• Korean Journal of Clinical Pharmacy
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.260-267
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• 2012

The objective of this study was to investigate drug classification system in Korea and other developed countries. Laws and regulations of Korea regarding the system were retrieved from sources posted in Ministry of Government Legislation. We also reviewed previous research reports performed as part of government's effort to reform the system The system in the foreign countries was retrieved from the official homepage operated by each country's government. There have been two research funded by Korean government, which strongly suggested that the system should be reformed. However, we found that the system was never reformed and still effective. Drug classification system in US and most western countries consists of two categories, i.e., prescription drugs and non-prescription drugs except UK, which classifies into three categories: Prescription Only Medicines, Pharmacy Medicines, and General Sales List Medicines. Interestingly, in Japan, non-prescription drugs are further classified into three groups: Group 1, 2, and 3. Recently, Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) in Korea proposed a plan to reclassify all the approved drugs according to purportedly rational and scientific criteria. However, the plan does not include reform of the existing laws and regulations, which appears that it is just one-time action rather than a sustainable administration backed up by law. Therefore, it is recommended that Korean MOHW take appropriate action on laws and regulations with regard to the system to meet global harmonization standard.

• Health Policy and Management
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.91-113
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• 2002

We report and analyze the Korean physicians' recent general strike over the implementation of the Separation of Prescribing and Dispensing Practice (SPDP) in which more than 18,000 private clinics and 280 hospitals participated. Utilizing game-theoretic models of bargaining we explain why the Korean physicians were so successful in organizing intense collective action against the government and securing very favorable policy outcomes. In particular, we highlight the role of distributional conflict among social actors in shaping the details of institutional reform. The introduction of the SPDP was a necessary first step in the overall reform of health care system in Korea. However, the SPDP was perceived to be a serious threat to the economic viability of their profession by the vast majority of Korean physicians who had long been relied on the profits from selling medicines to compensate for the loss of income due to the low service fee under the previous health care system. The strong political coalition among heterogeneous physicians enabled them to organize an intense form of collective action, the general strike. Thus, physicians were successful not only in dragging the government to a bargaining table, but also winning in the bargaining and securing an outcome vastly favorable to them. On the other hand, the lack of an overall reform plan in the health care policy area, especially the finance of the National Health Insurance and the need for maintaining an image as a successful reform initiator, motivated the government to reach a quick resolution with the striking physicians.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.35 no.2
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• pp.241-250
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• 2019

The current U.S. remote sensing act was made in 1992 and has been criticized for being outdated and inappropriate in view of the modern technological development. In order to enhance the American competitiveness and leadership in the world, President Trump announced Space Policy Directive (SPD) - 2 on May 24, which is designed to modernize the regulations related to commercial space activities including private remote sensing system operations. It should be noted that the regulatory reform efforts are made within broader terms of the National Security Strategy on Dec. 17, 2017, pursuing the enhancement of national security and economic prosperity as well. A legislative support in Congress has also been added to the Administration's efforts. The proposed regulatory reform on the licensing of commercial remote sensing system operations outlines the features of lessening administrative burden on applicants by simplifying the overall application process and of limiting the operations only when there is an impact upon the national security with clear and convincing evidence. But, due to a different regulatory system of each country, such a movement to expand an individual's freedom to explore and utilize outer space may result in an international dispute or a violation of international obligations, so there should be a merit in paying attention to the U.S. commercial remote sensing regulatory reform, and it is desirable to establish international norms as flexible and appropriate to the level of space technology and space industry.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.15 no.5
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• pp.49-60
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• 2017

This study is an overview of the processing of national defense reform in the meantime and to analyze the development of alternative processes are conducted in all the service system operating status of the military regime aims at prese-nting the efficient utilization of natural science and engineering professionals. The purpose of this study was to discuss about the efficient utilization of science and engineering professionals according to the Defense Reform organized as follows. Chapter 2 looked into the concept of conscription system and cause for change, Chapter 3 analyzed utilization of science and engineering professionals and the practices related to engineering and professional workforce. Chapter 4 took to understand the military system improvement based on the derived implications will be presented the role of the relevant ministries. Chapter 5 Conclusion would present a summary of the results discussed above and deploy the argument in the direction. The study conclusions are First, the need to develop alternative military service system in the desired direction to derive a social consensus about the survival of the Selective Service System Status. Second, to establish a provisional Armed Forces to train science and engineering professionals with superior officers and noncom missioned officers and they should be able to contribute to the develop-ment of an individual's development and the national economy. In particular, legal and trial and error and failures of the system was carried out in the past in the process of seeking the required institutional improvements should not make the error to repeat.

• Korean Journal of Comparative Education
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.81-103
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• 2016

The reform of teacher policies to raise the quality of teachers has been one of the major priorities of countries around the world. Especially, the structure of elementary and secondary teacher education institutions has been the focus of international teacher policy reform agenda. Despite the problems faced by Korean teacher education system, the reform policy effort has not been actively pursued. Based on this problem recognition, this study seeks to analyze the case of Ireland to reveal the characteristics of teacher education system restructuring including background of restructuring, key strategies, and major contents. We found that the restructuring of Irish system was triggered by both domestic and international initiatives to tackle the problems of the system. The restructuring effort was led by the government and showed several distinctive features, such as reducing the number of institutions, combining elementary and secondary teacher education institutions, and strengthening research capacity of institutions. Base on the findings, a few policy recommendations were made to reignite the discussions on the reform of teacher education system in South Korea.

• Journal of Korea Society of Digital Industry and Information Management
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• v.6 no.3
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• pp.221-230
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• 2010

Citizens' demand, which has been previously focused on welfare, is now expanding to include elements for higher quality of life such as employment, housing, culture, and sports. Accordingly, the government, with an aim of effectively delivering resident services that satisfy various demands, is committed to transforming the central government-oriented service system into the integrated service system based on public-private partnership. The government is also dedicated to expanding services to 8 areas including not only welfare but also healthcare, employment, housing, education, sports, culture, and tourism, which are directly related to everyday lives of residents. This project is designed to support such reforms in the citizen service delivery system in order to enhance quality of life of local residents. This study is to draw implications from analysis for implementing the citizen service integrated information system in order to reform the citizen service delivery system effectively through examinations and analyses of citizen services provided by the central government. Especially focus on public utility charges depreciation simplification citizen service. Its implications are expected to offer a real contribution for central and local Governments that want to increase the productivity of implementing eGovernment service.

• Korean Journal of Social Welfare
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• v.46
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• pp.427-458
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• 2001

The present study is designed to trace the successful reform steps taken within the employment support system in the UK and to extract a set of instructive implications for Korea's future reform path towards an efficient employment support system conductive to youth employment by setting out an analytical framework that links the British experience to the Korean context. To this end, this study focuses on three major aspects of employment support system: delivery mechanism, method of delivery, and programs. Implications drawn from the comparative analysis are as follows. First, the current employment support services in Korea-including job placement service, vocational training, and public works-should be more tightly integrated and delivered in a more consistent fashion in order to become highly accessible to the unemployed. Second, the cooperative network between employment service providers and the corporate sector as demander of labor should be institutionalized in order to make the employment support system more responsive to labor demand. Third, to create an enhanced employment support system that counts in individual differences of the unemployed would require continued, in-depth consultation and case management services along with fully specialized employment caseworkers who would provide them. Fourth, the government should take the initiative and be unflaggingly supportive both institutionally and financially in making future efforts to continuously improve the employment support system on the basis of the implications mentioned above.

• 사회경제평론
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• v.29 no.1
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• pp.99-117
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• 2016

This paper aims to explore the institutional traits of the federal employees pension system in the United States and the direction of its reform. Currently the United States has two systems of the federal employees pension. One is CSRS, the other is FERS. The former was firstly introduced in 1920 as a generous DB pension well before the establishment of the Social Security System(OASDI). What led to the latter, FERS was the Social Security Amendment Act of 1983 and Federal Employee Retirement System Act of 1986. The crucial difference between the CSRS and the FERS is the contrasting characteristic of their relationships with OASDI. The CSRS has just one source of retirement benefit(DB pension) without OASDI benefit, whereas the FERS has three sources(OASDI benefit, basic annuity(DB), DC typed TSP benefit). When it comes to FERS, what matters most is TSP(Thrift Savings Plan).

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.471-479
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• 2011

The world has witnessed a phenomenal growth in information and communication technologies (ICT). The development of new broadband communication services convergence of telecommunication with computers and recent developments in the field of communication protocol have fostered challenges as well as offerings in the wide-ranging use of ICT to support the creation of dynamic and interactive teaching and learning environment. By emergence of ICT, most of education and training institutions are struggling to integrate ICT and education and training systems. It is so important to apply proper delivery systems for utilization of the computerized teaching and learning contents in the classrooms. It will be a preliminary activity for building open and flexible distance teaching and learning systems in developing countries. In this paper, we would like to suggest and recommend the proper delivery systems for utilization of the computerized teaching and learning contents in the classrooms for education sector reform in developing countries.

• The Journal of Korean Medical History
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• v.33 no.2
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• pp.1-8
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• 2020

The royal medical officer system of the Joseon after the Gabo Reform can be roughly divided into the period of the Taeuiwon, the Jeonuisa, the Naeuiwon, and the Sijongwon period. This study shows: 1. The status of the royal medical office was related to the status of the royal family. 2. After Jeonuisa, traditional royal offices of the Joseon Dynasty were not used. 3. 'Jeonui' became synonymous with bureaucrats in charge of royal medical care after the Taeuiwon period. 4. The Minister of Jeonui was the highest in medical bureaucracy since the Joseon Dynasty. 5. The imperial medical service included Western medicine doctors after the Sijongwon period.