as follows, and should all be satisfied:
(a) Employ regular workforce consisting of five or more reporters
or editors, including three or more reporters.
Article 4 (Registration)
(2) The documents according to the following classification (including
electronic documents) shall be attached to the application form submitted
as per Section 1:
3. Online newspaper
(c) Documents that confirm that reporters are insured by the
National Pension, the National Health Insurance or Industrial
Accident Compensation Insurance;
(d) Documents that confirm that editors are insured by the
National Pension, the National Health Insurance or Industrial
Accident Compensation Insurance.
Addenda (Presidential Decree No. 26626, November 11, 2015)
Article 2 (Transitional Measures Concerning Standards for Online
Newspapers)
Any online newspaper enterpriser who has registered under Article 9
Section 1 of the Act before this Presidential Decree was enforced, and
who falls short of the standards set forth in the amended provision of
Article 2 Section 1 Item 1 Sub-Item (a), must meet the standards set
forth in the amended provision of Article 2 Section 1 Item 1 Sub-Item
(a) within one year of the enforcement of this Presidential Decree.
Summary of the Decision
1. It is clear that ‘online newspapers’ indicate newspapers that are
published and distributed via the internet instead of on paper, and the
Definition Provision explicitly clarifies the independent production of
news articles and continuous publication as the basic requirements of an
online newspaper. It is also necessary to delegate the specific standards
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