• Korean Security Journal
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• no.36
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• pp.443-467
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• 2013

The purpose of this study is to introduce United States Coast Guard (USCG) in order to suggest a direction to advance the system of Korea Coast Guard. After the effect of United Nations on the Law of the Sea in 1994, the world is facing with new era of maritime age with emergence of new maritime border 'Exclusive Economic Zone(EEZ)'. Along with new maritime era, Korea also has been facing with the conflicts caused from EEZ. Also, there is a increasing concern about maritime safety and security since people looking for maritime tourism and leisure sports are dramatically increasing in Korea. Moreover, national security matters are a big issue in Korea due to the several incidents occurred in the sea such as the attack on Yeon-Pyung Island and the sinking of Cheonan naval vessel. Arising concern on these issues in maritime space requires Korea Coast Guard to handle these effectively. However, the systematical and structural limitation of Korea Coast Guard limits the effective management of recent issues. The United States Coast Guard which is considered as one of the military force in the United States has continuously reformed and developed its system and structure to better handle the maritime safety and security issues through developing project such as the Integrated Deep Water system. Also, maritime police system and structure in the United States is different with in Korea. This study expects to suggest a way to advance the system and structure of Korea Coast Guard through examination of United States Coast Guard and comparing maritime police system and structure between Korea and the United States in order to properly deal with the maritime safety and security issues arising recently.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2023.05a
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• pp.169-170
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• 2023

사물인터넷(loT), 인공지능, 빅데이터 등 빠르게 발전하는 기술을 기반으로 개발 중인 자율운항선박(MASS)의 개발이 유럽(독일, 노르웨이, 스웨덴, 독일, 노르웨이 등), 미국, 일본, 중국 등 다양한 나라에서 이루어지고 있다. 산업통산자원부는 2022년 11월 3일 자율운항에 필요한 항해·기관 자동화 시스템 등의 핵실기술 개발과 자율운항 해상 시험선 실증을 수행하는 자율운항선박 성능실증센터를 준공하여 미래 해운산업에 박차를 가하고 있다. 해양주권 수호, 수색·구조, 해상질서유지, 해양범죄예방·수사, 해양오염방제 등 바다에서의 수호자 역할을 수행하는 해양경찰의 변화는 무엇보다 중요하겠다. 이에 국내·외 서적, 연구논문, 보고서, 언론자료 등의 분석을 통해 자율운항선박 등 미래발전에 대한 관심을 가지고, 해양경찰의 개선방안을 논의해 보고자 한다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.79-87
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• 2003

To improve the educational system of Korea Maritime Police Agency(KMPA), the authors investigate and evaluate the present course and curricula in details comparing with the systems of US Coast Guard and Japanese Coast Guard As a result, it is suggested that KMPA try to recruit good-quality officers through the diverse route, develop the future-oriented educational, system, adjust the course and curricula to meet KMPA's role and mission for 21st century. Besides, it requires that KMPA establishes its own institute to carry out the recruit training and re-freshening courses for both the officers and enlisted person.

• Proceedings of KOSOMES biannual meeting
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.225-230
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• 2006

On the analysis of the regional organizations of coast guards in USA, Japan and BK, the ideal organization of area coast guard of Korea is proposed. It is composed of three area coast guards in West, South and East sea and special units in order to carry out missions and to response requirements and needs in the maritime fields in object oriented way. The proposed regional organization can be actualized as the model of development by improving the listed tasks.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.375-383
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• 2009

The purpose of this study is to examine the U.S. Coast Guard's origins and powers with respect to the warrantless searches of vessels at sea. In principle, searches and seizures of vessels at sea require a warrant. However, a ship at sea may easily slip away and destroy evidence while authorities attempt to get a warrant. Thus, warrantless searches and safety inspection need to be validated because of the exigent circumstances at the sea. There are also two kinds of exceptions that justify warrantless searches at sea namely, border searhes and administrative searches. These theories in the U.S. will be useful for legislation and law enforcement related to the Korea Coast Guard's mission.

• Korean Security Journal
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• no.44
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• pp.85-116
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• 2015

Found in 23 Dec 1953 to cope with illegal fishing of foreign ships and coastal guard duty, Korea Coast Guard was re-organized as an office under Ministry of Public Safety since the outbreak of sinking of passenger ship "Sewolho". In the course of re-organization, intelligence and investigation duty were transferred to Police Department except "Cases happened on the sea". But the definition of intelligence duty is vague and there are lots of disputes over the jurisdiction and range of activities. With this situation in consideration, the object of this study is to analyse legal and institutional characteristic of KCG Intelligence, to compare them to that of Police Department, foreign agencies like Japan Coast Guard and US Coast Guard, to expose the limit and to suggest solution. To summarize the conclusion, firstly, in the legal side, there is no legal basis on intelligence in [The Government Organization Act], no regulation for mission, weak basis in application act. Secondly, in the institutional side, stated in the minor chapter of [The Government Organization Act], 'the cases happened on sea' is a quite vague definition, while guard, safety, maritime pollution duty falls under 'on the sea' category, intelligence fell to 'Cases happened on the sea' causing coast guard duty and intelligence have different range. In addition, reduced organization and it's manpower led to ineffective intelligence activities. In the case of Police Department, there is definite lines on 'administration concerning public security' in [The Government Organization Act], specified the range of intelligence activities as 'collect, make and distribute information concerning public security' which made the range of main duty and intelligence identical. Japanese and US coast guards also have intelligence branch and performing activities appropriate for the main missions of the organizations. To have superiority in the regional sea, neighboring countries Japan and China are strengthening on maritime power, China has launched new coast guard bureau, Japan has given the coast guard officers to have police authority in the regional islands, and to support the objectives, specialized intelligence is organized and under development. To secure maritime sovereignty and enhance mission capability in maritime safety duty, it is strongly recommended that the KCG intelligence should have concrete legal basis, strengthen the organization and mission, reinforce manpower, and ensure specialized training administrative system.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.23 no.7
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• pp.847-857
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• 2017

The present situations of the education and training systems for the response to marine HNS spill incidents in domestic and foreign countries were reviewed and the plans to improve domestic system were suggested on the basis of the comparison between domestic and foreign education systems. There were almost no private education and training institutions in Korea, and they have not been activated, compared with those of foreign countries such as USA, Canada, Australia and UK. The domestic marine HNS-related education has been implemented uniformly under Korean government initiative. In addition, there were differences in the targets and duration of the education offered by Korea Coast Guard Academy (KCGA) and Marine Environment Research & Training Institute (MERTI) in Korea. Domestic HNS-related curriculum was relatively simple, compared with the curricula of foreign countries, and has not accepted two levels (operational level and manager level) required in HNS model courses of International Maritime Organization (IMO). The domestic education and training period was short relatively to those of foreign countries. The following suggestions were made to improve the education and training system for the response to domestic marine chemical incidents. In the short term, an HNS education and training management consultation body (tentative name) should be established, with both KCGA and MERTI participating jointly while maintaining the current system of the two institutions (KCGA and MERTI) simultaneously. In the more distant and long term, the HNS-related departments of KCGA and MERTI should be incorporated into a National Marine HNS Response Academy (tentative name) as unified system to enable international competitiveness.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2021.11a
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• pp.231-232
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• 2021

승선근무예비역제도는 미국의 사례와 같이 훈련된 우수한 승선근무예비역을 제4군으로 장기적으로 양성·예비함으로써 평화시에는 국가의 부를 축적하고, 전시, 사변 또는 국가비상시에는 국가안보를 부담시키기 위해 반드시 필요한 제도이다. 우리나라가 동북아 물류거점국가 및 해양강국으로 발전하기 위해서는 필수적인 해양 분야의 전략적 인적자원인 해기인력을 안정적으로 확보하기 위한 승선근무인력의 제4군화 제도의 정착이 반드시 필요하다. 아울러 승선근무예비역제도는 육·해·공 어느 최정예군대에 의해서도 대체할 수 없는 국가필수요원이며, 특히 국가안보와 해운력의 기초가 되는 제4군의 역할을 하는 해운인력은 양성기간이 길고 비용이 많이 소요되며, 한번 교육기반이 무너지면 복원하기 힘든 특성이 있으므로 단순한 직업인으로서의 해기사가 아니라 국가존립을 위한 국가의 사람으로서 국가 백년대계의 근간으로 간주되어야 한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2022.11a
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• pp.329-331
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• 2022

국내 '수상레저기구 안전검사 기준(해양경찰청 고시)' 의 고무보트 안전검사 기준을 국제 표준 및 관련 법령(ISO-6185, 미국 ABYC 단체표준, 미국해양경비청 USCG, 뉴질랜드 해양법 NZ Maritime Law)과 비교를 통해 안정성(stability) 확보를 위하여 개선 방안을 제시하고자 한다. 현행 '수상레저기구 안전검사 기준'의 고무보트는 승선정원 13인 이상 및 특정 항해 구역에 대해서만 복원성 조건을 요구하고 있어 13인승 이하의 고무보트는 안정성 조건이 전무한 실정이다. 특히, 국제 표준 및 관련 법령과는 약 38개의 검사항목에 누락 또는 미흡한 차이가 있으며, 이에 국내 기준과 국제 표준과의 비교 분석을 통해 개인의 최소 안전을 담보 할 수 있는 고무보트의 안전성 확보 방안을 마련하고자 한다.

• Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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• v.47 no.6
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• pp.331-340
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• 2023

Predicting the survival time of a person in water (PIW) in maritime search and rescue (SAR) operations is an important concern. Although there have been many studies on survival models in marine-developed countries, it is difficult to apply them to Koreans in Korea's oceans because they were developed using marine distress data from the United Kingdom, United States, and Canada. Data on the survival time of a P IW were collected through interviews and surveys with a special rescue team from the Korea Coast Guard, SAR cases, press releases, and Korea Meteorological Administration data to address these issues. The maximum survival time (Korean) equation was developed by performing a regression analysis of this data, and the applicability to actual marine distress was reviewed and compared to the overseas survival model. By comprehensively using the maximum survival time (Korean), domestic SAR cases, and overseas survival models, guidelines for survival time and intensive and recommended search time were suggested. The study findings can contribute to decision-making, such as the input for search and rescue units. The findings can also help to determine the end of or reductions in SAR operations and explain policy decisions to the public and families of a PIW.