Accessibility Testing in Seoul, South Korea, Done by Hand

KWCAG audits for Seoul, with the evidence Korean certification pressure expects.

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What Seoul actually requires

Roughly 9,315,000 people live in Seoul, one of South Korea's 17 first-level divisions and a special city. Which accessibility rule reaches your website here is not decided at that level, though. South Korea holds sites to KWCAG, a national standard aligned with WCAG, phased in since 2009.

Discrimination claims carry damages, and certification pressure does the rest, because Korean organizations are routinely asked to prove accessibility rather than simply assert it. As a special city, Seoul runs its own administration and its own portal, and that portal answers to the same national standard as every private site around it. There is no separate metropolitan standard to learn.

So here is what we do about it. We work your Seoul site against all 55 WCAG 2.2 A and AA rules by hand, then a professional blind screen-reader user runs your real journeys while we record where they stop. What comes back is the proof, every failing rule with its screenshot and its fix, ordered by user impact.

The rules in force in Seoul

South Korea: Disability Discrimination Act and KWCAG

Standard: KWCAG 2.2, a national standard aligned with WCAG
Where it stands: In force, phased since 2009
Who it binds: Public and private sectors
Reaches sellers based abroad: Not by itself
What non-compliance costs: Discrimination claims, damages, and mandatory certification pressure

Discrimination act in force: 2008
National standard: KWCAG
Supreme Court web ruling: Mar 2026
Certification mark: Voluntary

The South Korea dates, 3 of them

Apr 11, 2008Disability Discrimination Act takes effect
2009Phased application to web content begins with public bodies
2015Final phase extends the duty across covered private sectors

Read the full South Korea page

What we test, and how, in Seoul

Start with the honest part. The audit is the same in Seoul as it is anywhere, because WCAG does not change at a border. What changes is which law is watching and what it costs to fail, and the section above settles that.

The work itself runs in three passes. A machine finds the failures a machine can prove. A human works every one of the 55 A and AA rules by hand. Then a professional blind screen-reader user opens your real journeys and tries to finish them, the way your customers would. Every finding arrives with its screenshot and the fix that closes it, drawn from our free library of 432 guides.

None of the reference sits behind a form, either. Every number below counts pages you can go and read right now, free, whether you ever buy an audit or not.

A and AA rules we check: 55
Techniques and failures: 432
ACT test rules: 90
ARIA roles documented: 94
Terms in the glossary: 131
Checklists to work from: 9

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The honest limit

And an audit is evidence, not a legal opinion. We tell you what fails, who it stops, and what closes it. Whether that satisfies a regulator or a court in Seoul is a question for your lawyer, and we would rather say so than pretend otherwise.

What owners in Seoul want to know first

Is accessibility testing in Seoul different from anywhere else?

No. WCAG is the same standard everywhere, so the testing is identical wherever you are. What changes is which law is watching and what failing it costs, and that is what the law section on this page settles.

Who sets the rules for a website in Seoul?

South Korea is the one that reach Seoul first, and each has its own page here covering what it asks for, who it lands on, and how it gets enforced. Sell into more than one market and more than one of them can reach you at the same time.

Does Seoul expect a published accessibility statement?

No law that reaches Seoul names one in our library, so nothing forces you to publish a statement. You can still publish one anyway, and our free generator will write it from what the audit found.

How much is an audit, and when does the report land?

A Rapid Audit is $499 for 10 pages, with the report in 5 business days. A Standard Audit is $1,499 for 25 pages in 10 business days. Once your team has fixed things, the re-audit is half price within 3 months.

Is a real screen-reader user involved, or just software?

Yes, on every audit. A professional blind screen-reader user opens your real journeys and tries to finish them, and we write down where they stop. That is the pass no scanner can run.

Related on this site

The reading behind the law that reaches you in Seoul, and the guides that turn it into work your team can do.

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Find out where your site stands in Seoul

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