This report assesses the current status of Korea’s innovation system and policies, and identifies where and how the … government should focus its efforts to improve the country’s innovation capabilities. It finds that Korea has one of the highest … strong interest in science and technology. However, a number of bottlenecks persist that hamper Korea’s economic convergence …

society based on knowledge and information. This review covers the entire education and training system, including vocational …; improving the inner dynamics of the education and training system to provide a reformed, decentralised system; and the knowledge …In the last 40 years, educational provision in Korea has grown at a rate unprecedented among OECD countries. Modern …

This comprehensive review of Korea's environmental policies and programmes brings the reader information on the extent … to which Korea is meeting its domestic environmental objectives and international commitments. It reviews progress in …

Learning for Jobs is an OECD study of vocational education and training (VET) designed to help countries make their VET … systems more responsive to labour market needs. The Korean VET system is part of a system of education which has achieved huge …

Korea faces an extraordinary ageing challenge. Korea will age much faster than other OECD countries: in 2000, about 7 …% of Korea’s population were over 65; in 2050, senior citizens will constitute about 37% of Korea’s population. Population … expectancy are indicators of the success of the Korean economy and society. However, the decline in fertility rates in Korea is …

OECD's territorial review of Korea. It finds that deep societal changes against the backdrop of rapid economic growth … have characterised Korea in the Post-War period. Most notably, the tripling of its population has induced significant … territorial transformations. Despite the effort to promote balanced regional growth, Korea is still characterised by substantial …

This Territorial Review of Busan, Korea examines the regions trends and capacities, assesses its regional …