• Maritime Security
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• v.2 no.1
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• pp.151-184
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• 2021

Global warming due to climate change is one of the biggest challenges in the 21st century. Global warming is not only a disaster that threatens the global ecosystem but also an opportunity to reduce logistics costs and develop mineral resources by commercializing Arctic routes. The Arctic paradox, in which ecological and environmental threats and new economic opportunities coexist, is expected to have a profound impact on the global environment. As the glaciers disappear, routes through the Arctic Ocean without passing through the Suez and Panama Canals emerged as the 'third route.' This can reduce the distance of existing routes by 30%. Global warming has also brought about changes in the geopolitical paradigm. As Arctic ice begins to melt, the Arctic is no longer a 'constant' but is emerging as the largest geopolitical 'variable' in the 21st century. Accordingly, the Arctic, which was recognized as a 'space of peace and cooperation' in the post-Cold War era, is now facing a new strategic environment in which military and security aspects are emphasized. After the Cold War, the Arctic used to be a place for cooperation centered on environmental protection, but it is once again changing into a stage of competition and confrontation between superpowers, heralding 'Cold War 2.0.' The purpose of this study is to evaluate the strategic value of the Arctic Ocean from geopolitical and geoeconomic perspectives and derive strategic implications by analyzing the dynamics of the New Cold War taking place in the Arctic region.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.26-32
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• 2014

The increased threat to commercial shipping by Somalia-based pirates has triggered an increased use of PMSC(Private Maritime Security Contractors). The use of PMSC to protect merchant ships against Somali-based piracy threat seems to have been most effective counter-piracy measures. However, there are various legal and practical questions around using PMSC and PCASP(Privately Contracted Armed Security Personnel) on board at sea. This paper aims to study the regulation and its problems of PMSC and PCASP on board to protect merchant ships against Somali-based piracy in the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden. In particular, this paper focuses on the legal issues including jurisdictional issues of PCASP on board merchant vessels, use of force by PCASP in self-defense, and authority for using PMSC. Currently, the legal framework relating to use of PMSC and PCASP on board protecting ships from Somali-based piracy is complex, sometimes ambiguous or inconsistent, and currently in a state of flux. Thus, this paper concludes that at this juncture an effort to coordinate this legal framework is necessary, as regards both the interpretation of existing rules related to PCASP on board merchant ships under UNCLOS(United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea) and the creation of new rules. Also, this paper suggested that there is an urgent need to establish the PMSC-specific laws in Korea.

• Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology
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• v.36 no.3
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• pp.318-326
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• 2022

The Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) recommends that 17% of the land be designated as a protected area to counter global environmental problems. Korea also realized a need to designate protected areas according to the international level and explain the significance of designating protected areas. Accordingly, studies on ecosystem services are required. In Korea, the protected areas are designated as national parks, provincial parks, and county parks by hierarchy under the Natural Parks Act. However, as priority was on political and administrative aspects, research on ecosystem service value evaluation and habitat management were concentrated in national parks, and provincial and county parks were relatively neglected. Therefore, more studies on provincial and county parks are necessary. In this study, habitat quality for Gajisan Provincial Park, where there were few studies on habitat management and ecosystem service valuation, was evaluated using the InVEST Habitat Quality model among the InVEST models. The analysis results were compared with 16 mountainous national parks. The results showed that the habitat quality value of Gajisan Provincial Park was 0.83, higher than that of the surrounding areas. The analysis of habitat quality in three districts showed 0,84 for the Tongdosa and Naewonsa districts and 0.83 for the Seoknamsa district. By use district, the nature conservation district, the natural environment district, the cultural heritage district, and the park village district had the highest habitat quality value in that order. Compared with the existing habitat quality analysis results of national parks, Gajisan Provincial Park showed naturalness at the level of Mudeungsan National Park. These results can be used as objective data for establishing policies and management plans to preserve biodiversity and promote ecosystem services in provincial parks.

• Proceedings of the Mineralogical Society of Korea Conference
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• 2002.10a
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• pp.93-101
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• 2002

석회석은 우리나라 광업법 제3조에서 규정한 법정광물로써 백운석, 대리석, 방해석 및 코퀴나 등을 포함하며, 최근 우리나라 전체 광산물 생산량의 $75\%$를 상회하는 단일광종 최대생산량을 나타내고 있는 광종이다. 이외에도 석회석 광은 여러 가지 통계적으로도 국내 최대임을 나타내는데, 즉, 2001년도 우리나라 일반광(66종) 등록광구수 5,242개소 중에서 1,494개소를 차지하여 $28.5\%$를 차지하며, 가행광산 수에서도 320개소 중 109개소$(34\%)$, 근로자 수에서는 4,291명중에서 2,748명$(64\%)$으로 최대의 규모를 가지고 있다. 실제로 석회석 및 관련제품은 오늘날 화학공업이나 환경산업 등 각종의 산업에 널리 이용되고 있으며, 그의 이용 역사에서도 유구한 역사를 가지고 있다. 즉, 고대 유적분석 결과는 이미 신석기 시대에도 석회 재료가 쓰였을 것으로 보고되고 있으며, 성경(신명기 27장 1-5절)에도 소개되고 있고, 우리나라에서의 석회 사용의 역사도 동국여지승람(성종16년), 세종실록, 문종실록 등에 석회 산지가 자세히 조사 기록되어 있으며 소성석회의 제조, 사용에 대하여도 기록하고 있다. 이외에도, 그리이스, 로마, 중국 등지의 역사에서는 건축재, 농업, 표백 및 제혁공업 등에 사용되었다는 사실이 발견되고 있지만, 석회석의 용도가 크게 증가된 것은 역시 산업혁명 이후 20세기가 시작되면서부터 라고 할 수 있다. 석회석은 국가산업구조 및 인간의 삶의 양식에 따라 그의 용도가 다양하고, 광범위하게 변화하는 만큼, 그의 품질 또한 중요하게 취급되어야 하지만, 우리나라의 경우에는 아직도 시장규모가 큰 일부용도이외에 사용자의 요구에 부합되는 다양한 품질의 석회제품을 제조하는 데에는 인색하고, 또한 사용자의 대부분은 용도가 명시되어 있는 외국의 제품을 선호하는 경향에 따라 석회석 및 관련제품의 수입량이 감소하지 않고 있다. 최근 우리나라는 국제통화기금(IMF)이후에, 국내산업을 보호하는 정부의 규제나 지원은 폐지 또는 축소되고, 외국회사의 시장참여에 의한 국제경쟁기반이 약화되고 있는 것도 사실이지만, 고 환율에 의하여 일부제품의 수입은 자제되고, 국내산 대체 방향으로 진행되고 있기 때문에, 안정되고 신뢰할 수 있는 품질의 제품을 제조하는 경우에는 오히려 국내시장의 확장에는 좋은 시기가 될 수도 있다고 판단된다. 이에 본고에서는 최근 국내 석회석 관련제품을 활용하는 사례를 분석하고 향후 유효 이용을 도모하는 데에 참고가 되었으면 하는 마음에서 작성하였다.

• Journal of Digital Contents Society
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• v.19 no.7
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• pp.1289-1296
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• 2018

The e-Navigation promoted by the International Maritime Organization is a technology that provides marine-related information necessary for ship and shore side by electronic means for marine safety, security and protecting marine environment. The IHO S-100 standard is a geospatial standard that can express various hydrographic information. Various specifications including S-101 for electronic charts are being developed. In this paper, to help developers who are interested in implementing the technology of S-100, we not only analyze the process to portray the S-100 based data but also implement a case study on S-129 under keel clearance management. The portrayal process consists of data encoding and portrayal engine. Data encoding includes generation of application schema and data set. Portrayal engine is performed by the reform of the generated data set, the XSLT processing, and then the generation of drawing instructions.

• FLOWER RESEARCH JOURNAL
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.67-73
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• 2009

This study was conducted to establish a strategy to improve the grafted cacti export which has been stagnated in these year. To promote its exporting, first of all, Korean cactus producer needs to save the cost of labor by using bottom nutriculture system for the greater national competitiveness. Second, it is desired to diversify the export cactus items such as a new variety of Epiphyllum truncatum, big size of perfect brand, a finished package production to satisfy foreigner's demand coping with international market change of grafted cacti. On the other hand, Korean cultivar protection and national negotiation for a reducing tariff rate or an efficient plant inspection system are also needed.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.10 no.7
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• pp.115-120
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• 2019

This study is aimed at giving directions for the development of fresh food delivery packaging design in the domestic e-commerce market. First literature study of food consumption trend, cold chain system and zero waste campaign related to e-commerce food market. Second, packaging designs of e-commerce fresh food in domestic and foreign were analyzed and also the prospective studies were checked to find out the future direction of packaging designs. Studies show that the packaging design of delivery for fresh food should not only be kept freshness, also consider the usefulness, convenience and environmental protection from various angles.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.19 no.5
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• pp.122-130
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• 2018

The International Maritime Organization has enacted mandatory performance standards for protective coatings (PSPC), and as a result, shipyards must perform 2R or 3-pass milling on the edges of color plates. However, manual milling could result in many problems in terms of work environment and productivity. Therefore, it is necessary to develop an edge milling automation system that can satisfy the regulations. In this study, a basic design for an edge milling automation system was developed for standard color plates, and the machining process was established by applying shape recognition and a machining path generation algorithm. In addition, operating software was developed, and suitable milling conditions were derived based on the results of a milling test. The results could be used to build an automation system that meets the PSPC requirements and improve productivity.

• International Commerce and Information Review
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.369-387
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• 2012

Throughout intensive negotiations on the KORUS FTA and even after its ratification on March 15, 2012, ISD (Investor-State Dispute Settlement) has been at the center of many controversies within the FTA. Although the original function of the ISD is intended to be a protectional measure for foreign investors, there have been many foreign investors who tried to use the ISD as a tool to attack a government and nullify the public policy demanding tremendous amount of compensation. Many of the NAFTA ISD cases including Ehtyl v. Canada and UPS v. Canada demonstrate such a behavior by foreign investors. It is the right time for Korean government to conduct in depth studies on NAFTA ISD cases because the precedents provide invaluable insights including the legal reasoning by the decision making authorities including ICSID and UNCITRAL. The lessons we would learn from those cases would prepare Korean government for expected ISD claims by foreign investors and enable the government to maximize its efficiency in policy making process under a new international trade environment, the KORUS FTA.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.111-124
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• 2015

The economic growth in China takes the step of the Internet/Mobile revolution together. The high internet penetration provided the opportunity to increase the e-commerce market with fast speed. However, due to imbalance of the growth speed and preparation, the problems on various infrastructures and regulations were generated. Therefore, this study investigateed the current status of e-commerce market and sub-categories. This study also discussed about the problem of e-commerce logistics system, consumer protection, R&D investment, and human resources and provided the considerations for the future improvement. Finally, this study diagnosed the mobile payment and internet finance market and new e-commerce tax regulation, and then suggested institutional implications for the international standardization. This study is meaningful to provide the first implication to the Korean exporters after Chinese government had announced market open strategy for the 5 year e-commerce development plan.