Canonical URL: https://giftcard.news/gift-cards/south-korea-onnuri-voucher-merchant-registration-removal-notice/

---
description: An October 2 notice names Onnuri merchants facing deregistration for expiring registrations or business closures, with removal planned for October 23.
title: South Korea proposes removal of Onnuri voucher merchants
image: https://giftcard.news/images/social/v1/south-korea-proposes-removal-onnuri-voucher-merchants-770ddf95da798152a294834da5a2ef0f.jpg
---

1. [Home](https://giftcard.news/)
2. [Gift Cards](https://giftcard.news/gift-cards/)

# South Korea proposes removal of Onnuri voucher merchants

An October 2 notice names Onnuri merchants facing deregistration for expiring registrations or business closures, with removal planned for October 23.

By [Suzie Elis](https://giftcard.news/author/suzie-elis/) October 2, 2026 2 min read [ Google News ](https://google.com/preferences/source?q=giftcard.news&utm%5Fsource=giftcard.news&utm%5Fcampaign=giftcard.news) 

Share [ ](https://x.com/intent/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgiftcard.news%2Fgift-cards%2Fsouth-korea-onnuri-voucher-merchant-registration-removal-notice%2F%3Futm%5Fsource%3Dx%26utm%5Fmedium%3Dsocial&text=South+Korea+proposes+removal+of+Onnuri+voucher+merchants&utm%5Fsource=giftcard.news&utm%5Fcampaign=giftcard.news "X") [ ](https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgiftcard.news%2Fgift-cards%2Fsouth-korea-onnuri-voucher-merchant-registration-removal-notice%2F%3Futm%5Fsource%3Dlinkedin%26utm%5Fmedium%3Dsocial&utm%5Fsource=giftcard.news&utm%5Fcampaign=giftcard.news "LinkedIn") [ ](https://wa.me/?text=South+Korea+proposes+removal+of+Onnuri+voucher+merchants+https%3A%2F%2Fgiftcard.news%2Fgift-cards%2Fsouth-korea-onnuri-voucher-merchant-registration-removal-notice%2F%3Futm%5Fsource%3Dwhatsapp%26utm%5Fmedium%3Dsocial&utm%5Fsource=giftcard.news&utm%5Fcampaign=giftcard.news "WhatsApp") 

![Onnuri merchant registration schedule for 2026: notice on October 2, objections through October 22 and planned removal on October 23, with timely renewals excluded.](https://giftcard.news/images/variants/v1/south-korea-proposes-removal-onnuri-voucher-merchants-merchant-registration-schedule-2026-notice-2-w1280.webp) 

 The October 2 notice proposes merchant deregistration on October 23, subject to the stated renewal exception and objection process. Photo: Gift Card News; source: Ministry of SMEs and Startups 

South Korea’s [Ministry of SMEs and Startups](https://giftcard.news/organization/ministry-of-smes-and-startups/) has issued a formal notice proposing to remove specified merchants from the Onnuri gift-voucher network. The notice, dated October 2, sets October 23 as the planned deregistration date. [\[S01\]](#article-source-1)

The action covers merchants whose registration is due to expire on October 18, businesses that have reported closure, and businesses whose registration has been cancelled. Merchants with expiring Onnuri registrations are excluded from removal if they submitted renewal applications within the application period. [\[S01\]](#article-source-1)

Gift Card News counted 65,173 distinct merchant codes in the spreadsheet accompanying the notice when reviewed on October 11\. The file labels 52,632 entries as registration expiry and 12,541 as business closure. Those figures describe the attached proposed list, not a confirmed number of completed removals. [\[S02\]](#article-source-2)

The data behind the story 

### Reasons listed for proposed Onnuri merchant removal

Distinct merchant codes counted in the official attached spreadsheet.

 Listed merchant codes 

merchant codes

Tap or hover for details. All values are also available in the data table.

Source 

MSS official merchant spreadsheet; Gift Card News calculation

Proposed list, not completed removals. Timely renewal applicants are excluded from expiry-based removal. The October18 download matches the October11 file; counts do not measure customer balances or spending.

Show data tableHide data table 

Scroll left or right to see all columns 

__Reasons listed for proposed Onnuri merchant removal (merchant codes)__
| Category            | Listed merchant codes |
| ------------------- | --------------------- |
| Registration expiry | 52,632 merchant codes |
| Business closure    | 12,541 merchant codes |

The notice allows objections through October 22\. It says the ministry will treat a failure to submit an opinion within that period as no objection and proceed with deregistration for the relevant targets. [\[S01\]](#article-source-1)

The renewal requirement predates this notice. In an August update, the ministry said about 147,000 Onnuri merchant registrations were due to expire on October 18 under a three-year registration system. That update described online and offline renewal channels, simplified documentation and additional support staff. [\[S03\]](#article-source-3)

The October notice moves that process to a named list of merchants proposed for removal. For the voucher network, the relevant change is participating-merchant registration status. It does not report expired customer balances, a completed reduction in the network, or a change to voucher face values.

## In this article

### Organizations

* [Ministry of SMEs and Startups](https://giftcard.news/organization/ministry-of-smes-and-startups/)

### Sources and documents

* [\[S01\] October 2 formal merchant deregistration notice and PDF](https://www.mss.go.kr/site/smba/ex/bbs/View.do?bcIdx=1071596&cbIdx=126&searchRltnYn=A&utm%5Fsource=giftcard.news&utm%5Fcampaign=giftcard.news) — Ministry of SMEs and Startups
* [\[S02\] Official proposed merchant list; Gift Card News calculation from attached spreadsheet](https://www.mss.go.kr/common/board/Download.do?bcIdx=1071596&cbIdx=126&streFileNm=9a1196bc-9e63-4322-81ca-16a1d28845cb.xlsx&utm%5Fsource=giftcard.news&utm%5Fcampaign=giftcard.news) — Ministry of SMEs and Startups
* [\[S03\] August 10 renewal-programme background](https://www.mss.go.kr/site/smba/ex/bbs/View.do?bcIdx=1070401&cbIdx=86&parentSeq=1070401&utm%5Fsource=giftcard.news&utm%5Fcampaign=giftcard.news) — Ministry of SMEs and Startups

Share [ ](https://x.com/intent/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgiftcard.news%2Fgift-cards%2Fsouth-korea-onnuri-voucher-merchant-registration-removal-notice%2F%3Futm%5Fsource%3Dx%26utm%5Fmedium%3Dsocial&text=South+Korea+proposes+removal+of+Onnuri+voucher+merchants&utm%5Fsource=giftcard.news&utm%5Fcampaign=giftcard.news "X") [ ](https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgiftcard.news%2Fgift-cards%2Fsouth-korea-onnuri-voucher-merchant-registration-removal-notice%2F%3Futm%5Fsource%3Dlinkedin%26utm%5Fmedium%3Dsocial&utm%5Fsource=giftcard.news&utm%5Fcampaign=giftcard.news "LinkedIn") [ ](https://wa.me/?text=South+Korea+proposes+removal+of+Onnuri+voucher+merchants+https%3A%2F%2Fgiftcard.news%2Fgift-cards%2Fsouth-korea-onnuri-voucher-merchant-registration-removal-notice%2F%3Futm%5Fsource%3Dwhatsapp%26utm%5Fmedium%3Dsocial&utm%5Fsource=giftcard.news&utm%5Fcampaign=giftcard.news "WhatsApp") 

![Portrait of Suzie Elis](https://giftcard.news/images/variants/v1/suzie-elis-editorial-portrait-w320.webp) 

About the author

## [Suzie Elis](https://giftcard.news/author/suzie-elis/)

Journalist — Gift Cards & Digital Gifting

Suzie Elis covers gift card products, digital gifting and distribution for Gift Card News.

From reading to building

## Your next move in gift cards.

Tell us what you’re building. We’ll help you explore suitable providers.

[Find a provider ](https://giftcard.news/find-a-provider/) 

## Related articles

[Gift Cards](https://giftcard.news/gift-cards/) News 

### [Plano plans a second holiday gift-card bonus round](https://giftcard.news/gift-cards/plano-downtown-holiday-gift-card-bonus-2026/)

[Emma Carter](https://giftcard.news/author/emma-carter/) October 29, 2026 2 min 

[Gift Cards](https://giftcard.news/gift-cards/) News 

### [Toast adds bonus gift-card balances to online purchase promotions](https://giftcard.news/gift-cards/toast-bonus-gift-card-balances-online-purchase-promotions/)

[Daniel Brooks](https://giftcard.news/author/daniel-brooks/) October 21, 2026 3 min 

[Gift Cards](https://giftcard.news/gift-cards/) News 

### [Tillo adds needs-based gift cards to GiftWellSoon care registries](https://giftcard.news/gift-cards/tillo-giftwellsoon-care-registry-gift-cards/)

[Suzie Elis](https://giftcard.news/author/suzie-elis/) October 21, 2026 3 min

```json
{"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsMediaOrganization","@id":"https://giftcard.news/#publisher","name":"Gift Card News","url":"https://giftcard.news/","description":"News and analysis covering gift cards, retail, loyalty, rewards and payments worldwide.","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://giftcard.news/icon-512.png","contentUrl":"https://giftcard.news/icon-512.png","width":512,"height":512,"@id":"https://giftcard.news/#logo"},"publishingPrinciples":"https://giftcard.news/editorial-policy/","correctionsPolicy":"https://giftcard.news/editorial-policy/"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://giftcard.news/#website","url":"https://giftcard.news/","name":"Gift Card News","description":"News and analysis covering gift cards, retail, loyalty, rewards and payments worldwide.","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@id":"https://giftcard.news/#publisher"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https://giftcard.news/search/?q={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https://giftcard.news/author/suzie-elis/#person","name":"Suzie Elis","url":"https://giftcard.news/author/suzie-elis/","description":"Suzie Elis covers gift card products, digital gifting and distribution for Gift Card News.","jobTitle":"Journalist — Gift Cards & Digital Gifting","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://giftcard.news/images/suzie-elis-editorial-portrait.webp","contentUrl":"https://giftcard.news/images/suzie-elis-editorial-portrait.webp","width":1254,"height":1254,"caption":"Illustrated portrait representing the Suzie Elis editorial profile.","@id":"https://giftcard.news/images/suzie-elis-editorial-portrait.webp#image","encodingFormat":"image/webp","description":"Illustrated portrait for Suzie Elis, a Gift Card News editorial pen name","creditText":"Gift Card News / AI-generated illustration"}},{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://giftcard.news/images/south-korea-proposes-removal-onnuri-voucher-merchants-merchant-registration-schedule-2026-notice-2.webp","contentUrl":"https://giftcard.news/images/south-korea-proposes-removal-onnuri-voucher-merchants-merchant-registration-schedule-2026-notice-2.webp","width":1920,"height":1440,"caption":"The October 2 notice proposes merchant deregistration on October 23, subject to the stated renewal exception and objection process.","@id":"https://giftcard.news/images/south-korea-proposes-removal-onnuri-voucher-merchants-merchant-registration-schedule-2026-notice-2.webp#image","encodingFormat":"image/webp","description":"Onnuri merchant registration schedule for 2026: notice on October 2, objections through October 22 and planned removal on October 23, with timely renewals excluded.","creditText":"Gift Card News; source: Ministry of SMEs and Startups","isBasedOn":"https://www.mss.go.kr/site/smba/ex/bbs/View.do?bcIdx=1071596&cbIdx=126&searchRltnYn=A"},{"@type":"Dataset","@id":"https://giftcard.news/gift-cards/south-korea-onnuri-voucher-merchant-registration-removal-notice/#dataset","url":"https://giftcard.news/gift-cards/south-korea-onnuri-voucher-merchant-registration-removal-notice/","name":"South Korea proposes removal of Onnuri voucher merchants: figure data","description":"Tabular data for the figures accompanying \"South Korea proposes removal of Onnuri voucher merchants\". Sources, units and limitations are documented with each figure.","inLanguage":"en","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://giftcard.news/gift-cards/south-korea-onnuri-voucher-merchant-registration-removal-notice/#article"},"isAccessibleForFree":false,"hasPart":[{"@id":"https://giftcard.news/gift-cards/south-korea-onnuri-voucher-merchant-registration-removal-notice/#article-figure-1-dataset"}],"distribution":{"@type":"DataDownload","contentUrl":"https://giftcard.news/download.csv?article=%2Fgift-cards%2Fsouth-korea-onnuri-voucher-merchant-registration-removal-notice%2F","encodingFormat":"text/csv","isAccessibleForFree":false}},{"@type":"Dataset","@id":"https://giftcard.news/gift-cards/south-korea-onnuri-voucher-merchant-registration-removal-notice/#article-figure-1-dataset","url":"https://giftcard.news/gift-cards/south-korea-onnuri-voucher-merchant-registration-removal-notice/#article-figure-1","name":"Reasons listed for proposed Onnuri merchant removal","description":"Tabular values displayed in the figure \"Reasons listed for proposed Onnuri merchant removal\" and its accompanying data table.\n\nDistinct merchant codes counted in the official attached spreadsheet.\n\nProposed list, not completed removals. Timely renewal applicants are excluded from expiry-based removal. The October18 download matches the October11 file; counts do not measure customer balances or spending.","inLanguage":"en","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://giftcard.news/gift-cards/south-korea-onnuri-voucher-merchant-registration-removal-notice/#dataset"},"isAccessibleForFree":false,"variableMeasured":[{"@type":"PropertyValue","name":"Listed merchant codes","unitText":"merchant codes"}],"isBasedOn":[{"@type":"CreativeWork","name":"MSS official merchant spreadsheet; Gift Card News calculation","url":"https://www.mss.go.kr/common/board/Download.do?bcIdx=1071596&cbIdx=126&streFileNm=9a1196bc-9e63-4322-81ca-16a1d28845cb.xlsx"}]},{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://giftcard.news/gift-cards/south-korea-onnuri-voucher-merchant-registration-removal-notice/#article","url":"https://giftcard.news/gift-cards/south-korea-onnuri-voucher-merchant-registration-removal-notice/","headline":"South Korea proposes removal of Onnuri voucher merchants","description":"An October 2 notice names Onnuri merchants facing deregistration for expiring registrations or business closures, with removal planned for October 23.","datePublished":"2026-10-02T00:00:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-10-18T11:41:12.834Z","inLanguage":"en","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https://giftcard.news/gift-cards/south-korea-onnuri-voucher-merchant-registration-removal-notice/#webpage"},"isPartOf":{"@id":"https://giftcard.news/#website"},"isAccessibleForFree":false,"hasPart":[{"@type":"WebPageElement","isAccessibleForFree":false,"cssSelector":".reader-restricted"},{"@id":"https://giftcard.news/gift-cards/south-korea-onnuri-voucher-merchant-registration-removal-notice/#dataset"}],"image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://giftcard.news/images/south-korea-proposes-removal-onnuri-voucher-merchants-merchant-registration-schedule-2026-notice-2.webp","contentUrl":"https://giftcard.news/images/south-korea-proposes-removal-onnuri-voucher-merchants-merchant-registration-schedule-2026-notice-2.webp","width":1920,"height":1440,"caption":"The October 2 notice proposes merchant deregistration on October 23, subject to the stated renewal exception and objection process.","@id":"https://giftcard.news/images/south-korea-proposes-removal-onnuri-voucher-merchants-merchant-registration-schedule-2026-notice-2.webp#image","encodingFormat":"image/webp","description":"Onnuri merchant registration schedule for 2026: notice on October 2, objections through October 22 and planned removal on October 23, with timely renewals excluded.","creditText":"Gift Card News; source: Ministry of SMEs and Startups","isBasedOn":"https://www.mss.go.kr/site/smba/ex/bbs/View.do?bcIdx=1071596&cbIdx=126&searchRltnYn=A"}],"articleSection":"Gift Cards","keywords":["Ministry of SMEs and Startups"],"mentions":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://giftcard.news/organization/ministry-of-smes-and-startups/#entity","name":"Ministry of SMEs and Startups","url":"https://giftcard.news/organization/ministry-of-smes-and-startups/"}],"wordCount":317,"citation":[{"@type":"CreativeWork","name":"[S01] October 2 formal merchant deregistration notice and PDF","url":"https://www.mss.go.kr/site/smba/ex/bbs/View.do?bcIdx=1071596&cbIdx=126&searchRltnYn=A","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Ministry of SMEs and Startups"}},{"@type":"CreativeWork","name":"[S02] Official proposed merchant list; Gift Card News calculation from attached spreadsheet","url":"https://www.mss.go.kr/common/board/Download.do?bcIdx=1071596&cbIdx=126&streFileNm=9a1196bc-9e63-4322-81ca-16a1d28845cb.xlsx","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Ministry of SMEs and Startups"}},{"@type":"CreativeWork","name":"[S03] August 10 renewal-programme background","url":"https://www.mss.go.kr/site/smba/ex/bbs/View.do?bcIdx=1070401&cbIdx=86&parentSeq=1070401","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Ministry of SMEs and Startups"}}],"author":[{"@id":"https://giftcard.news/author/suzie-elis/#person"}],"publisher":{"@id":"https://giftcard.news/#publisher"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://giftcard.news/gift-cards/south-korea-onnuri-voucher-merchant-registration-removal-notice/#webpage","url":"https://giftcard.news/gift-cards/south-korea-onnuri-voucher-merchant-registration-removal-notice/","name":"South Korea proposes removal of Onnuri voucher merchants","description":"An October 2 notice names Onnuri merchants facing deregistration for expiring registrations or business closures, with removal planned for October 23.","datePublished":"2026-10-02T00:00:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-10-18T11:41:12.834Z","inLanguage":"en","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://giftcard.news/#website"},"mainEntity":{"@id":"https://giftcard.news/gift-cards/south-korea-onnuri-voucher-merchant-registration-removal-notice/#article"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https://giftcard.news/gift-cards/south-korea-onnuri-voucher-merchant-registration-removal-notice/#breadcrumbs"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https://giftcard.news/images/south-korea-proposes-removal-onnuri-voucher-merchants-merchant-registration-schedule-2026-notice-2.webp#image"}},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https://giftcard.news/gift-cards/south-korea-onnuri-voucher-merchant-registration-removal-notice/#breadcrumbs","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://giftcard.news/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Gift Cards","item":"https://giftcard.news/gift-cards/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"South Korea proposes removal of Onnuri voucher merchants","item":"https://giftcard.news/gift-cards/south-korea-onnuri-voucher-merchant-registration-removal-notice/"}]}]}
```