{
 "schemaVersion": "1.0.0",
 "constitutionVersion": "1.0.0",
 "createdAt": "2026-08-12T00:00:00Z",
 "description": "Append-only Evidence Passport records. Old revisions are immutable; corrections create a new revision and preserve the previous permalink.",
 "entity": {
  "type": "project",
  "id": "busan-blockchain-free-zone",
  "title": "Busan Blockchain Regulation-Free Special Zone",
  "canonicalUrl": "https://1001smartcities.org/projects/busan-blockchain-free-zone/"
 },
 "currentRevisionId": "2026-08-21-source-dates",
 "revisions": [
  {
   "id": "2026-08-20-claim-baseline",
   "createdAt": "2026-08-21T12:30:00Z",
   "effectiveAt": "2026-07-26",
   "changeType": "baseline",
   "summary": "Created the first structured Evidence Passport with 7 claims and 8 source dossiers.",
   "preparedBy": {
    "type": "automation",
    "label": "AI-assisted evidence preparation",
    "humanApproved": false
   },
   "review": {
    "status": "unreviewed",
    "by": null,
    "date": null,
    "note": "Awaiting operator and domain-expert review; publication of this revision implies neither."
   },
   "changes": [
    {
     "operation": "add",
     "path": "/evidencePassport",
     "summary": "Added claim-level evidence mapping and source dossiers."
    },
    {
     "operation": "add",
     "path": "/revisionHistory",
     "summary": "Established a permanent, hash-addressed baseline revision."
    }
   ],
   "snapshotHash": "sha256:3d11d7c2f78108668123cae307929e45d762e4c6309c7a3568feb2e0b6d11bad",
   "snapshot": {
    "asOf": "2026-07-26",
    "projectFingerprint": "sha256:d3283d4f53f9fea2e278761a0cdcad8a5ce765ab50a726dad4b69ad99b490161",
    "assurance": {
     "status": "unreviewed",
     "scope": "evidence-passport-revision",
     "statement": "AI-assisted structural preparation. This revision has not been reviewed by a human or subject-matter expert.",
     "machineChecks": [
      "schema",
      "publication-diff-contract",
      "material-project-fingerprint",
      "claim-text-drift",
      "source-reference-resolution",
      "complete-source-dossier",
      "snapshot-hash"
     ]
    },
    "projectState": {
     "status": "live",
     "outcome": "scaled-back",
     "evidenceGrade": "media",
     "timeline": {
      "started": 2019,
      "ended": null
     }
    },
    "governance": {
     "operator": "Busan Metropolitan City and Busan Techno Park, designated by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups",
     "actorTypes": [
      "city-government",
      "research"
     ],
     "fundingModel": "public",
     "fundingDescription": "Ministry of SMEs and Startups and Busan Metropolitan City",
     "cost": "≈41.6bn KRW public spending, 2019-2024 (press figure)",
     "ownership": null,
     "decisionRights": null,
     "exitConditions": null
    },
    "claims": [
     {
      "id": "clm-7788f0263b3dcfcd",
      "field": "snippet",
      "text": "Korea's Ministry of SMEs and Startups designated Busan the country's only blockchain regulation-free special zone in July 2019, letting pilots run under exemptions from rules that would otherwise block them",
      "statementKind": "quantitative",
      "textMode": "verbatim-from-project-record",
      "mappingStatus": "mapped",
      "sourceRefs": [
       "src-212eca349104df27",
       "src-73516e8d34acf656"
      ],
      "supportNote": "The zone's own site records the designation as effective August 2019 with an additional designation in July 2020. The ministry release lists the specific licensing and data-handling exemptions granted when two further services were added.",
      "caveat": null,
      "interpretation": {
       "added": false,
       "interpolation": false,
       "note": "The passport copies the published claim and its recorded source mapping without adding a conclusion."
      }
     },
     {
      "id": "clm-948c6480997095de",
      "field": "snippet",
      "text": "Six services followed: port logistics, tourism, public-safety video reporting, a bank-issued digital voucher, fractional real-estate investment and a medical data platform",
      "statementKind": "descriptive",
      "textMode": "verbatim-from-project-record",
      "mappingStatus": "mapped",
      "sourceRefs": [
       "src-212eca349104df27",
       "src-73516e8d34acf656"
      ],
      "supportNote": "The zone's own site lists the six demonstration projects across logistics, tourism, public safety, finance, real estate and medical data. The ministry release dates the last two — the real-estate collective investment and the medical data service — to a start on 15 December 2021.",
      "caveat": null,
      "interpretation": {
       "added": false,
       "interpolation": false,
       "note": "The passport copies the published claim and its recorded source mapping without adding a conclusion."
      }
     },
     {
      "id": "clm-38b49497d2d4a4fb",
      "field": "snippet",
      "text": "The zone produced three changes to national location-data and privacy rules",
      "statementKind": "descriptive",
      "textMode": "verbatim-from-project-record",
      "mappingStatus": "mapped",
      "sourceRefs": [
       "src-e87043f9a0af5c29"
      ],
      "supportNote": "The results review records three completed amendments to location-data and privacy rules alongside the six demonstration services.",
      "caveat": null,
      "interpretation": {
       "added": false,
       "interpolation": false,
       "note": "The passport copies the published claim and its recorded source mapping without adding a conclusion."
      }
     },
     {
      "id": "clm-6cd6e38b578f859e",
      "field": "snippet",
      "text": "The voucher circulated only 137 million won by the end of 2020, three pilots closed in December 2022, and regulators approved no new ones",
      "statementKind": "quantitative",
      "textMode": "verbatim-from-project-record",
      "mappingStatus": "mapped",
      "sourceRefs": [
       "src-2a2324e1b3d2fd64",
       "src-e87043f9a0af5c29"
      ],
      "supportNote": "The investigation records that only 137 million won of the bank-issued digital voucher had been issued by the end of 2020, that usage stopped after the launch promotion, and that the logistics, tourism and public-safety platforms did not reach commercial use. The results review dates the closure of those three pilots to December 2022.",
      "caveat": null,
      "interpretation": {
       "added": false,
       "interpolation": false,
       "note": "The passport copies the published claim and its recorded source mapping without adding a conclusion."
      }
     },
     {
      "id": "clm-d37c12450bb0c96c",
      "field": "snippet",
      "text": "Two services hold temporary permits until 2027",
      "statementKind": "quantitative",
      "textMode": "verbatim-from-project-record",
      "mappingStatus": "mapped",
      "sourceRefs": [
       "src-d0244321d984d375"
      ],
      "supportNote": "The special-zone committee granted three-year temporary permits by written vote between 15 and 22 November 2024 to the real-estate investment platform and the medical data platform, extending the zone's status to 2027.",
      "caveat": null,
      "interpretation": {
       "added": false,
       "interpolation": false,
       "note": "The passport copies the published claim and its recorded source mapping without adding a conclusion."
      }
     },
     {
      "id": "clm-5efc726eac30d9ea",
      "field": "impact",
      "text": "No new demonstration projects were approved after 2022; tenant companies stood at 17 for four years and the zone recorded no foreign direct investment, against about 41.6 billion won of public spending in 2019-2024",
      "statementKind": "quantitative",
      "textMode": "verbatim-from-project-record",
      "mappingStatus": "mapped",
      "sourceRefs": [
       "src-f3d17ec02a36b51c",
       "src-fc863aeb91cf0580"
      ],
      "supportNote": "The 2026 column records about 41.6 billion won invested from 2019 to 2024, no new demonstration projects after 2022 and no recorded foreign direct investment. The independent assessment finds the zone became an empty shell after seven years, citing 17 tenant companies unchanged for four years.",
      "caveat": "The independent assessment's page blocked direct fetching; the article and its figures were confirmed through search.",
      "interpretation": {
       "added": false,
       "interpolation": false,
       "note": "The passport copies the published claim and its recorded source mapping without adding a conclusion."
      }
     },
     {
      "id": "clm-e3df65efe8bed9ba",
      "field": "lesson",
      "text": "Regulatory exemptions can prove a technology is legal without making it useful: Busan changed three national rules, but almost no service survived the pilots that won them",
      "statementKind": "descriptive",
      "textMode": "verbatim-from-project-record",
      "mappingStatus": "mapped",
      "sourceRefs": [
       "src-e87043f9a0af5c29",
       "src-2a2324e1b3d2fd64",
       "src-1301f79bf80797a5"
      ],
      "supportNote": "Three national rule changes were completed, and of the six services the logistics, tourism and public-safety pilots closed in December 2022 without reaching commercial use while the bank voucher stopped circulating after its launch promotion. The city's own release establishes that the Busan Digital Asset Exchange is a separate, privately capitalised city initiative and not part of this zone — so it cannot be counted as a survivor.",
      "caveat": null,
      "interpretation": {
       "added": false,
       "interpolation": false,
       "note": "The passport copies the published claim and its recorded source mapping without adding a conclusion."
      }
     }
    ],
    "sources": [
     {
      "id": "src-212eca349104df27",
      "title": "Busan Blockchain Regulation-Free Special Zone — official portal",
      "url": "https://blockchainbusan.kr/",
      "publisher": {
       "name": null,
       "domain": "blockchainbusan.kr",
       "classification": "not-classified"
      },
      "sourceType": "web-page",
      "language": "und",
      "role": "claim-evidence",
      "claimRefs": [
       "clm-7788f0263b3dcfcd",
       "clm-948c6480997095de"
      ],
      "temporal": {
       "publishedAt": null,
       "updatedAt": null,
       "sourceCheckedAt": null,
       "recordLastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-26",
       "dossierCreatedAt": "2026-08-21",
       "retrievedAt": null,
       "status": "record-date-only"
      },
      "locator": {
       "type": "descriptive-source-note",
       "value": "Official zone site: designation effective August 2019, additional designation July 2020, and the list of six demonstration projects across logistics, tourism, public safety, finance, real estate and medical data.",
       "exact": false
      },
      "preservation": {
       "archiveUrl": null,
       "archivedAt": null,
       "contentHash": null,
       "status": "not-captured"
      }
     },
     {
      "id": "src-73516e8d34acf656",
      "title": "Ministry of SMEs and Startups — press release (14 Dec 2021)",
      "url": "https://www.mss.go.kr/site/smba/ex/bbs/View.do?cbIdx=86&bcIdx=1030506&parentSeq=1030506",
      "publisher": {
       "name": null,
       "domain": "mss.go.kr",
       "classification": "not-classified"
      },
      "sourceType": "web-page",
      "language": "und",
      "role": "claim-evidence",
      "claimRefs": [
       "clm-7788f0263b3dcfcd",
       "clm-948c6480997095de"
      ],
      "temporal": {
       "publishedAt": "2021-12-14",
       "updatedAt": null,
       "sourceCheckedAt": null,
       "recordLastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-26",
       "dossierCreatedAt": "2026-08-21",
       "retrievedAt": null,
       "status": "publication-and-record-dates-recorded"
      },
      "locator": {
       "type": "descriptive-source-note",
       "value": "Ministry adds the real-estate collective investment and medical MyData services, starting 15 December 2021, and lists the specific licensing and data-handling exemptions granted.",
       "exact": false
      },
      "preservation": {
       "archiveUrl": null,
       "archivedAt": null,
       "contentHash": null,
       "status": "not-captured"
      }
     },
     {
      "id": "src-e87043f9a0af5c29",
      "title": "Electronic Times (etnews) — results review, 25 Jan 2023",
      "url": "https://www.etnews.com/20230125000070",
      "publisher": {
       "name": null,
       "domain": "etnews.com",
       "classification": "not-classified"
      },
      "sourceType": "web-page",
      "language": "und",
      "role": "claim-evidence",
      "claimRefs": [
       "clm-38b49497d2d4a4fb",
       "clm-6cd6e38b578f859e",
       "clm-e3df65efe8bed9ba"
      ],
      "temporal": {
       "publishedAt": "2023-01-25",
       "updatedAt": null,
       "sourceCheckedAt": null,
       "recordLastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-26",
       "dossierCreatedAt": "2026-08-21",
       "retrievedAt": null,
       "status": "publication-and-record-dates-recorded"
      },
      "locator": {
       "type": "descriptive-source-note",
       "value": "Three completed amendments to location-data and privacy rules, the six demonstration services, and the December 2022 close of the logistics, tourism and public-safety pilots.",
       "exact": false
      },
      "preservation": {
       "archiveUrl": null,
       "archivedAt": null,
       "contentHash": null,
       "status": "not-captured"
      }
     },
     {
      "id": "src-2a2324e1b3d2fd64",
      "title": "Busan Ilbo investigation, 2 Mar 2021",
      "url": "https://www.busan.com/view/busan/view.php?code=2021030219472148603",
      "publisher": {
       "name": null,
       "domain": "busan.com",
       "classification": "not-classified"
      },
      "sourceType": "web-page",
      "language": "und",
      "role": "claim-evidence",
      "claimRefs": [
       "clm-6cd6e38b578f859e",
       "clm-e3df65efe8bed9ba"
      ],
      "temporal": {
       "publishedAt": "2021-03-02",
       "updatedAt": null,
       "sourceCheckedAt": null,
       "recordLastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-26",
       "dossierCreatedAt": "2026-08-21",
       "retrievedAt": null,
       "status": "publication-and-record-dates-recorded"
      },
      "locator": {
       "type": "descriptive-source-note",
       "value": "Only 137 million won of the BNK Busan Bank digital voucher was issued by end-2020 and usage stopped after the launch promotion; the logistics, tourism and public-safety platforms did not reach commercial use.",
       "exact": false
      },
      "preservation": {
       "archiveUrl": null,
       "archivedAt": null,
       "contentHash": null,
       "status": "not-captured"
      }
     },
     {
      "id": "src-d0244321d984d375",
      "title": "Ulsan Maeil — temporary permits extend the zone to 2027 (Nov 2024)",
      "url": "https://www.iusm.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=1047348",
      "publisher": {
       "name": null,
       "domain": "iusm.co.kr",
       "classification": "not-classified"
      },
      "sourceType": "web-page",
      "language": "und",
      "role": "claim-evidence",
      "claimRefs": [
       "clm-d37c12450bb0c96c"
      ],
      "temporal": {
       "publishedAt": null,
       "updatedAt": null,
       "sourceCheckedAt": null,
       "recordLastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-26",
       "dossierCreatedAt": "2026-08-21",
       "retrievedAt": null,
       "status": "record-date-only"
      },
      "locator": {
       "type": "descriptive-source-note",
       "value": "The Regulation-Free Special Zone Committee granted three-year temporary permits by written vote of 15-22 November 2024 to the BBRIC real-estate investment platform and the VHealthC medical MyData platform, extending zone status to 2027.",
       "exact": false
      },
      "preservation": {
       "archiveUrl": null,
       "archivedAt": null,
       "contentHash": null,
       "status": "not-captured"
      }
     },
     {
      "id": "src-f3d17ec02a36b51c",
      "title": "Busan Ilbo column, 20 Jul 2026",
      "url": "https://www.busan.com/view/busan/view.php?code=2026072017585311356",
      "publisher": {
       "name": null,
       "domain": "busan.com",
       "classification": "not-classified"
      },
      "sourceType": "web-page",
      "language": "und",
      "role": "claim-evidence",
      "claimRefs": [
       "clm-5efc726eac30d9ea"
      ],
      "temporal": {
       "publishedAt": "2026-07-20",
       "updatedAt": null,
       "sourceCheckedAt": null,
       "recordLastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-26",
       "dossierCreatedAt": "2026-08-21",
       "retrievedAt": null,
       "status": "publication-and-record-dates-recorded"
      },
      "locator": {
       "type": "descriptive-source-note",
       "value": "Counterweight: about 41.6 billion won invested 2019-2024, no new demonstration projects after 2022 and no recorded foreign direct investment.",
       "exact": false
      },
      "preservation": {
       "archiveUrl": null,
       "archivedAt": null,
       "contentHash": null,
       "status": "not-captured"
      }
     },
     {
      "id": "src-fc863aeb91cf0580",
      "title": "Kukinews — the zone as an empty shell, 1 Jun 2026",
      "url": "https://www.kukinews.com/article/view/kuk202606010097",
      "publisher": {
       "name": null,
       "domain": "kukinews.com",
       "classification": "not-classified"
      },
      "sourceType": "web-page",
      "language": "und",
      "role": "claim-evidence",
      "claimRefs": [
       "clm-5efc726eac30d9ea"
      ],
      "temporal": {
       "publishedAt": "2026-06-01",
       "updatedAt": null,
       "sourceCheckedAt": null,
       "recordLastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-26",
       "dossierCreatedAt": "2026-08-21",
       "retrievedAt": null,
       "status": "publication-and-record-dates-recorded"
      },
      "locator": {
       "type": "descriptive-source-note",
       "value": "Independent assessment that the zone became an empty shell after seven years, citing 17 tenant companies unchanged for four years. Direct fetch blocked (403); article and its figures confirmed through search.",
       "exact": false
      },
      "preservation": {
       "archiveUrl": null,
       "archivedAt": null,
       "contentHash": null,
       "status": "not-captured"
      }
     },
     {
      "id": "src-1301f79bf80797a5",
      "title": "Busan Metropolitan City — press release (21 Sep 2023)",
      "url": "https://www.busan.go.kr/nbtnewsBU/1580432",
      "publisher": {
       "name": null,
       "domain": "busan.go.kr",
       "classification": "not-classified"
      },
      "sourceType": "web-page",
      "language": "und",
      "role": "claim-evidence",
      "claimRefs": [
       "clm-e3df65efe8bed9ba"
      ],
      "temporal": {
       "publishedAt": "2023-09-21",
       "updatedAt": null,
       "sourceCheckedAt": null,
       "recordLastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-26",
       "dossierCreatedAt": "2026-08-21",
       "retrievedAt": null,
       "status": "publication-and-record-dates-recorded"
      },
      "locator": {
       "type": "descriptive-source-note",
       "value": "Establishes that the Busan Digital Asset Exchange is a separate, privately capitalised city initiative under the Target 2026 Blockchain Busan plan, not part of the regulation-free special zone.",
       "exact": false
      },
      "preservation": {
       "archiveUrl": null,
       "archivedAt": null,
       "contentHash": null,
       "status": "not-captured"
      }
     }
    ],
    "coverage": {
     "claimsTotal": 7,
     "claimsMapped": 7,
     "sourcesTotal": 8,
     "sourcesUsedByClaims": 8,
     "sourcesWithPublicationDate": 6,
     "sourcesWithArchive": 0,
     "sourcesWithExactLocator": 0,
     "sourcesWithContentHash": 0
    },
    "limits": [
     "Publisher names and source languages have not yet been classified; domains are recorded without guessing.",
     "Existing source notes are descriptive locators, not page- or paragraph-exact citations.",
     "A missing archive, publication date or content hash is shown as null rather than inferred.",
     "The project-level evidence grade ranks the strongest source in the entry; it is not a truth score for every claim."
    ]
   }
  },
  {
   "id": "2026-08-21-source-dates",
   "createdAt": "2026-08-22T02:09:00Z",
   "effectiveAt": "2026-07-26",
   "changeType": "update",
   "summary": "Record the publication date of each source that states one; a source that publishes no date is marked null, and one that shows only a revision carries `updated` instead.",
   "preparedBy": {
    "type": "automation",
    "label": "AI-assisted evidence preparation",
    "humanApproved": false
   },
   "review": {
    "status": "unreviewed",
    "by": null,
    "date": null,
    "note": "Awaiting operator and domain-expert review; publication of this revision implies neither."
   },
   "changes": [
    {
     "operation": "replace",
     "path": "/snapshot/projectFingerprint",
     "summary": "Updated projectFingerprint to the current sourced project record."
    },
    {
     "operation": "replace",
     "path": "/snapshot/sources",
     "summary": "Updated sources to the current sourced project record."
    }
   ],
   "snapshotHash": "sha256:4e20537155896bed071597f1e05b209b77a91e23c7582addf47215645901f4fb",
   "snapshot": {
    "asOf": "2026-07-26",
    "projectFingerprint": "sha256:0da232c90d477199c0cfd91d45ecfb98319f751fa59141c10f50ec768bae3db7",
    "assurance": {
     "status": "unreviewed",
     "scope": "evidence-passport-revision",
     "statement": "AI-assisted structural preparation. This revision has not been reviewed by a human or subject-matter expert.",
     "machineChecks": [
      "schema",
      "publication-diff-contract",
      "material-project-fingerprint",
      "claim-text-drift",
      "source-reference-resolution",
      "complete-source-dossier",
      "snapshot-hash"
     ]
    },
    "projectState": {
     "status": "live",
     "outcome": "scaled-back",
     "evidenceGrade": "media",
     "timeline": {
      "started": 2019,
      "ended": null
     }
    },
    "governance": {
     "operator": "Busan Metropolitan City and Busan Techno Park, designated by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups",
     "actorTypes": [
      "city-government",
      "research"
     ],
     "fundingModel": "public",
     "fundingDescription": "Ministry of SMEs and Startups and Busan Metropolitan City",
     "cost": "≈41.6bn KRW public spending, 2019-2024 (press figure)",
     "ownership": null,
     "decisionRights": null,
     "exitConditions": null
    },
    "claims": [
     {
      "id": "clm-7788f0263b3dcfcd",
      "field": "snippet",
      "text": "Korea's Ministry of SMEs and Startups designated Busan the country's only blockchain regulation-free special zone in July 2019, letting pilots run under exemptions from rules that would otherwise block them",
      "statementKind": "quantitative",
      "textMode": "verbatim-from-project-record",
      "mappingStatus": "mapped",
      "sourceRefs": [
       "src-212eca349104df27",
       "src-73516e8d34acf656"
      ],
      "supportNote": "The zone's own site records the designation as effective August 2019 with an additional designation in July 2020. The ministry release lists the specific licensing and data-handling exemptions granted when two further services were added.",
      "caveat": null,
      "interpretation": {
       "added": false,
       "interpolation": false,
       "note": "The passport copies the published claim and its recorded source mapping without adding a conclusion."
      }
     },
     {
      "id": "clm-948c6480997095de",
      "field": "snippet",
      "text": "Six services followed: port logistics, tourism, public-safety video reporting, a bank-issued digital voucher, fractional real-estate investment and a medical data platform",
      "statementKind": "descriptive",
      "textMode": "verbatim-from-project-record",
      "mappingStatus": "mapped",
      "sourceRefs": [
       "src-212eca349104df27",
       "src-73516e8d34acf656"
      ],
      "supportNote": "The zone's own site lists the six demonstration projects across logistics, tourism, public safety, finance, real estate and medical data. The ministry release dates the last two — the real-estate collective investment and the medical data service — to a start on 15 December 2021.",
      "caveat": null,
      "interpretation": {
       "added": false,
       "interpolation": false,
       "note": "The passport copies the published claim and its recorded source mapping without adding a conclusion."
      }
     },
     {
      "id": "clm-38b49497d2d4a4fb",
      "field": "snippet",
      "text": "The zone produced three changes to national location-data and privacy rules",
      "statementKind": "descriptive",
      "textMode": "verbatim-from-project-record",
      "mappingStatus": "mapped",
      "sourceRefs": [
       "src-e87043f9a0af5c29"
      ],
      "supportNote": "The results review records three completed amendments to location-data and privacy rules alongside the six demonstration services.",
      "caveat": null,
      "interpretation": {
       "added": false,
       "interpolation": false,
       "note": "The passport copies the published claim and its recorded source mapping without adding a conclusion."
      }
     },
     {
      "id": "clm-6cd6e38b578f859e",
      "field": "snippet",
      "text": "The voucher circulated only 137 million won by the end of 2020, three pilots closed in December 2022, and regulators approved no new ones",
      "statementKind": "quantitative",
      "textMode": "verbatim-from-project-record",
      "mappingStatus": "mapped",
      "sourceRefs": [
       "src-2a2324e1b3d2fd64",
       "src-e87043f9a0af5c29"
      ],
      "supportNote": "The investigation records that only 137 million won of the bank-issued digital voucher had been issued by the end of 2020, that usage stopped after the launch promotion, and that the logistics, tourism and public-safety platforms did not reach commercial use. The results review dates the closure of those three pilots to December 2022.",
      "caveat": null,
      "interpretation": {
       "added": false,
       "interpolation": false,
       "note": "The passport copies the published claim and its recorded source mapping without adding a conclusion."
      }
     },
     {
      "id": "clm-d37c12450bb0c96c",
      "field": "snippet",
      "text": "Two services hold temporary permits until 2027",
      "statementKind": "quantitative",
      "textMode": "verbatim-from-project-record",
      "mappingStatus": "mapped",
      "sourceRefs": [
       "src-d0244321d984d375"
      ],
      "supportNote": "The special-zone committee granted three-year temporary permits by written vote between 15 and 22 November 2024 to the real-estate investment platform and the medical data platform, extending the zone's status to 2027.",
      "caveat": null,
      "interpretation": {
       "added": false,
       "interpolation": false,
       "note": "The passport copies the published claim and its recorded source mapping without adding a conclusion."
      }
     },
     {
      "id": "clm-5efc726eac30d9ea",
      "field": "impact",
      "text": "No new demonstration projects were approved after 2022; tenant companies stood at 17 for four years and the zone recorded no foreign direct investment, against about 41.6 billion won of public spending in 2019-2024",
      "statementKind": "quantitative",
      "textMode": "verbatim-from-project-record",
      "mappingStatus": "mapped",
      "sourceRefs": [
       "src-f3d17ec02a36b51c",
       "src-fc863aeb91cf0580"
      ],
      "supportNote": "The 2026 column records about 41.6 billion won invested from 2019 to 2024, no new demonstration projects after 2022 and no recorded foreign direct investment. The independent assessment finds the zone became an empty shell after seven years, citing 17 tenant companies unchanged for four years.",
      "caveat": "The independent assessment's page blocked direct fetching; the article and its figures were confirmed through search.",
      "interpretation": {
       "added": false,
       "interpolation": false,
       "note": "The passport copies the published claim and its recorded source mapping without adding a conclusion."
      }
     },
     {
      "id": "clm-e3df65efe8bed9ba",
      "field": "lesson",
      "text": "Regulatory exemptions can prove a technology is legal without making it useful: Busan changed three national rules, but almost no service survived the pilots that won them",
      "statementKind": "descriptive",
      "textMode": "verbatim-from-project-record",
      "mappingStatus": "mapped",
      "sourceRefs": [
       "src-e87043f9a0af5c29",
       "src-2a2324e1b3d2fd64",
       "src-1301f79bf80797a5"
      ],
      "supportNote": "Three national rule changes were completed, and of the six services the logistics, tourism and public-safety pilots closed in December 2022 without reaching commercial use while the bank voucher stopped circulating after its launch promotion. The city's own release establishes that the Busan Digital Asset Exchange is a separate, privately capitalised city initiative and not part of this zone — so it cannot be counted as a survivor.",
      "caveat": null,
      "interpretation": {
       "added": false,
       "interpolation": false,
       "note": "The passport copies the published claim and its recorded source mapping without adding a conclusion."
      }
     }
    ],
    "sources": [
     {
      "id": "src-212eca349104df27",
      "title": "Busan Blockchain Regulation-Free Special Zone — official portal",
      "url": "https://blockchainbusan.kr/",
      "publisher": {
       "name": null,
       "domain": "blockchainbusan.kr",
       "classification": "not-classified"
      },
      "sourceType": "web-page",
      "language": "und",
      "role": "claim-evidence",
      "claimRefs": [
       "clm-7788f0263b3dcfcd",
       "clm-948c6480997095de"
      ],
      "temporal": {
       "publishedAt": null,
       "updatedAt": null,
       "sourceCheckedAt": null,
       "recordLastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-26",
       "dossierCreatedAt": "2026-08-22",
       "retrievedAt": null,
       "status": "record-date-only"
      },
      "locator": {
       "type": "descriptive-source-note",
       "value": "Official zone site: designation effective August 2019, additional designation July 2020, and the list of six demonstration projects across logistics, tourism, public safety, finance, real estate and medical data.",
       "exact": false
      },
      "preservation": {
       "archiveUrl": null,
       "archivedAt": null,
       "contentHash": null,
       "status": "not-captured"
      }
     },
     {
      "id": "src-73516e8d34acf656",
      "title": "Ministry of SMEs and Startups — press release (14 Dec 2021)",
      "url": "https://www.mss.go.kr/site/smba/ex/bbs/View.do?cbIdx=86&bcIdx=1030506&parentSeq=1030506",
      "publisher": {
       "name": null,
       "domain": "mss.go.kr",
       "classification": "not-classified"
      },
      "sourceType": "web-page",
      "language": "und",
      "role": "claim-evidence",
      "claimRefs": [
       "clm-7788f0263b3dcfcd",
       "clm-948c6480997095de"
      ],
      "temporal": {
       "publishedAt": "2021-12-14",
       "updatedAt": null,
       "sourceCheckedAt": null,
       "recordLastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-26",
       "dossierCreatedAt": "2026-08-22",
       "retrievedAt": null,
       "status": "publication-and-record-dates-recorded"
      },
      "locator": {
       "type": "descriptive-source-note",
       "value": "Ministry adds the real-estate collective investment and medical MyData services, starting 15 December 2021, and lists the specific licensing and data-handling exemptions granted.",
       "exact": false
      },
      "preservation": {
       "archiveUrl": null,
       "archivedAt": null,
       "contentHash": null,
       "status": "not-captured"
      }
     },
     {
      "id": "src-e87043f9a0af5c29",
      "title": "Electronic Times (etnews) — results review, 25 Jan 2023",
      "url": "https://www.etnews.com/20230125000070",
      "publisher": {
       "name": null,
       "domain": "etnews.com",
       "classification": "not-classified"
      },
      "sourceType": "web-page",
      "language": "und",
      "role": "claim-evidence",
      "claimRefs": [
       "clm-38b49497d2d4a4fb",
       "clm-6cd6e38b578f859e",
       "clm-e3df65efe8bed9ba"
      ],
      "temporal": {
       "publishedAt": "2023-01-25",
       "updatedAt": null,
       "sourceCheckedAt": null,
       "recordLastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-26",
       "dossierCreatedAt": "2026-08-22",
       "retrievedAt": null,
       "status": "publication-and-record-dates-recorded"
      },
      "locator": {
       "type": "descriptive-source-note",
       "value": "Three completed amendments to location-data and privacy rules, the six demonstration services, and the December 2022 close of the logistics, tourism and public-safety pilots.",
       "exact": false
      },
      "preservation": {
       "archiveUrl": null,
       "archivedAt": null,
       "contentHash": null,
       "status": "not-captured"
      }
     },
     {
      "id": "src-2a2324e1b3d2fd64",
      "title": "Busan Ilbo investigation, 2 Mar 2021",
      "url": "https://www.busan.com/view/busan/view.php?code=2021030219472148603",
      "publisher": {
       "name": null,
       "domain": "busan.com",
       "classification": "not-classified"
      },
      "sourceType": "web-page",
      "language": "und",
      "role": "claim-evidence",
      "claimRefs": [
       "clm-6cd6e38b578f859e",
       "clm-e3df65efe8bed9ba"
      ],
      "temporal": {
       "publishedAt": "2021-03-02",
       "updatedAt": null,
       "sourceCheckedAt": null,
       "recordLastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-26",
       "dossierCreatedAt": "2026-08-22",
       "retrievedAt": null,
       "status": "publication-and-record-dates-recorded"
      },
      "locator": {
       "type": "descriptive-source-note",
       "value": "Only 137 million won of the BNK Busan Bank digital voucher was issued by end-2020 and usage stopped after the launch promotion; the logistics, tourism and public-safety platforms did not reach commercial use.",
       "exact": false
      },
      "preservation": {
       "archiveUrl": null,
       "archivedAt": null,
       "contentHash": null,
       "status": "not-captured"
      }
     },
     {
      "id": "src-d0244321d984d375",
      "title": "Ulsan Maeil — temporary permits extend the zone to 2027 (Nov 2024)",
      "url": "https://www.iusm.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=1047348",
      "publisher": {
       "name": null,
       "domain": "iusm.co.kr",
       "classification": "not-classified"
      },
      "sourceType": "web-page",
      "language": "und",
      "role": "claim-evidence",
      "claimRefs": [
       "clm-d37c12450bb0c96c"
      ],
      "temporal": {
       "publishedAt": "2024-11-27",
       "updatedAt": null,
       "sourceCheckedAt": null,
       "recordLastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-26",
       "dossierCreatedAt": "2026-08-22",
       "retrievedAt": null,
       "status": "publication-and-record-dates-recorded"
      },
      "locator": {
       "type": "descriptive-source-note",
       "value": "The Regulation-Free Special Zone Committee granted three-year temporary permits by written vote of 15-22 November 2024 to the BBRIC real-estate investment platform and the VHealthC medical MyData platform, extending zone status to 2027.",
       "exact": false
      },
      "preservation": {
       "archiveUrl": null,
       "archivedAt": null,
       "contentHash": null,
       "status": "not-captured"
      }
     },
     {
      "id": "src-f3d17ec02a36b51c",
      "title": "Busan Ilbo column, 20 Jul 2026",
      "url": "https://www.busan.com/view/busan/view.php?code=2026072017585311356",
      "publisher": {
       "name": null,
       "domain": "busan.com",
       "classification": "not-classified"
      },
      "sourceType": "web-page",
      "language": "und",
      "role": "claim-evidence",
      "claimRefs": [
       "clm-5efc726eac30d9ea"
      ],
      "temporal": {
       "publishedAt": "2026-07-20",
       "updatedAt": null,
       "sourceCheckedAt": null,
       "recordLastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-26",
       "dossierCreatedAt": "2026-08-22",
       "retrievedAt": null,
       "status": "publication-and-record-dates-recorded"
      },
      "locator": {
       "type": "descriptive-source-note",
       "value": "Counterweight: about 41.6 billion won invested 2019-2024, no new demonstration projects after 2022 and no recorded foreign direct investment.",
       "exact": false
      },
      "preservation": {
       "archiveUrl": null,
       "archivedAt": null,
       "contentHash": null,
       "status": "not-captured"
      }
     },
     {
      "id": "src-fc863aeb91cf0580",
      "title": "Kukinews — the zone as an empty shell, 1 Jun 2026",
      "url": "https://www.kukinews.com/article/view/kuk202606010097",
      "publisher": {
       "name": null,
       "domain": "kukinews.com",
       "classification": "not-classified"
      },
      "sourceType": "web-page",
      "language": "und",
      "role": "claim-evidence",
      "claimRefs": [
       "clm-5efc726eac30d9ea"
      ],
      "temporal": {
       "publishedAt": "2026-06-01",
       "updatedAt": null,
       "sourceCheckedAt": null,
       "recordLastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-26",
       "dossierCreatedAt": "2026-08-22",
       "retrievedAt": null,
       "status": "publication-and-record-dates-recorded"
      },
      "locator": {
       "type": "descriptive-source-note",
       "value": "Independent assessment that the zone became an empty shell after seven years, citing 17 tenant companies unchanged for four years. Direct fetch blocked (403); article and its figures confirmed through search.",
       "exact": false
      },
      "preservation": {
       "archiveUrl": null,
       "archivedAt": null,
       "contentHash": null,
       "status": "not-captured"
      }
     },
     {
      "id": "src-1301f79bf80797a5",
      "title": "Busan Metropolitan City — press release (21 Sep 2023)",
      "url": "https://www.busan.go.kr/nbtnewsBU/1580432",
      "publisher": {
       "name": null,
       "domain": "busan.go.kr",
       "classification": "not-classified"
      },
      "sourceType": "web-page",
      "language": "und",
      "role": "claim-evidence",
      "claimRefs": [
       "clm-e3df65efe8bed9ba"
      ],
      "temporal": {
       "publishedAt": "2023-09-21",
       "updatedAt": null,
       "sourceCheckedAt": null,
       "recordLastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-26",
       "dossierCreatedAt": "2026-08-22",
       "retrievedAt": null,
       "status": "publication-and-record-dates-recorded"
      },
      "locator": {
       "type": "descriptive-source-note",
       "value": "Establishes that the Busan Digital Asset Exchange is a separate, privately capitalised city initiative under the Target 2026 Blockchain Busan plan, not part of the regulation-free special zone.",
       "exact": false
      },
      "preservation": {
       "archiveUrl": null,
       "archivedAt": null,
       "contentHash": null,
       "status": "not-captured"
      }
     }
    ],
    "coverage": {
     "claimsTotal": 7,
     "claimsMapped": 7,
     "sourcesTotal": 8,
     "sourcesUsedByClaims": 8,
     "sourcesWithPublicationDate": 7,
     "sourcesWithArchive": 0,
     "sourcesWithExactLocator": 0,
     "sourcesWithContentHash": 0
    },
    "limits": [
     "Publisher names and source languages have not yet been classified; domains are recorded without guessing.",
     "Existing source notes are descriptive locators, not page- or paragraph-exact citations.",
     "A missing archive, publication date or content hash is shown as null rather than inferred.",
     "The project-level evidence grade ranks the strongest source in the entry; it is not a truth score for every claim."
    ]
   }
  }
 ]
}