Game Rating and Administration Committee | |
Hangul | 게임물관리위원회 |
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Hanja | 게임 |
Revised Romanization | Geimmul Gwalli Wiwonhoe |
The Game Rating and Administration Committee (Hangul: 게임물관리위원회; RR: Geimmul Gwalli-Wiwonhoe; GRAC) is the South Korean video game content rating board. A governmental organization, the GRAC rates video games to inform customers of the nature of game contents.
Initially, the Korea Media Rating Board, a governmental organization, rated video games just like other entertainment media. However, a controversy occurred because the Korea Media Rating Board rated an arcade gambling game Sea Story as if it were suitable for everyone, with allegations of misconduct. The Korean government responded to the controversy by creating the GRB in 2006 and making it the only rating organization for rating video games in South Korea.
GRB has been criticized as one of the elements of the Internet censorship in South Korea.
The GRB currently uses five different rating systems.
Most video games can be of any rating, though only 'All' and 'Teenager restricted' are permitted for arcade games.
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