Dr.

Sang-Baek Chris Kang

Director of Global Cooperation, KLID
chriskang@klid.or.kr

Table of Contents

I. Resident Registration Policy in Korea

1.

Concept of Resident Registration

2.

Function of Resident Registration System

3.

Management System of Resident Registration

4.

Resident Registration Card

5.

History of Resident Registration

II. Resident Registration Information System

1.

Benefits of Resident Registration Information System

2.

Resident Registration Information System Overview

3.

Administrative Information Sharing System

III. Discussion
1.

Korean NID and Public Information Sharing Policy and System Expansion
Strategy Introducing KLIDs Approach

I. Resident Registration Policy in Korea

. Resident Registration Policy in Korea

1. Concept of Resident Registration System

Identification of
resident
relocation/
Exit/Move-in

Overall Enhancement of
Welfare, Education,
Culture, etc. of citizens

Advanced efficient
public administration
including Taxation,
Military Subscription,
Votes, etc.
Integrated
management of
resident
information

Identification of
a person who
committed antisocial behavior

Social protection against

crimes, etc.

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2. Function of Resident Registration System

1. All electronic document handling processes

05 Judicial

13

Criminal
34
law
Security

35

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Trade/
tariff

Safety Legisl 19
ature

06

2. Comprehensive informatization of central and local finance

22

4. Implementation of an electronic audit system

Industry

Law and
order

Other admin

14

Construction

Logistics

10. Expanded sharing of admin information

11. Development of a government function interconnection model

Defense
Unification

Diplomacy

08

Information
standard

28
Information
protection

29

07

Atmosphere

HR
Environment

01

Healthcare
medical

E-gov
law/
system
31

12.Implementation of internet civil appeal service

13. Comprehensive national safety management

33
Education

Finance

Info
infra

30

16.Comprehensive national welfare information service

19.Admin court internet service

20.Unified company application account service

Ballot
Election

Integration of information
resource,
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Implementation of e-infra

15. Comprehensive national tax service

18.Comprehensive hiring/job information service

Gymnastics

Information
manpower

14.Implementation and interconnection of architecture/land/registration

17.Comprehensive food/drug information service

02

Tourism

21. Comprehensive logistic information service

22.e-trading/tariff service

Culture

23. Comprehensive foreigner support service

24.Support for e-governments oversea exploration
25. Expanded online citizen participation

Welfare

16

9. Real time management of national tasks

Info source
manage 27

Facility

8. informatization of diplomacy and trading

10

32

National DB

7. Comprehensive informatization of HR and administration

Tax

Knowledge

21

6. Implementation of a comprehensive criminal law system

15

Procurement
Communication

17

5. Implementation of e-congress
Finance

Information sharing,
interconnection integration

Transportation

14 Land

3. Implementation of local e-government

23

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09
04 Strategic
Gov works 11

26. Implementation of the integrated government computer system

27. Advancement of the e-government communication network
28.Application of the governments IT architecture
29. Implementation of an information protection system
30. IT manpower and operation organization strengthened and repaired

Participation

Civil appeal

Labor

Sci
Tech

31. Implementation of e-government and reinforcement of the reliability related laws

32. e-procurement
33. (NEIS) National Education Information System

34. Police IT System

e-Democracy

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35. ITS, BIS

Source: Han, H.N., Introduction of NID, MOGAHA, 2014

2. Function of Resident Registration System

Contd

Resident Registration is the basis of lifecycle government support for citizens.

NID Number
assignment
New born
baby subsidy
support

Tuition fee
support for
kindergarten
Vaccination
introduction
for children

Elementary
school notice
NID issuance
at the age of
17

Assigning
Voting rights
(after the age of
19)
National tuition
fee support for
undergraduate
courses

Health
Checkup
Notice
Taxation
House Loans

National Pension
Services for
elderly people

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3. Management of Resident Registration

MOI
(Ministry of the Interior)

Provincial
Local Government

Municipalities

Citizen administration
center

In charge of law and ordinances of resident registration

Control and monitor national resident registration
Manage resident registration data center
Issuance of NID card

Control and monitor resident registration

Approval of resident registration information in the
province

Control and monitor resident registration in municipalities

Resident registration certification copy issuance
Issuance of NID card
Move-in registration and NID data process management
Resident registration certification copy issuance
Assigning NID number
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4.

Resident Registration Card

820701
Date of
Birth

2
Gender

3456

Area Code

Resident
Registration
Order

8
Verification
Number
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5. History of Resident Registration System

Enactment on the Residents Registration Law (1962) : Integration of
separated Resident Registration Record

1st revision (1968) : Resident Registration Number (12 digits), Residency

Status Table, Resident Registration Card for over 18 years old , recognition of
registered address as a official address
2nd revision (1970) : Authorization of requesting of ID card for social security
3rd revision (1975) : Mandatory of issuance of ID card from 17 years old,
Resident Registration Number (13 digits), 1st reissuance of ID card
4th revision (1977) : Individual Resident Registration table, penalty given to
person who have not issued an ID card over a year
5th revision (1980) : Mandatory of possessing Resident Registration Card

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5. History of Resident Registration System

Contd

7th revision (1991) : Addition of related regulation for electronic process

8th revision (1993) : Abolition of mandatory of moving out notification

10th revision (1999) : Addition of related regulation for recording blood type by
Residents will
12th revision (2001) : Criminal punishment on abuse and false issuance of Resident
Registration Number

13th revision (2004) : Provision of certificate issuance on internet, introduction of

authentication service for Resident Registration Information
14th revision (2006) : Expansion of penalty on false usage of Resident Registration
Number
17th revision (2009): Introduction of report service for the person without clear
residency, additional regulation for issuance of certificate

24th revision (2014) : Issue foreign national resident registration card (started 22nd
January, 2015)

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II. Resident Registration Information System

1. Benefits of Resident Registration System

Paperwork Reduction

Saved amount

Source: Infographics 2016

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II. Resident Registration Information System

2. Resident Registration Information System Overview

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Information
Usage System
Computerized
Information
System
Information
Sharing
System
Administrative Sharing
Information Center

Resident Registration

..
.

Seal
Election

Verification of signature

Schoolchildren
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2. Resident Registration Information System Overview

Contd

Integrated
DB

Municipal

Integrated
DB

Municipal Resident
Registration Information
System

Resident DB

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II. Resident Registration Information System

2. Resident Registration Information System Overview

Contd

..
.
-real-time data linkage
- Verification

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II. Resident Registration Information System

3.

Administrative Information Sharing System

Definition : Sharing and usage of administrative information between administrative

institution and public institution for administrative work and public service

Progress
Enact of regulation for administrative information sharing (1998)
Compulsory of information sharing by e-government act (Feb, 2002)
Implementation of Administrative Information Sharing System (2002)

Efficacy : Enhancement of efficiency and convenience of administrative work by

decreasing of visiting administrative institution

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3. Administrative Information Sharing System

Contd

Information Retention
Institutions

Institution

Central Administrative
Institution

Central Administrative
Institution

A Local Government

Administrative
Information Sharing
Center

Financial Institution

A Local Government

Financial Institution

Linkage between
institutions
Information Sharing started in 2005, and it is possible to share 120 data of 438 institutions.
As a result, social cost is estimated to be reduced about 1.4 trillion won. (1.4 billion dollars)

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3. Administrative Information Sharing System (National Pension)

Contd

[ Linkage of Resident Registration Information System and National Pension System]

Linked Information : Daily changed resident registration information

Resident registration number, name, date of moving-in, status of

resident, reset date etc.

Date of Linkage : 2009. 12. 14.

System of Linkage : Send out changed information once a day (at 05:00)

Details of usage : National Pension subscriber, check recipient, send out

notice and bill to beneficiaries and for those who are eligible for subscription

Output : Enhancement of administration service and convenience of reducing

administrative agency visits

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3. Administrative Information Sharing System

Move-in

Change
of name

(National Pension)

Contd

Death

Extract changed resident registration

information for a day

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III. Discussion

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III. Discussion

1.

Korean NID and Public Information Sharing Policy and System

Expansion Strategy Introducing KLIDs Approach

KLID (Korea Local Information Research &

Development Institute) is the one and
only government organization to operate
and manage local e-government. systems
of 17 local government and 228
municipalities in Korea.
KLID also monitor and administer total
information security for local
governments.
NID citizen interface is closely related to
KLIDs works in Minwon24 (e-gov portal).
KLID and Korean Government can be a
good international partner for NID policy,
consulting, strategy, as well as system
deployment.

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III. Discussion

1.

Korean NID and Public Information Sharing Policy and System

Expansion Strategy Introducing KLIDs Approach
Contd

KLID suggests Korean NID/CRVS strategy consisted of four development phases

to partner countries.
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III

II

IV

NID/Civil
Registration
Policy and Law/
Ordinances
Provision

NID System Design/

Implementation/
operation and
Maintenance

Public Information
Sharing for
maximum efficiency
and effectiveness

Vital Statistics and

Big Data for
proactive public
administration

NID Policy
Consulting
Law and Ordinances
by Korean
experiences
Funding
coordination

NID System with

flexibility and
compatibility
Easy modularization
Open source
support by
eGovFrame,etc.

Public information
sharing, electronic
document, and
directory services
based on XML or
other markup
technology supports

Base on Big Data

analysis framework
and support for Vital
Statistics
Proactive citizen
support Govt 3.0
in Korea

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Thank You!
Questions and Comments:
Dr. Sang-Baek Chris Kang
chriskang@klid.or.kr

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