Starting today, I'll personally become an 'AI Lawmaker' for Korea!
VANK Unveils 「I Am an AI Lawmaker」, a Nationwide Participatory National Policy and Fiscal Evaluation Platform
Where does the tax I pay actually go? The Cyber Diplomatic Corps VANK (VANK, Director Park Gi-tae), which since 1999 has trained Korean youth as 'Digital Diplomats' and 'AI Diplomats' amid an era of 200 million global Hallyu fans, has now launched a platform to turn all 50 million Korean citizens into 'AI Lawmakers.'
VANK has built 「I Am an AI Lawmaker – A Fiscal Map for the Age of Popular Sovereignty」, a citizen-sovereignty fiscal platform that lets every citizen directly track and evaluate, down to the last won, the ₩1,615 trillion government expenditure budget (based on fiscal year 2026).
Recognizing that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' roughly 3,000 official staff alone have limits in properly representing Korea to 8 billion people worldwide, VANK has long trained hundreds of thousands of youth as civilian 'Digital Diplomats,' expanding the scope of public diplomacy. This new platform was conceived as an extension of that effort, aimed at overcoming the practical limitation that just about 300 lawmakers cannot thoroughly review and evaluate the entire ₩1,615 trillion government budget.
The aim is for every citizen to become an “AI Lawmaker” who verifies and evaluates government policy first-hand, lifting the quality of Korea's national policy and helping the country lead globally. The project puts into practice, in the arena of public finance, the principle of popular sovereignty in Article 1(2) of the Constitution: “The sovereignty of the Republic of Korea resides in the people, and all state authority emanates from the people.”
Using AI and public data technology, the platform has transformed the national budget review process — long seen as the exclusive domain of the National Assembly and experts due to its complex terminology and vast figures — into a domain accessible to all 50 million citizens. The platform analyzes and aggregates the Ministry of Economy and Finance's entire official 2026 expenditure budget data without any artificial estimation or manipulation, ensuring data transparency.
In particular, considering that it is difficult to judge the content of a project from its name alone across the government's 61 agencies and 1,791 detailed projects, VANK introduced the 'AI Lawmaker Aide' feature. The AI Aide clearly summarizes each project's purpose, beneficiaries, performance indicators, and points of concern.
[Example AI Aide summary: Ministry of Foreign Affairs' 'Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Assistance' project (₩403.7 billion)]
The 「I Am an AI Lawmaker」 platform offers the following thirteen core features so citizens can directly participate as budget reviewers and legislative participants.
Reverse-Calculating Your Tax Receipt
Shows exactly how much of the tax you paid goes to each of the 61 central government agencies, down to the last won.
Tracking the Whole Budget Flow
Traces the agency → sector → program structure at a glance, automatically separating internal transfers and matching funds to derive net expenditure.
Comparing Budget Trends by Agency
Compares three-year budget trends by agency for 2024–2026 alongside year-on-year rates of change.
Automatic Duplicate-Budget Detection
Uses AI to surface programs budgeted by multiple ministries for similar purposes and flags them for oversight.
Fiscal Traffic-Light Voting
After reviewing the AI aide's summary of the program plan and press releases, citizens vote in real time — Appropriate / Keep / Restructure — and add comments. Opinions VANK highlights are pinned to the “VANK's Pick” section, while the rest are presented through topic filters and a varied card layout.
Budget Oversight and Direct Delivery
Through the Open National Assembly Information API, the platform pulls live profiles of lawmakers on the relevant standing committee, bills introduced in the 22nd Assembly, committee activity, and plenary voting records. An AI aide briefs you on each lawmaker's recent legislative work, recent news coverage is listed newest-first, and the “VANK's Pick” section at the top links to a lawmaker's detail view in one click.
National Assembly Bill Voting
Browse bills from the 22nd National Assembly by standing committee and submit a for/against/abstain vote with your opinion in one step. Bills VANK is watching are pinned at the top as 'VANK's Pick,' and the AI Aide automatically briefs the purpose and key issues.
Source Evidence and Citation Package
Publishes the data fingerprint and original sources of the official Open Fiscal Data figures, and lets you download the full citation package (ZIP).
Watching the Nation-Brand Budget
Separately tallies and monitors budgets tied to Korea's international standing — public diplomacy, Hallyu support, Korean language promotion, overseas Koreans, and tourism.
Lawmakers Overseeing the Budget
Look up 22nd National Assembly members' profiles, committee activities, budget-related bills, and plenary voting records in real time. The AI Aide summarizes each lawmaker's recent legislative activity, and the latest news coverage on each lawmaker is gathered newest-first with headlines and links to the original articles. The 'VANK's Pick' section at the top highlights lawmakers VANK is watching — one click opens their detail view.
Multilingual Global Service (6 UN Official Languages + Japanese)
Provides 8 language editions: Korean, the 6 UN official languages (English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Russian), and Japanese. Direct access to /en /fr /es /ar /zh /ru /ja is available via the header language switcher; Arabic displays in right-to-left (RTL) mode, and hreflang sitemaps expose each language edition to search engines. Ministry and project names can be viewed in official English (EN), Revised Romanization (RR), or original Korean (KR), and AI assistant briefings are also generated in English.
Budget Reallocation Simulator
Citizens directly adjust each agency's budget by ±50% to build their own plan and see the per-capita tax change in real time. They leave their reasoning, share it as a link, and compare the planned-vs-executed rate side by side. Plans VANK highlights are pinned to the 'VANK's Pick' section at the top.
Settlement & Execution-Rate Linkage
Beyond the planned (appropriated) budget, actual settled amounts are compared to calculate and visualize each program's execution rate and unexecuted share — tracking the budget from "was it set?" to "was it spent?"
In particular, citizens' voluntary votes and proposals collected through the 'Policy Budget Evaluation - Fiscal Traffic Light' menu are made transparently public in real time through the 'AI Lawmaker Opinion LIVE' system. It is also linked to the activity records and contact information of lawmakers on the relevant standing committees, opening a channel through which citizen evaluations can be directly reflected in legislative activity.
In addition, the 'National Assembly Bill Voting' menu carries citizens' voices beyond budget review into the legislative process. Browse bills from the 22nd National Assembly by standing committee and submit a for/against/abstain vote with your opinion in one step. Bills VANK is watching are pinned at the top as 'VANK's Pick,' and the AI Aide automatically briefs the bill's purpose and key issues so anyone can easily understand.
Since its founding in 1999, VANK, judging that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' roughly 3,000 official staff alone could not properly represent Korea to 8 billion people worldwide, has trained countless youth as civilian 'Digital Diplomats' and 'AI Diplomats.' Now VANK is taking a further step to train Korean youth and all citizens as 'AI Lawmakers.'
Rather than leaving the evaluation of the entire ₩1,615 trillion government budget to just 300 lawmakers, all 50 million citizens should become 'AI Lawmakers' who directly verify and evaluate national budgets and policies. In an era of 200 million global Hallyu fans, this is the key to translating Korea's elevated national brand into stronger national competitiveness and to helping Korean policy lead the world as an advanced nation.
Just as nameless righteous militias rose voluntarily a century ago to defend national sovereignty, the strongest weapon defending 21st-century Korea today is the mature interest and participation of its citizens. Popular sovereignty is not a one-time right exercised only on election day — it is realized in the everyday act of closely examining and monitoring every line of the budget executed each year. We hope all citizens will join this dream of becoming 'AI Lawmakers' and building an honest, strong Korea.
This platform can be freely used by all Korean citizens and overseas Koreans worldwide without any membership registration. Submitted opinions and voting results can be viewed in real time, and key budget analysis reports and source data packages can be downloaded directly from the 'Primary Sources' page on the site.
Going forward, VANK plans to regularly publish analysis reports on suspected duplicate or populist budget items based on citizen-participation data, and to continuously deliver these findings to relevant standing committees in line with the National Assembly's budget review schedule.
Global interest in Korea is higher than ever due to the worldwide Hallyu wave. Sparked by pop culture, Hallyu has now reached a stage where Korea's policies and administrative systems are shared with the world. Keeping pace with this trend, this platform offers 8 language editions—Korean, the 6 UN official languages (English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Russian), and Japanese—allowing global users to directly examine Korea's national budget allocation and execution structure and experience its fiscal democratization experiment. You can instantly jump to /en /fr /es /ar /zh /ru /ja using the top language switcher on any page; Arabic displays right-to-left (RTL), and hreflang sitemaps make each language edition discoverable on search engines. Users can view ministry and project names in official English (EN), Revised Romanization (RR), or original Korean (KR), and AI assistant briefings are provided in English as well.
Every budget figure is linked directly to the official Ministry of Economy and Finance Open Fiscal Data. Data fingerprints, source references, and a downloadable citation package (ZIP) are available.
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In 1999, VANK (Voluntary Agency Network of Korea) started with a single email to correct distorted Korean history and territory on world maps. Since then, countless youth and citizens have joined VANK across borders, pioneering a new path of civic diplomacy for Korea. Having set 'Republic of Korea' right in textbooks, portals and world maps, VANK's unyielding challenge now moves beyond 'introducing Korea to the world' toward a civilizational shift in which sovereign citizens design the future of the nation and the planet through digital technology and AI.
The dedication of civic diplomacy and the power of global solidarity that VANK has built are now reborn as the Korea · Earth · People vision platforms for the full restoration and completion of sovereignty.
koreavision.one — A Transparent Eye That Corrects the Nation's Finances and Power
“Grasping Korea's pulse and setting the nation's household and power right from the people's perspective.”
Just as VANK has corrected Korea's standing in the world, we now illuminate Korea's interior with transparency. We analyze and diagnose Korea's national finances of KRW 1,615 trillion and all legislative-executive activities of the National Assembly with data and AI. We place the workings of power—once hidden in back rooms and delegated to a few—into the hands of every sovereign citizen, realizing true fiscal democracy and transparent accountable politics.
earthvision.one — A Hand of Solidarity Leading Global Peace and Sustainability
“Looking toward Earth's tomorrow and realizing justice beyond borders through the solidarity of world citizens.”
VANK's global network, which sought friendship with all 8 billion people on Earth, now evolves from correcting Korea-related errors into global governance that resolves universal distortions and structural contradictions of our planet. We monitor international organizations including the UN and multilateral policies from the perspective of world citizens, propose alternatives, and open an era of 'Global AI Citizen Diplomats' who overcome prejudice to solve climate crisis, inequality and peace.
peoplevision.one — The Grassroots Power of Sovereign People Making the Laws of Their Own Lives
“Facing the era through the eyes of the people and making laws that change lives through the hands of sovereign citizens.”
The pride of VANK youth who shouted 'We are the diplomats of the Republic of Korea' now continues as the grand practice of popular sovereignty under Article 1(2) of the Constitution. By connecting 50 million sovereign citizens with 243 local government sites, we overcome the limits of representative democracy and complete full grassroots direct democracy in which citizens directly draft and propose laws and ordinances.
Just as one young person's dream changed Korea and the world, we now seek to write a new history of the global village together with all citizens. If the 1999 cyber diplomatic corps VANK protected and introduced Korea in the ocean of the internet, in 2026 we open an era of popular sovereignty revolution in which Korea, Earth and People interlock as one through koreavision.one, earthvision.one and peoplevision.one.
Become the protagonist of history who opens a new AI civilization together with VANK.
Citizen-Sovereignty Fiscal Platform 「I Am an AI Lawmaker – A Fiscal Map for the Age of Popular Sovereignty」
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