Huh Un-na, a ruling Millennium Democratic Party member on the Assembly's Science, Technology, Information and Telecommunications committee said that the party plans to submit a bill mandating that cameraphones be designed to emit a loud noise when photos are taken. The noise would alert people in public that their picture might have been taken.

Huh said the bill would require that mobile handset manufacturers install the noisemaker in cell phones, in order to prevent what she called "human rights infringements" and to prevent corporate espionage.

Meanwhile, an official at the MOIC said the ministry would start a comprehensive analysis to draft measures to stem the misuse of cameraphones in public places, including bath houses and dressing rooms.

The nation's leading cell phone manufacturers, however, expressed concern over the proposed regulation, as the businesses have been suffering from a sharp decline in domestic sales. An official at Samsung Electronics said that restrictions on the use of cameraphones would cause domestic sales of the phones, which is still struggling to get off the ground, to be stalled. Exports would also sink, he warned.