South Korea plans to increase safety inspections on its overseas direct purchase on concerns about the influx of hazardous products amid an increase in cross-border e-commerce and online sales, the Office for Government Policy Coordination said in a Wednesday release.
Safety inspections will be raised to over 2,000 by 2028 from about 1,000 cases in 2025.
The government plans to boost inspection by applying data and AI across the entire product safety lifecycle and shifting toward preventive regulation, the release said.
The initiative outlines four core strategies and 16 key tasks that are aimed at improving public confidence, it said.