50% Completion of Current Web Plugin Removal for K-Startup and Online Corporate Establishment System
[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Cheol-hyun] The Korea Institute of Startup & Entrepreneurship Development (President Kim Kwang-hyun, hereinafter referred to as Kised) announced on the 31st that it will remove all web plugins (ActiveX) installed on the public startup support sites operated by Kised within this year, with support from the Ministry of SMEs and Startups (Minister Park Young-sun).
The targeted sites are the startup support portal site 'K-Startup' and the 'Online Corporate Establishment System,' which supports establishing corporations online. Web plugins are programs separately installed to implement functions not supported by web browsers, such as identity verification or electronic signatures. They are optimized for Microsoft Windows operating system (OS) and Internet Explorer browser, causing significant inconvenience when using other OSs or browsers. Removing these web plugins will enable the use of various web browsers, enhancing user convenience and improving service satisfaction.
The startup support portal 'K-Startup' is a site visited by 6.8 million people annually and is operated to comprehensively provide startup information such as nationwide startup support project information, startup support policies, online startup education, and public startup space information. The 'Online Corporate Establishment System' supports founders to establish corporations online from home without directly visiting the necessary institutions, contributing to expanding the startup base and revitalizing startups. Establishing a corporation through this system takes about three days and can save approximately 400,000 KRW to 1,100,000 KRW in costs depending on the capital.
Since 2017, Kised has removed five of the six web plugins installed on the Online Corporate Establishment System and plans to remove the remaining web plugin for corporate seal scanning by December. The removal of four web plugins on the K-Startup site is scheduled to be completed in October.
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