[Column] The Game Content Rating Board has partially amended provisions on the classification of games.

The Game Content Rating Board published its partly amended ‘game classification regulations' on January 2, 2019. What is noted particularly among the amended provisions in the article that a game may be classified as harmful to young people when the game describes speculative acts to the degree that induces a speculative mind to affect younger users adversely.

According to the ‘given standards for description of speculative acts' under the proposed amendment of Article 12 of the Game Software Rating Regulations, the relevant games may be classified as harmful to younger users when they include game systems where items can be traded between users using paid goods as well as when their main content realistically depicts speculative acts.

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