Government and public bodies in South Korea
The Innovative EcoSystems registry lists 118 government and public bodies in South Korea.
Government and public bodies set policy, fund programs and run the economic development work that shapes a regional innovation ecosystem.
The largest concentrations are in Seoul (49), Daejeon (20) and Sejong (17).
South Korea scores 71.4 out of 100 on the IEPA (2024 edition), ranking 12 of 117 economies.
118 government and public bodies
- Agency for Defense Development
Government or public body · Daejeon · add.re.kr - Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency
Government or public body · Anyang-si · qia.go.kr - Anti Corruption and Civil Rights Commission
Government or public body · Daejeon · acrc.go.kr - APEC Climate Center
Government or public body · Busan · apcc21.org - Board of Audit and Inspection
Government or public body · Seoul · english.bai.go.kr - Central Radio Management Service
Government or public body · Seoul · crmo.go.kr - Constitutional Court of Korea
Government or public body · Seoul · english.ccourt.go.kr - Cultural Heritage Administration
Government or public body · Daejeon · english.cha.go.kr - Defense Acquisition Program Administration
Government or public body · Seoul · dapa.go.kr - Financial Services Commission
Government or public body · Seoul · fsc.go.kr - Government of the Republic of Korea
Government or public body · Seoul · korea.kr - Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service
Government or public body · Wŏnju · hira.or.kr - Institute of Civil-Military Technology Cooperation
Government or public body · Yuseong-gu · icmtc.re.kr - Institute of Justice
Government or public body · Chinch'ŏn · ioj.go.kr - Korea AeroSpace Administration
Government or public body · Sacheon-si · kasa.go.kr - Korea Aerospace Research Institute
Government or public body · Daejeon · kari.re.kr - Korea Agency for Infrastructure Technology Advancement
Government or public body · Anyang-si · kaia.re.kr - Korea Air Force Academy
Government or public body · Cheongju-si · afa.ac.kr:8081 - Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Government or public body · Seoul · cdc.go.kr - Korea Creative Content Agency
Government or public body · Seoul · eng.kocca.kr - Korea Customs Service
Government or public body · Daejeon · customs.go.kr - Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency
Government or public body · Cheongju-si · kdca.go.kr - Korea Education and Research Information Service
Government or public body · Daegu · english.keris.or.kr - Korea Electrical Safety Corporation
Government or public body · Wanju · kesco.or.kr - Korea Environmental Industry and Technology Institute
Government or public body · Seoul · keiti.re.kr - Korea Evaluation Institute of Industrial Technology
Government or public body · Daegu · keit.re.kr - Korea Fair Trade Commission
Government or public body · Daejeon · eng.ftc.go.kr - Korea Federation of Science and Technology Societies
Government or public body · Seoul · kofst.or.kr - Korea Forest Service
Government or public body · Daejeon · english.forest.go.kr - Korea Green Promotion Agency
Government or public body · Daejeon · ago.kgpa.or.kr - Korea Health Industry Development Institute
Government or public body · Seoul · khidi.or.kr - Korea Health Personnel Licensing Examination Institute
Government or public body · Seoul · kuksiwon.or.kr - Korea Hydrographic and Oceanographic Agency
Government or public body · Busan · khoa.go.kr - Korea Information Society Development Institute
Government or public body · Chinch'ŏn · kisdi.re.kr - Korea Infrastructure Organization for Nanotechnology
Government or public body · Seoul · kion.or.kr - Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation
Government or public body · Seoul · kice.re.kr - Korea Institute for National Unification
Government or public body · Seoul · kinu.or.kr - Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology
Government or public body · Goyang-si · kict.re.kr - Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning
Government or public body · Seoul · ketep.re.kr - Korea Institute of Hydrological Survey
Government or public body · Goyang-si · kihs.re.kr - Korea Institute of Maritime and Fisheries Technology
Government or public body · Busan · seaman.or.kr - Korea Institute of Planning and Evaluation for Technology in Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Government or public body · Anyang-si · eng.ipet.re.kr - Korea Institute of Sport Science
Government or public body · Seoul · sports.re.kr - Korea International Cooperation Agency
Government or public body · Seongnam-si · koica.go.kr - Korea Medical Device Development Fund
Government or public body · Jung-gu · kmdf.org - Korea Meteorological Administration
Government or public body · Seoul · kma.go.kr - Korea National Institute of Health
Government or public body · Cheongju-si · nih.go.kr - Korea Post
Government or public body · Seoul · koreapost.go.kr - Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training
Government or public body · Sejong · krivet.re.kr - Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering
Government or public body · Yuseong-gu · kriso.re.kr - Korea Technology and Information Promotion Agency for SMEs
Government or public body · Seoul · tipa.or.kr - Korea Tourism Organization
Government or public body · Wŏnju · kto.visitkorea.or.kr - Korea Transport Institute
Government or public body · Sejong · koti.re.kr - Korea Women's Development Institute
Government or public body · Seoul · kwdi.re.kr - Korea-China Science & Technology Cooperation Center
Government or public body · Seoul · kostec.re.kr - Korean Intellectual Property Office
Government or public body · Daejeon · kipo.go.kr - Korean National Police Agency
Government or public body · Seoul · police.go.kr - Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korea
Government or public body · Sejong · mabik.re.kr - Military Manpower Administration
Government or public body · Daejeon · mma.go.kr - Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
Government or public body · Sejong · mafra.go.kr - Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
Government or public body · Sejong · mcst.go.kr - Ministry of Education
Government or public body · Sejong · english.moe.go.kr - Ministry of Employment and Labor
Government or public body · Daejeon · moel.go.kr - Ministry of Environment
Government or public body · Seoul · eng.me.go.kr - Ministry of Food and Drug Safety
Government or public body · Cheongju-si · mfds.go.kr - Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Government or public body · Seoul · mofa.go.kr - Ministry of Gender Equality and Family
Government or public body · Seoul · english.mogef.go.kr - Ministry of Government Legislation
Government or public body · Daejeon · moleg.go.kr - Ministry of Health and Welfare
Government or public body · Seoul · english.mw.go.kr - Ministry of Justice
Government or public body · Seoul · moj.go.kr - Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
Government or public body · Sejong · molit.go.kr - Ministry of National Defense
Government or public body · Seoul · mnd.go.kr - Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries
Government or public body · Daejeon · mof.go.kr - Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs
Government or public body · Sejong · mpva.go.kr - Ministry of Public Safety and Security
Government or public body · Seoul · mpss.go.kr - Ministry of Science and ICT
Government or public body · Sejong · msit.go.kr - Ministry of Science ICT and Future Planning
Government or public body · Dormant · Anyang-si · english.msip.go.kr - Ministry of Security and Public Administration
Government or public body · Seoul · mopas.go.kr - Ministry of SMEs and Startups
Government or public body · Sejong-Si · mss.go.kr - Ministry of Strategy and Finance
Government or public body · Sejong · english.mosf.go.kr - Ministry of the Interior and Safety
Government or public body · Sejong-Si · mois.go.kr - Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy
Government or public body · Sejong · english.motie.go.kr - Ministry of Unification
Government or public body · Seoul · eng.unikorea.go.kr - National Agency for Administrative City Construction
Government or public body · Daejeon · happycity.go.kr - National Assembly
Government or public body · Seoul · nas.na.go.kr - National Disaster Management Research Institute
Government or public body · Ulsan · eng.ndmi.go.kr - National Emergency Management Agency
Government or public body · Seoul · nema.go.kr - National Evidenc- based healthcare Collaborating Agency
Government or public body · Seoul · neca.re.kr - National Fire Agency
Government or public body · Sejong · nfa.go.kr - National Human Rights Commission of Korea
Government or public body · Seoul · humanrights.go.kr - National Institute for International Education
Government or public body · Seongnam-si · niied.go.kr - National Institute of Environmental Research
Government or public body · Incheon · nier.go.kr - National Institute of Fisheries Science
Government or public body · Busan · nifs.go.kr - National Institute of Korean History
Government or public body · Seoul · history.go.kr - National Intelligence Service
Government or public body · Seoul · eng.nis.go.kr - National IT industry Promotion Agency
Government or public body · Chinch'ŏn · nipa.kr - National Medical Center
Government or public body · Seoul · nmc.or.kr - National Pension Service
Government or public body · Seoul · nps.or.kr - National Radio Research Agency
Government or public body · Naju · rra.go.kr - National Research Council of Science and Technology
Government or public body · Sejong · nst.re.kr - National Research Foundation of Korea
Government or public body · Daejeon · nrf.re.kr - National Security Research Institute
Government or public body · Daejeon · nst.re.kr - National Tax Service
Government or public body · Seoul · nts.go.kr - Nuclear Safety And Security Commission
Government or public body · Seoul · nssc.go.kr - Office for Government Policy Coordination Prime Minister's Secretariat
Government or public body · Sejong · opm.go.kr - Overseas Koreans Foundation
Government or public body · Seoul · okf.or.kr - Public Procurement Service
Government or public body · Daejeon · pps.go.kr - Republic of Korea Army
Government or public body · Daejeon · army.mil.kr - Rural Development Administration
Government or public body · Jeonju · rda.go.kr - Seoul Central District Court
Government or public body · Seoul · seoul.scourt.go.kr - Seoul Metropolitan Government
Government or public body · Seoul · english.seoul.go.kr - Statistics Korea
Government or public body · Daejeon · kostat.go.kr - Supreme Court of Korea
Government or public body · Seoul · eng.scourt.go.kr - Supreme Prosecutors Office of the Republic of Korea
Government or public body · Seoul · spo.go.kr - The Korea Institute of Public Administration
Government or public body · Seoul · kipa.re.kr - The Seoul Institute
Government or public body · Seoul · si.re.kr - Ministry of Trade, Energy and Industry of Korea
Government or public body · Sejong - Small and Medium Business Administration
Government or public body · Dormant · Daejeon