Criminal Code, Oct. 3, 1953. Amended by Act nº 5057, Dec. 29, 1995; Act nº 6543, Dec. 29, 2001; Act nº 7623, Jul. 29, 2005; Act nº 11731, Apr. 5, 2013. 

CHAPTER VIII.- CRIMES CONCERNING OBSTRUCTION OF THE PERFORMANCE OF OFFICIAL DUTIES

Article 141 (Invalidity of Public Documents, etc. and Destruction of Public Goods)

(1) A person who damages or conceals documents or other goods, or special media records, such as electromagnetic records, etc., used by public offices, or spoils its utility by other methods, shall be punished by imprisonment with prison labor for not more than 7 years or by a fine not exceeding 10 million won. (Amended by Act nº 5057, Dec. 29, 1995)

CHAPTER XX.- CRIMES CONCERNING DOCUMENTS

Article 227-2 (False Preparation or Alteration of Public Electromagnetic Records)

A person with the intention of disrupting business falsely or alters electromagnetic documents of public official or public office shall be punished by imprisonment with prison labor not more than 10 years. (Amended by Act nº 5057. Dec. 29,1995)

Article 232-2 (Falsification or Alteration of Private Electromagnetic Records)

A person who falsifies or alters, with the intention of making any error in the management of affairs, any special media records, such as another person’s electromagnetic records concerning any years, shall be punished by imprisonment with prison labor for not more than 5 years, or a fine not exceeding 10 million won. (Amended by Act nº 5057. Dec. 29,1995)

CHAPTER XXXV.- CRIMES OF VIOLATION OF SECRECY

Article 316 (Violation of Secrecy)

(1) A person who opens a sealed or other secretly composed letter, document, or drawing shall be punished by imprisonment with or without labor for not more than 3 years or by a fine not exceeding 5 million won. (Amended by Act nº 5057. Dec. 29,1995)

(2) Any person who detects the contents of another person’s sealed or secretly designed letter, document, drawing, picture, or special media records, such as electromagnetic records, using any technical means, shall be subject to the same punishment referred to in paragraph (1). (Inserted by Act nº 5057. Dec. 29,1995)

CHAPTER XXXIX.- CRIMES OF FRAUD AND EXTORTION

Article 347-2 (Fraud by The Use of Computer, etc.)

Any person who acquires any benefits to property or has a third person acquire them, by making any data processed after inputting a false information or improper order, or inputting or altering the data without any authority into the data processor, such as computer, etc., shall be punished by imprisonment with prison labor for not more than 10 years, or a fine not exceeding 20 million won. (Amended by Act nº 6543, Dec. 29, 2001)

CHAPTER XLII.- CRIMES OF DESTRUCTION AND DAMAGE

Article 366 (Destruction and Damage, etc. of Property)

A person who, by destroying, damaging, or concealing another’s property document or special media records, such as electromagnetic records, etc., or by any other means, reduces their utility, shall be punished by imprisonment with prison labor for not more than 3 years or a fine not exceeding 7 million won. (Amended by Act nº 5057. Dec. 29,1995)