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South Korea

Asia
KOR

Current Score

60.00

Global Rank

14th

Percentile

92%

Last Updated

Aug 23, 2026

Ranking Trend

South Korea's rank movement over the last 30 days

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Score Analysis

Analysis of South Korea's policy signalling profile

South Korea's WokeMeter assessment score of 60 aligns closely with its current composite score, indicating a high level of policy signalling intensity. The country ranks 14th globally, placing it in the 92.5th percentile. This position reflects South Korea's moderate yet comprehensive approach to Western-style progressive policy signalling, particularly in areas like corporate and institutional DEI policies, education curriculum signalling, and legislative/regulatory activism. While recent events have not significantly altered the country's policy landscape, the consistent scores across all dimensions suggest a stable commitment to these policies without significant recent intensification or regression.

The dimension scores reveal a balanced pattern of signalling intensity. The Education & Curriculum Signalling and Corporate/Investor Signalling dimensions are slightly higher, each at 60.11, suggesting a stronger emphasis in these areas compared to others. Speech & Expression Climate, Media & Platform Moderation, and Legislative/Regulatory Activism all score uniformly at 59.96, indicating a consistent approach across these domains. The Protest & Activism Salience dimension, weighted the least, also aligns with these scores, reflecting moderate visibility and impact of activism. Overall, South Korea maintains a uniform intensity in its social policy signalling, with no significant outliers or recent shifts identified in the data.

Score Breakdown by Dimension

Weighted components of the composite score

Speech & Expression Climate(18% weight)
59.96
Institutional DEI Policy Intensity(18% weight)
59.96
Education & Curriculum Signalling(14% weight)
60.11
Media & Platform Moderation(14% weight)
59.96
Legislative/Regulatory Activism(14% weight)
59.96
Corporate/Investor Signalling(12% weight)
60.11
Protest & Activism Salience(10% weight)
59.96

Recent Events

Events that influenced this country's score

South Korea police seek warrants for 58 repatriated scam centre suspects

Legislative/Regulatory Activism
0.0

The South Korean nationals were returned from Cambodia after being held for alleged links to "pig butchering" scams.

Oct 21, 2025Source

DGIST and Stanford University Jointly Develop One-Shot Federated Learning AI Technique Combining Privacy Protection and Efficiency

Corporate/Investor Signalling
+1.0

<a href="https://www.asiaresearchnews.com/node/21884"></a> <table><tr> <td> <img src="https://www.asiaresearchnews.com/sites/default/files/styles/newsletter/public/articles_images/3%20%E1%84%8B%E1%85%AF%E1%86%AB%E1%84%89%E1%85%A3%E1%86%BA%20%E1%84%8B%E1%85%A7%E1%86%AB%E1%84%92%E1%85%A1%E1%86%B8%20%E1%84%92%E1%85%A1%E1%86%A8%E1%84%89%E1%85%B3%E1%86%B8%20AI%20%E1%84%80%E1%85%B5%E1%84%89%E1%85%AE%E1%86%AF%20%E1%84%86%E1%85%A9%E1%84%83%E1%85%A6%E1%86%AF%20%E1%84%80%E1%85%AE%E1%84%8C%E1%85%A9.png?itok=GjhvTxqQ" width="150" height="150" alt=""> </td> <td> DGIST and Stanford University Jointly Develop One-Shot Federated Learning AI Technique Combining Privacy Protection and Efficiency <div> By Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) </div> <div> - Development of an AI method that enables efficient large-scale model training while protecting personal information with only a single model transmission - Overcomes previous lim

Oct 20, 2025Source

Teacher who killed eight-year-old jailed for life in South Korea

Education & Curriculum Signalling
+1.0

Myeong Jae-wan fatally stabbed the student in February after luring her into a classroom.

Oct 20, 2025Source