Back مجلس تقدير الألعاب Arabic Game Rating and Administration Committee German Game Rating and Administration Committee Spanish Game Rating and Administration Committee Finnish Game Rating and Administration Committee French Game Rating and Administration Committee Italian ゲーム物管理委員会 Japanese 게임물관리위원회 Korean Game Rating Board Portuguese Geimmul Gwalli-Wiwonhoe Swedish
| 게임물관리위원회 게임物管理委員會 Geimmul Gwalli Wiwonhoe | |
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| Video game content rating body overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 2006 (as Game Rating Board) |
| Jurisdiction | South Korea |
| Headquarters | Busan, South Korea |
| Website | www |
| Game Rating and Administration Committee | |
| Hangul | 게임물관리위원회 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 게임物管理委員會 |
| Revised Romanization | Geimmul Gwalli Wiwonhoe |
| McCune–Reischauer | Keimmul Kwalli Wiwŏnhoe |
The Game Rating and Administration Committee[a] (GRAC), formerly the Game Rating Board[b] (GRB) until December 23, 2013, is a South Korean video game content rating board. A governmental organization, the GRAC rates video games to inform customers of the nature of game contents.
Prior to the foundation of GRB, the Korea Media Rating Board rated video games like most other entertainment media. In 2006, the controversies surrounding the arcade gambling game Sea Story, which the Korea Media Rating Board found suitable for all-age, lead to allegations of misconduct. The Korean government responded by creating the GRB in 2006 and making it the only rating organization for rating video games in South Korea.[1][2][3][4]
The GRAC has been criticized as one of the elements of the Internet censorship in South Korea, and has been criticized for being the same as censorship of China.[5][6][7] By law, games sold in the country must be rated by GRAC prior to sale; additional regulations stipulate age and real name verification for certain mature-audience titles, as well as regulations on location-based games.[8]
In October 2022, the GRAC's sudden decision to raise the age rating of video games was accused of being an illegitimate policy, leading to an audit of the board suggested by Democratic Party politician Lee Sang-heon.[9]
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