The Northeast Asian Economic Review
Online ISSN : 2435-5291
Print ISSN : 2187-5677
Korea's Countermeasures and their Implications for International Environmental Regulations
Jum Soon LeeHye Young Joo
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2017 Volume 5 Issue 1 Pages 27-42

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Recently, environmental regulations around the world have been strengthened focusing on advanced countries. In this respect, there is a growing proportion of the role of government to respond properly in the environmental regulations. This study aims at analyzing countermeasures of environmental regulations of Korea government and presenting the implications. This research results show that the environmental support system of Korean government has the following problems: 1) Inadequacy in the law system related to environmental regulation, 2) Absence of validity evaluation systems of support policy for international environmental regulations, 3) Expansion of the gap in the ability to cope with environmental regulation by company size. For the countermeasures for these issues, we presented the following solutions: 1) Step-by-step, gradual reinforcement in environmental standards to fit the international regulations, 2) Arrangement of monitoring system regarding environmental regulation, 3) Support in acquiring ISO certification, 4) Establishment of joint reaction system regarding environmental regulations.
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