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The National Assembly Futures Institute publishes reports that predict and analyze the changes in the future environment based on a comprehensive perspective, and derive mid- to long-term national development strategies in consideration of the preferences of the citizens
[20-30] Reform to enhance the democratic quality of Korea

Date : 2020-12-31 item : Research Report 20-30 P.I : NAFI

[20-30] Reform to enhance the democratic quality of Korea

 This research provides insight into the new governance structure of Korea by comprehensively considering the challenges of efficiency enhancement and capacity building in the legislative body and strengthening accountability in the executive branch. Through this, we derive specific measures to strengthen the legislature's capacity and to strengthen the administration's horizontal and vertical accountability. In particular, through the characteristics of existing political institutions, our report explains the impact of Korea's unique historical and institutional trajectory on the function and operation of the administration and the legislature. Based on that understanding, we discuss the possibility of governance and institutional reform in order to improve the functionality and accountability of both branches. Through this, we analyze the causes of inefficiency in legislative activities and propose several institutional improvement measures. Furthermore, by presenting reform tasks to promote accountability in the executive, we propose improvement plans that can achieve the two goals of accountability and efficiency.