WCAG Audits and Accessibility Testing in South Korea
KWCAG 2.2 audits with the evidence Korean certification pressure expects.
Where South Korea stands right now
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.
We audit against the WCAG rules KWCAG is built from, by hand and by ear. What comes back is the proof, every failing rule with its screenshot and its fix, ordered by user impact.
The law that reaches you in South Korea
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
What accessibility testing in South Korea covers
Start with the honest part. The audit is the same in South Korea 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
- A free 10-page scan that finds what a machine can prove, before you spend anything
- Paid audits at fixed prices on the pricing page, $499 for 10 pages in 5 business days, $1,499 for 25 in 10
- The exact deliverable, free to read, as the sample report
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 South Korea is a question for your lawyer, and we would rather say so than pretend otherwise.
Questions owners in South Korea ask us
Does the audit change because my site is in South Korea?
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.
Which law applies to my site in South Korea?
South Korea is the one that reach South Korea 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.
Do I have to publish an accessibility statement in South Korea?
No law that reaches South Korea 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.
What does the audit cost, and how fast is the report?
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.
Do you actually test with a blind user?
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 South Korea, and the guides that turn it into work your team can do.
Provinces and metropolitan cities and cities we test in South Korea
- Seoul, South Korea
- Busan, South Korea
- Daegu, South Korea
- Incheon, South Korea
- Gwangju, South Korea
- Daejeon, South Korea
- Ulsan, South Korea
- Sejong, South Korea
- Gyeonggi, South Korea
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- Gangwon, South Korea
- North Chungcheong, South Korea
- South Chungcheong, South Korea
- North Jeolla, South Korea
- South Jeolla, South Korea
- North Gyeongsang, South Korea
- South Gyeongsang, South Korea
- Jeju, South Korea
- Ansan, South Korea
- Anyang, South Korea
- Asan, South Korea
- Bucheon, South Korea
- Changwon, South Korea
- Cheonan, South Korea
- Cheongju, South Korea
- Gimhae, South Korea
- Gimpo, South Korea
- Goyang, South Korea
- Gumi, South Korea
- Hwaseong, South Korea
- Jeonju, South Korea
- Jinju, South Korea
- Namyangju, South Korea
- Paju, South Korea
- Pohang, South Korea
- Pyeongtaek, South Korea
- Seongnam, South Korea
- Siheung, South Korea
- Suwon, South Korea
- Uijeongbu, South Korea
- Wonju, South Korea
- Yangsan, South Korea
- Yongin, South Korea
Accessibility testing in other countries
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- Denmark
- Norway
- Switzerland
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Canada
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Estonia
- Finland
- Greece
- Hungary
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Sweden
- Argentina
- Colombia
- China
- Hong Kong
- Taiwan
- Saudi Arabia
- Qatar
- United Arab Emirates
- Iceland
- Liechtenstein
- Australia
- New Zealand
- Japan
- India
- Israel
- Brazil
Find out where your site stands in South Korea
Run the free scan. Read the sample report. Order the audit when you want the humans on it, and what lands is a report your developers, your lawyer or a regulator in South Korea can act on.