Electronic Evidence in the Civil Proceedings: The Experience of the Republic of Korea

The paper aims to identify the features of electronic evidence in civil proceedings in the Republic of Korea. The author analyzes the current Korean legislation governing the evidence issues, including the digital age. The provisions on the use of electronic evidence, their collection, storage, transfer, and security are considered paying respect to the introduction of a new electronic document management system. When collecting and processing the material, the author uses the theoretical methods of formal and dialectical logic, description, comparison, analysis, and interpretation of legal norms. The author concludes on the relevance of using electronic evidence in civil proceedings in the Republic of Korea in the context of the general requirements for evidence. The paper shows that the clear need for electronic evidence in the digital era to establish the genuine facts of civil cases has positive and negative sides. © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023.