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Text Network Analysis of Korean Trade Stakeholder's Interactions - A Focus on the Trade Ministry and the Legislature

통상 이해관계자 간 상호작용 관련 텍스트 네트워크 분석(TNA) - 한국 통상부처와 입법부 관계를 중심으로

  • Bomin Ko (Department of International Studies at Catholic University of Korea)
  • 고보민 (가톨릭대학교 국제학부 국제통상트랙)
  • Received : 2020.10.05
  • Accepted : 2020.12.24
  • Published : 2020.12.31
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Abstract

This study aims at analyzing the interactions between two of the most significant trade stakeholders in Korea, the Trade Ministry and the Legislature, using text network analysis. Tackling seven Action and Plan Reports for Requests from Parliamentary Inspection released by the National Assembly, this paper conducts a topic modelling analysis, particularly focusing on the reports for the three trade-related institutes: the MOTIE headquarter, Korea Trade Insurance Corporation, Korea Trade and Investment Promotion Agency. According to the analysis, such traditional topics of the MOTIE as enterprise, industry, business, management, development were frequently appeared in the reports. Trade-related topics including export, trade, commerce, investment, overseas, domestic, dispute, cooperation, efficiency, negotiation, service, promotion were repeatedly shown. Lastly, a case study on 2019 Parliamentary Inspection Report showed specific trade-related topics and relevant contents that raised issues in that year. This analysis implies that the text data driven from the Parliamentary Inspection Reports between the MOTIE and the National Assembly, can be established as so called 'trade policy information system' which are valuable not only for the two but also the rest of the trade stakeholders in Korea.

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