Contents

Organization

Director General
  • Planning and Training Department
    • Planning and Operations Division
    • Language Usage Review Division
    • Education and Training Division
  • Language Research Department
    • Language Research Division
    • Language Information and Resources Division
    • Korean Language Promotion Division
    • Korean Sign Langauge and Korean Braille Promotion Division

Planning and Operations Division

Management of security and official seal

Receipt, dispatch, control, publication, preservation, and management of documents and records

Management of personnel quota, and matters concerning civil servant appointment, service, education and training, pension, salary, and other personnel affairs

Establishment and coordination of major project plans, and their review and analysis

National Assembly-related tasks, budget, accounting, and settlement of accounts

Management of state-owned property and supplies

Tasks related to audits

Management and security of government buildings and facilities

Control and coordination of civil complaint processing

Receipt, payment, and custody of securities and cash other than revenue and expenditure

Matters concerning directives from the President, Prime Minister, and Minister

Production and distribution of promotional materials related to the National Institute of Korean Language

Tasks related to emergency preparedness

Other matters not falling under the jurisdiction of other divisions

Language Usage Review Division

Matters concerning improvement of communicability and public nature of language in public institutions

Matters concerning enhancement of quality in newspaper, broadcast, and internet language

Matters concerning standardization and maintenance support of technical terminology

Matters concerning standardization of public terminology translation

Status survey on national Korean language competency, language awareness, language usage environment, etc.

Matters concerning proper Korean language distribution and language refinement activities

Education and Training Division

Establishment of Korean language-related education and training plans and development of education and training courses

Matters concerning operation of Korean Language Culture School and Korean language specialized education institutions

Matters concerning Korean language education, training, and support for Korean language-related institutions and professionals

Matters concerning Korean language proficiency evaluation and improvement

Matters concerning operation of resource center

Language Research Division

Matters concerning research and investigation of laws and systems related to Korean language and language policies

Generation and collection of statistics related to Korean language and language policies

Research on language, scripts, and related areas

Matters concerning research on language norms and their impact assessment

Research on historical changes in Korean language, regional and social variations in Korean language, and research on communication between social members

Matters concerning academic exchange in Korean language field and exchange with global language research institutions

Research for linguistic unification and homogenization between South and North Korea

Matters concerning production and distribution of Korean language information materials

Matters concerning consultation on public language use

Other matters concerning language policy research not falling under the jurisdiction of other divisions

Matters concerning compilation and publication of various dictionaries related to Korean language

Language Information and Resources Division

Research and status survey on informatization of Korean language and language

Matters concerning establishment and management of information resources related to language and scripts

Research on computerized processing standards and standardization of language and scripts

Research on dictionary compilation and classification systems based on natural language processing

Matters concerning collection, management, research, investigation, and publication of literature and other materials related to Korean language, language, and scripts, and other matters

Matters concerning operation of computer room

Matters concerning cooperation and support in the field of language informatization

Korean Language Promotion Division

Basic research for supporting Korean language education domestically and internationally

Matters concerning development and distribution of Korean language textbooks and educational materials

Matters concerning development and operation of Korean language education training courses

Matters concerning qualification of Korean language teachers

Matters concerning exchange and cooperation between Korean language educators and educational institutions

Korean Sign Language and Korean Braille Promotion Division

Matters concerning mid to long-term planning and research/investigation of Korean Sign Language and Korean Braille

Matters concerning informatization, standardization, and compilation/publication of various dictionaries related to Korean Sign Language and Korean Braille

Matters concerning education/training, teacher qualification, and professional development for Korean Sign Language and Korean Braille

Matters concerning consultation related to Korean Sign Language and Korean Braille

Matters concerning domestic and international exchange and promotion of private sector activities related to Korean Sign Language and Korean Braille

Matters concerning management of literature and materials related to Korean Sign Language and Korean Braille

Matters concerning development, distribution, and operation of educational curriculum, textbooks, materials, etc. for Korean Sign Language and Korean Braille