South Korea ’ s main financial regulator on Thursday ordered Apple to adopt a Korean payment system for its online store . The Financial Supervisory Service ordered KG Inicis , the payment gateway service provider for Apple ’ s online store , to adopt a public key certificate for transactions worth 300 , 000 won ( $ 268 ) or more . Starting Thursday , users buying items valued over 300 , 000 won on Apple Store via major Web browsers ― including Microsoft ’ s Internet Explorer and Google ’ s Chrome ― will have to use the certificate , said an official from the financial regulator . The FSS official said that KG Inicis “ has held off development of the certificate - based system for those browsers despite being mindful of their wrongdoings . ” He added that financial regulators are investigating the breach of regulation , and that they would consider taking action against KG Inicis depending on the result of the probe . The public key certificate is a home - grown security solution for online transactions ― a state - initiated system imposed on e - commerce companies in South Korea only . Most foreign sites , like Amazon , do not require this type of additional security certificate . Korea ’ s online regulations require that certificates should be issued for any transaction worth more than 300 , 000 won , but Apple Store has often been mentioned as one of a handful of exceptions to the regulation . It is uncertain why the FSS has opted to take action now , after years of inaction on Apple ’ s online store . For other platforms that allow users to access Apple Store , namely iOS and Apple ’ s Macintosh operating system , the FSS has granted a grace period to avoid causing inconvenience to Apple ’ s online customers . The public key certificate is a type of digital document technology that enables online transactions . It was originally designed to protect personal data , but many experts have raised doubts about its capacity to prevent online theft . KAIST professor Lee Min - hwa had said that Korea ’ s dependence on the public key certificate system based on Microsoft ’ s “ Active X ” platform had created a “ black hole ” in cyber security . By Yoon Min - sik ( minsikyoon @ heraldcorp . com ) [ Hot News ] ◆ 朴 대통령 아세안 정상회의 서 도 ' 세일즈 외교 ' 주력 ◆ 미국 새 연준 의장 에 재닛 옐런 현 부의장 ◆ 세계 최초 휘 는 화면 스마트폰 ' 갤럭시 라운드 ' 출시 ◆ " 삼성 , 실리콘밸리 서 인수 대상 업체 물색 " ◆ 따뜻 한 의학 드라마 ' 굿 닥터 ' 시청 률 . .. 더 많 은 기사 보 러 가 기 → [ 코리아 헤럴드 홈페이지 ] [ 트위터 ] [ 페이스북 ] 구독 신청 1588 - 0533