Copyright Policy

This Copyright Policy sets out how users may lawfully use the works contained in the services provided by Korea Credit News (the "Company"), in compliance with copyright law and other legislation, together with other necessary matters. Articles in the English edition are translations of the Korean originals published by Korea Credit News; the copyright in both the originals and the translations belongs to the Company.

※ This is an English translation of the Korean Copyright Policy of Korea Credit News. It applies equally to the English edition (en.creditnews.kr); in the event of any discrepancy, the Korean original prevails.


Article 1 (Notice of Copyright Policy)

  1. The Company complies with copyright law and other applicable legislation.
  2. All content provided through the Company's services (articles, photographs, graphics, video, audio, attachments, database information, etc.) is protected by copyright law. Unless a separate copyright notice or another source is indicated, the copyright belongs to the Company.
  3. Content created by users in which the copyright belongs to the user, and works for which a copyright licence has been obtained through proper procedures and which display the copyright and source, are excluded from the Company's works.
  4. The Company may delete posts within its services if it becomes aware that they infringe copyright or other rights of third parties, or violate the Company's policies or applicable law.

Article 2 (Obligations of Users)

  1. Users are obliged to comply with copyright law and other legislation; violations may result in temporary or permanent suspension of use.
  2. No work within the services may be reproduced, published, transmitted, distributed, sold, altered, broadcast or otherwise used without the Company's consent.
  3. Even where a work is used with the Company's consent, it may not be altered without permission other than to correct simple errors, and the source must always be credited.

Article 3 (Measures against Infringing Posts)

  1. The rights in content posted by users (comments, opinions, questions, video, files, links, etc.) belong to the rights holder, and the user concerned is responsible for any problems arising from it. The Company may suspend the display of, and delete, posts that violate copyright law or other legislation.
  2. A rights holder who believes their copyright has been infringed within the services may request that the work be taken down and deleted.
    Copyright contact Kim Hyung-jin (Tel. +82-70-8065-3023 / Email. hjkim@langfunmedia.com)
    Download Request to suspend reproduction and transmission (Korean)
  3. The Company may suspend the accounts of users who repeatedly violate copyright or other laws.

Article 4 (Requests to Restore Content)

A user who has been notified that their content has been taken down and deleted following a copyright infringement report may request its restoration by submitting supporting evidence.

Copyright contact Kim Hyung-jin (Tel. +82-70-8065-3023 / Email. hjkim@langfunmedia.com)
Download Request to resume reproduction and transmission (Korean)