South Korea’s Ministry of Government Legislation has launched an “AI Legal Secretary” service to help civil servants navigate complex legal questions, drawing on roughly 240,000 judicial precedents, statutes, and administrative regulations. Developed jointly with the Ministry of the Interior and Safety and the Ministry of Science and ICT, the tool uses a domestically developed large language model to answer legal queries arising in policy development and implementation. Officials stressed it serves as a preliminary reference, not an authoritative legal opinion. The rollout is part of the Lee Jae Myung administration’s broader AI push in public administration.
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