactive administration.

On the 24th, the Minting Corporation announced that it received a commendation from the Minister of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety at the '2022 Proactive Administration Best Practices Competition' hosted by the Ministry of Personnel Management, jointly with the National Police Agency.

At the competition, the Minting Corporation was awarded for its case of issuing mobile driver's licenses. The mobile driver's license was issued as Korea's first digital ID in the era of digital transformation.

As part of the 'Digital Government Innovation,' the mobile driver's license was launched nationwide in July through collaboration among related agencies including the National Police Agency (system operation), Ministry of the Interior and Safety (promotion, budget, and project management), Korea Road Traffic Authority (license issuance), and the Minting Corporation (app development, security, and card procurement).

Currently, more than 400,000 people have registered and are using the mobile driver's license.

The mobile driver's license holds the same legal effect as the existing plastic driver's license under road traffic laws and is used as a means of identity verification at public institutions, banks, and other places.

Based on blockchain technology, the mobile driver's license encrypts and stores various personal information on the user's own smartphone, making forgery and alteration impossible, and it can be issued to only one device registered under the user's name.

Additionally, by presenting only the necessary information depending on the usage context, it minimizes personal information exposure, securing both safety and security.

The mobile driver's license is used in various fields such as financial institutions, public institutions, convenience stores, unmanned stores, telecommunications companies, rental car companies, and lodging businesses, with the service usage locations continuously expanding.

Ban Jang-sik, President of the Minting Corporation, stated, “We will further expand the mobile driver's license service so that the public can use it more conveniently and safely.”

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