"Public Apps for Subscription Are All Different"... Now Use Them All at Once on Private Apps

27 Public Services, Including Housing Subscription and Childcare,
to Be Opened to Private Apps
Ministry of the Interior and Safety Launches Digital Service Opening Contest

From now on, 27 types of public services, including housing subscription services that were previously scattered across two apps, will be easily accessible through private apps as well.

On the 20th, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety announced that it will promote the "2025 First Half Digital Service Opening Contest," which opens 27 public services with high usage frequency and impact to private companies, including ▲two housing subscription services (Cheongyak Home and LH Cheongyak Plus), ▲non-face-to-face qualification verification services, and ▲driver's license test registration.

Digital service opening is a project that opens public services, which were only available on public websites or apps, to the private sector so that citizens can use them on frequently used private apps.

The public contest for private companies to participate in the 2025 service linkage will be held from today until the 26th of next month. An open briefing session will also be held on the 28th for interested companies. Once selected as a candidate for opening, a public-private consultative body will be formed together with the service management agency, the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, and the Digital Service Opening Support Center. After negotiating linkage requirements, signing terms of use, and developing programs, services will be sequentially launched starting at the end of this year.

The new public services to be opened this year include 27 types across 8 fields, selected based on last year’s citizen and corporate demand surveys and their relevance to existing opened services. Services frequently used in daily life, such as housing subscription, housing lease contract reporting, driver's license test registration, childcare services, and public sports facility reservations, will be available on familiar private apps as well.

Lee Yong-seok, Director of the Digital Government Innovation Office at the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, said, "The services being offered in this contest are useful services frequently used by citizens in daily life, and we expect a significant ripple effect when linked with private apps. We hope many companies will show interest."

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