In these days, the construction industry is increasingly internationalized. Especially in the region of Southeast Asia, there are more opportunities in which companies from various countries collaborate in a project. On the other hand, a lot of problems are caused by the differences and conflicts among project management system in Japanese style and in Western style. The aim of this study is, as a part of international comparative study on project management, to clarify the characteristics of the construction system in South Korea. In this paper, current situation of the construction industry in South Korean, including related regulations, procurement system, is shown and discussed, so that the differences between construction supervision in Japan and the one in South Korea are obtained clearly.
