OFFICIAL INFORMATION DISCLOSURE ACT Wholly Amended by Act No. 7127, Jan. 29, 2004 Amended by Act No. 7796, Dec. 29, 2005 Act No. 8026, Oct. 4, 2006 Act No. 8171, Jan. 3, 2007 Act No. 8854, Feb. 29, 2008 Act No. 8871, Feb. 29, 2008 Act No. 10012, Feb. 4, 2010 Act No. 11690, Mar. 23, 2013 Act No. 11991, Aug. 6, 2013 Act No. 12844, Nov. 19, 2014 Act No. 14185, May 29, 2016 Act No. 14839, Jul. 26, 2017 Article 1 (Purpose) The purpose of this Act is to ensure people’s rights to know and to secure people's participation in state affairs and the transparency of the operation of state affairs by prescribing matters necessary for people’s requests for the disclosure of information kept and controlled by public institutions and the obligations of public institutions to disclose such information. Article 2 (Definitions) The definitions of terms used in this Act shall be as follows: 1. The term "information" means matters recorded in documents (including electronic documents; hereinafter the same shall apply), drawings, pictures, films, tapes, slides, and other media corresponding thereto that are made or acquired, and managed by public institutions for the performance of their duties; 2. The term "disclosure" means the act of public institutions allowing people to peruse information, providing copies and replicated articles thereof to people pursuant to this Act or providing information to people via the information and communications network (hereinafter referred to as the "information and communications network") pursuant to subparagraph 10 of Article 2 of the Electronic Government Act; 3. The term "public institution" means any of the following institutions: