"Securing Public Understanding and Trust" Korea Customs Service Organizational Restructuring

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] The Korea Customs Service is undertaking an organizational restructuring focused on securing public understanding and trust.

The Korea Customs Service announced on the 28th that it will carry out an organizational restructuring centered on changing the names of affiliated institutions and adjusting the functions of some departments at the headquarters.

The restructuring will be promulgated and implemented on the 28th following the approval of the "Partial Amendment to the Korea Customs Service and Its Affiliated Institutions Organization Act" at the Cabinet meeting on the 21st.

Through this restructuring, the Korea Customs Service will rename its affiliated institutions: the Customs Border Management Training Institute will become the "Customs Talent Development Institute," and the Customs Business Center will be renamed the "Support Center."

This change reflects feedback that the previously used names of affiliated institutions were difficult for the public to intuitively understand, so the institution names have been made more straightforward.

Additionally, the Customs Talent Development Institute will add the function of nurturing future customs talents to its existing role in education and training, and plans to strengthen its role as a regional training center of the World Customs Organization by transferring advanced customs administration techniques to foreign customs officials.

Furthermore, the Customs Business Center, an affiliated institution of frontline customs offices, will be renamed the "Support Center" to comprehensively perform roles such as port surveillance and import-export customs clearance support. For example, the renamed title will be applied as "Ansan Customs Bupyeong Support Center" for the Bupyeong Customs Business Center.

The personnel functions of the Korea Customs Service headquarters and the functions of departments under the Planning and Coordination Officer will also be adjusted and reorganized. A representative example is transferring personnel tasks to the Operations Support Division to strengthen the independence of personnel functions at headquarters and enable timely personnel management through swift decision-making.

In addition, performance management, regulatory reform, and innovation tasks that were previously dispersed across several departments will be integrated under the newly established Administrative Management Officer, and the existing Regulatory Reform Legal Officer will be reorganized into a dedicated legal department to strengthen legislative and litigation capabilities.

Im Jae-hyun, Commissioner of the Korea Customs Service, said, "Through this organizational restructuring, the Korea Customs Service will strive to secure public understanding and trust in customs administration," adding, "Above all, we will focus our organizational capabilities to ensure that customs administration plays a helpful role close to the daily lives of the public."

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