IEL Links for Korea
Prepared by Young Duk Park

Last updated: February 1, 2001

Overview

The Republic of Korea (hereinafter Korea) is Member of the Following Major International Organizations or International Cooperations

• Asian Development Bank (ADB)
• Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
• Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
• International Monetary Fund (IMF)
• Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
• United Nations (UN)
• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
• World Bank Group (IBRD, ICSID, IDA, IFC, MIGA)
• World Trade Organization (WTO)

• List of the Multilateral Agreements concerning Trade and Commerce (Korean only)
  Provided by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Korea (MOFAT), from 1949 to the present, subject & title search available, English & Korean full-texts downloadable.
  

• Full-texts of the Bilateral Agreements concerning Trade and Commerce (Korean only)
  Provided by MOFAT, from 1950 to the present, subject & title search available, English & Korean full-texts downloadable.
• Full-texts of the Bilateral Agreements between Korean and the USA concerning Trade and Commerce
  Provided the U.S. Department of Commerce, Trade Compliance Center
• Status of the Bilateral Agreements between Korean and the USA
  Provided by the U.S. Department of State, "Treaties in Force: A List of Treaties and Other International Agreements of the United States in Force as of January 1, 2000," PDF file downloadable.
• Full-texts of the Bilateral Agreements between Korean and Australia
  Provided by Australia Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the U.S. Department of State, subject & title search available, English full-texts downloadable

• Trade & Investment Facilitation Office for Foreign Companies(TIFO)
• Korea Trade Commission (KTC)
• Ministry of Finance and Economy
• Korea Customs Service
• Ministry of Commerce, Industry & Energy
• The Korea Foreign Company Association
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT)
• Ministry of Justice
• Ministry of Labor
• Korea Trade - Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA)
• The Bank of Korea
• Korea Development Institute
• Korea Institute for International Economic Policy
• Korea Institute for Industrial Economics & Trade
• Korea Institute of Finance

• Korea and the APEC
• Korea and the IMF

• Statistical Reports, Surveys and Publications (in English)
  Provided by the National Statistical Office of Korea
• Korean Economic Statistics (in English)
  Provided by the Ministry of Finance and Economy
• OECD in Figures 2000

• Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI)
• List of Export/Import Associations in Korea

• European Union Chamber of Commerce in Korea
• The American Chamber of Commerce in Korea
• Commercial Counsellor at the Austrian Embassy in Korea
• Swedish Trade Council in Korea

• Research Institutes in Korea (in English)
• List of IEL Institutes (in Korean)

• Korea Economy Weekly
• The Korea Herald
• The Korea Times

• WTO: Trade Policy Review - Korea
• USA: Country Commercial Guides, Reports on Economic Policy and Trade Practices and National Trade Estimate Reports
  Provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Trade Compliance Center
• Japan: Report on the WTO Consistency of Trade Policy by Major Trading Partners (in English)
  Provided by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan (METI)

• Korea: National Trade Environment Report
  Provided by MOFAT
  
  

• Full-texts of Speeches by the President, the Minister of MOFAT and the Minister of State for Trade (in English)
  Provided by the MOFAT, speaker & date search available.

• Economic Survey of Korea (by OECD)
• Information about Economy, Foreign Investment, Industries, Finance, Taxation/Accounting and Labor (by KOTRA)
• Doing Business with Korea
  Provided by the KCCI

• Korean Legal Research Resources on the Internet
  Provided by Heija B. Ryoo, Professor, Director of Library Systems and Technical Services School of Law Library, Southern Illinois University
  
  

• National Assembly of Korea (in English)
• Statutes of the Republic of Korea (in English)
  Provided by the Korea Legislation Research Institute, online subscription database available May 2000
• Comprehensive Korean Legal Database (in Korean)
  Provided by the Ministry of Legislation of Korea
• 'Kwanbo', Korean Official Gazette (in Korean)
  Provided by the Government Computer Center of Korea, full-text search available from October. 1, 2000

• Supreme Court of Korea, Summaries of Major Cases (in English)
• Constitutional Court of Korea, Abstracts of Major Cases (in Korean and some English)

• Korean Bar Association (KBA) (in Korean)

• Bobmunsa (in Korean)
• Pakyoungsa (in Korean)

• List of Colleges and Universities (in English)
• Law Schools Directory (in Korean)
  Provided by the NetLaw
• Korea University College of Law (in Korean and some English)
• Seoul National University College of Law (in Korean and some English)
• Yonsei University College of Law (in Korean)
• Center for Korean Legal Studies in Columbia Law School

• Korean Government Homepage: KOREA.net (in English)
  Provided by the Korean Information Service
• Background Notes: South Korea
  Provided by the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State
• World Fact Book: South Korea
  Provided by the Directorate of Intelligence, U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)