In November 2020, the fully amended Framework Act on International Development Cooperation came into force. Since its first enactment in 2010, the Framework Act has functioned as a legal basis for the Korean ODA system, with this revision coming 10 years into its operation. The core contents of...

A decade has passed since Korea joined the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) as its 24th member in 2010. The total volume of Korea’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) is approximately 2.2 billion USD, and has doubled over the past decade. Together with the quantitative...

The least developed countries (LDCs) are the poorest and the most disadvantaged members of the international community that face a broad range of socioeconomic, geographical, political, and environmental challenges. The United Nations defines LDCs based on three criteria: low gross national...

Korean Abstract: 2005년 원조효과성에 관한 고위급 포럼에서 이루어진 파리선언과 2008년 아크라선언 및 2011년 부산선언으로 이어진 국제사회의 원조효과성 및 수원국 주인의식을 위한 논의는, 수원국의 자립적인 개발 역량...

In conjunction to the UN General Assembly held in September 2019, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterrez convened the first UN Climate Action Summit. Recognizing that the international community has so far failed to adequately combat the causes and consequence of climate change, the Summit was...

In May 2022, the newly elected President Yoon presented the national vision of “a reemerging Korea, a country of people living well together”. Under this vision, “a global pivotal country that contributes to freedom, peace, and prosperity” was set as one of the six goals to be...