The Ministry of Justice said on the 21st it will unveil the "Legal Aid Platform (https://www.helplaw24.go.kr)," which lets people search for and use legal welfare services from 35 institutions in one place.
The Legal Aid Platform is led by the Ministry of Justice, with the Korea Legal Aid Corporation (KLAC) carrying out the project. When a user asks about a legal concern on the site, Generative AI proposes various types of services tailored to the situation, based on past cases from the 35 participating institutions.
If a user needs legal aid support such as litigation representation, they can apply through the platform without visiting an institution.
Through "Find my services," users can check service providers and service details by topic, and through the "legal welfare map," they can also search for service providers near them.
The institutions participating in the Legal Aid Platform are: ▲ Korea Legal Aid Corporation (KLAC) (legal counseling) ▲ Korea Legal Aid Center for Family Relations (domestic violence counseling) ▲ Korea Family Legal Welfare Counseling Center (domestic violence counseling) ▲ Korean Bar Foundation Legal Aid (litigation aid) ▲ Ministry of Justice (linkage to village lawyer legal counseling) ▲ Ministry of Unification (support for North Korean defectors) ▲ Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs (information linkage for persons of national merit, etc.) ▲ Ministry of Health and Welfare (find social welfare services) ▲ Ministry of Employment and Labor (MOEL) (support for workers suffering unpaid wages) ▲ Ministry of Gender Equality and Family (support for single-parent families, marriage immigrants, and naturalized citizens) ▲ Financial Services Commission (free support for debtor agents and litigation attorneys) ▲ National Court Administration (support including public defenders) ▲ Seoul Welfare Foundation (assistance with personal rehabilitation and bankruptcy applications) ▲ Gyeonggi-do People's Finance Welfare Support Center (assistance with personal rehabilitation and bankruptcy applications) ▲ Incheon Metropolitan City Social Service Agency (information linkage for major services for Incheon citizens) ▲ Korea Workers' Compensation & Welfare Service (K-COMWEL) (applications for simple substitute payment) ▲ Korea INclusive Finance Agency (KINFA) (linkage with the National Happiness Fund) small Enterprise and Market Service (counseling for unfair trade damage) ▲ National Center for the Rights of the Child (child abuse counseling) ▲ Korea Child Support Agency (support to secure child support compliance) ▲ Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA) (e-commerce damage counseling) ▲ Korea Housing & Urban Guarantee Corporation (HUG) (legal counseling for jeonse victims) ▲ Korea SMEs and Startups Agency (KOSME) (restart support project for small-scale small and medium-sized business owners) ▲ Korean Artists Welfare Foundation (KAWF) (legal counseling for artists) ▲ Korea Medical Dispute Mediation and Arbitration Agency (medical dispute counseling) ▲ Korea Asset Management Corporation (KAMCO) (debt adjustment) ▲ Korea Copyright Commission (KCC) (copyright legal counseling) ▲ Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute (KEITI) (relief for environmental pollution damage) ▲ Financial Supervisory Service (reporting damage from illegal private finance) ▲ Korean Bar Association (legal support for North Korean defectors) ▲ Korean Commercial Arbitration Board (arbitration of commercial disputes) ▲ Smile Center (psychological support for crime victims) ▲ Credit Counseling & Recovery Service (CCRS) (applications for personal debt adjustment programs) ▲ Korea Crime Victims' Support Association (support for crime victims) ▲ Korea Information & Communication Promotion Association (counseling for online damage), among others.