On 10th December 2024, Markus Sabadello, co-chair of the DIF Identifiers & Discovery WG, and Kyoungchul Park, chair of the DIF Korea SIG, delivered a guest lecture at Seoul's Gangnam MegaStudy academy, Korea's largest private educational institution.
The one-hour session covered core decentralized identity technologies including DIDs (Decentralized Identifiers), VCs (Verifiable Credentials), and digital wallets, along with DIF's activities and open-source projects like the Universal Resolver. Students demonstrated sophisticated understanding through their challenging questions about DID-Web3 relationships, VC proof mechanisms, and underlying trust models.
The MegaStudy IT Academy extended a generous welcome to DIF's Markus Sabadello, thanks to the efforts of the DIF Korea SIG and chair Kyoungchul Park
This session marks another milestone for the DIF Korea SIG since its launch in Busan in July 2023. Established alongside the Ministry of Science and ICT's Self-Sovereign Identity Technology Project, the SIG bridges DIF's technical standards with Korea's evolving digital identity ecosystem.
DIF's growing network of Special Interest Groups across Asia and Africa demonstrates our commitment to global collaboration while respecting local contexts. The Korea SIG exemplifies this approach through productive engagement between international standards and key national institutions. Learn more in our guest blog with Korea SIG Chair Kyoungchul Park.