Regime
KOSTI represents the interests of Korea by cooperating on the international stage, and strengthens cooperation with the international community.
KOSTI supports the government’s response to discussions in international export control regimes and supports international export control cooperation.
Response to International Export Control regimes
KOSTI proactively cooperates with various players in the international community by analyzing the domestic impact of amendments made to the four major international export control system guidelines, and by proposing amendments to the control standards in consideration of the Korean industrial environment.
Multilateral Export Control Regimes
Following the principles of the international export control regimes, the Republic of Korea imposes restrictions on strategic exports, including through licensing, pursuant to the Foreign Trade Act, in order to maintain international peace, safety and national security.
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WA (Wassenaar Arrangement)
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www.wassenaar.org/  |
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AG (Australia Group)
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www.australiagroup.net |
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NSG (Nuclear Suppliers Group)
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www.nuclearsuppliersgroup.org/ |
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MTCR (Missile Technology Control Regime)
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www.mtcr.info/ |
WA(Wassenaar Arrangement)
Promotes transparency and greater responsibility in transfers of conventional arms and dual-use goods, software and technology, thereby preventing destabilizing accumulations of conventional weapons that threaten national security and contributing to regional and international security and stability. It also works to prevent conventional arms and dual-use goods and technologies from being transferred to terrorist groups or individual terrorists.
- Controlled items: Military items such as firearms and bombs, together with dual-use items such as advanced materials and machinery.
NSG(Nuclear Suppliers Group)
Countries capable of supplying nuclear-related equipment and materials contribute to nuclear non-proliferation through a common set of export control guidelines.
The NSG Guidelines are implemented in accordance with each participating government’s national laws and practices, and licensing decisions are made in line with each country’s own licensing requirements.
NSG Guidelines (Part 1): Adopted the Zangger Committee’s list of dedicated nuclear items (the Trigger List) in 1978, added heavy water and heavy-water production facilities, and set out the accompanying export control guidelines
NSG Guidelines (Part 2): Prompted by the discovery, during inspections in 1991, that Iraq had been developing nuclear weapons using dual-use items not listed as dedicated nuclear items. The scope of export controls was extended to dual-use items, and a control list and export control guidelines were established and put into effect in 1992.
- Controlled items: Nuclear material, nuclear reactors, uranium enrichment and reprocessing facilities, machine tools, and the like.
MTCR(Missile Technology Control Regime)
Prevents the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) by controlling exports of WMD delivery systems, and blocks terrorist organizations and individual terrorists from acquiring controlled items and technologies.
- Controlled items: Unmanned aerial vehicle systems and related missile components, and the like.
AG(Australia Group)
Harmonizes participating countries’ export control policies on chemical and biological weapons-related materials and on the equipment and facilities that can be used to produce them, and curbs the proliferation of such weapons through the sharing of information on countries of proliferation concern.
- Controlled items: Chemical agents and precursors, chemical weapons production facilities and equipment, and the like.