Korea Southern Power is introducing a system that uses artificial intelligence (AI) technology to verify employee impersonation and document forgery.
Korea Southern Power announced on the 14th that it developed 'Detective KEMI,' a public impersonation-prevention verification system, for the first time in Korea and is applying it to actual operations.
Korea Southern Power explained that it developed the service to prevent the public from being confused by suspicious contacts and documents. In fact, confirmed cases of fraud attempts impersonating Korea Southern Power employees rose sharply from five in 2025 to 10 in the first half of 2026 alone. Beyond simply misusing the institution's name and employees, the fraud has expanded to manipulating business cards and transaction documents, causing financial damage to the public and partner companies.
The Detective KEMI service operates with two functions: 'employee authentication' and 'document authentication.' For employee authentication, when a user enters the name, mobile phone number, and email information of a suspicious contact, the AI checks whether they match against the actual employee information of Korea Southern Power. This method goes beyond confirming 'whether an employee with this name exists' to verifying 'whether the person who contacted me is really that employee.'
The document authentication function compares and analyzes documents using AI technology for the first time in Korea. When a member of the public registers a suspicious official document they received along with its issue date, Detective KEMI compares it against internal documents to determine authenticity, and if a matching document exists, it directs the user to the person in charge.
Detective KEMI is designed so that any member of the public can easily use it without complicated procedures. Without installing a separate program, users only need to upload a single photo of a suspicious document taken with their mobile phone or a PDF file they received, and the AI verifies its authenticity. "Because forgery can be checked in real time using a smartphone, we have greatly improved user convenience," a Korea Southern Power official said.
