Abstract
In this paper, a research background and current activities of multibody researchers in Korea are briefly reviewed. Most of Korean researchers in multibody dynamics field had obtained their doctoral degrees from universities in the United States of America, i.e., University of lowa, University of Arizona, University of Illinois, University of Michigan, etc. Multibody codes currently used in Korea, i.e., ADAMS, DADS, RecurDyn, and Autodyn7,are also reviewed.