Abstract
This paper aims to examine main food policy issues in Korea that have developed since Lee Myung-bak administration commenced last year. Policies concerning food security, food safety, promotion for food-processing industry, and food consumption and consumer nutrition are reviewed. The review is conducted with an emphasis on the emerging challenges, changes in law and institutional environments, development of new policy measures, and unresolved issues in the four policy domains. The paper concludes with a critical suggestion that setting up and operating a national system to integrate dispersed food polices and private experts is needed in near future, which helps to effectively achieve food security, food safety, and other policy objectives.
