Koh Kwang-hyo, Commissioner of Korea Customs Service, "Leading Customs Administration Innovation to Propel Korea as a Global Hub Nation"

"We will lead Korea's leap to become a global pivotal nation through innovation in customs administration."

On the 5th, Ko Gwang-hyo, Commissioner of the Korea Customs Service, emphasized this at the 'Korea Customs Service Vision Declaration Ceremony' held at the Customs Human Resources Development Institute in Cheonan. The vision declaration ceremony was organized as a gathering of about 250 people, including customs chiefs nationwide and representative employees from each headquarters customs office, to share the new vision of the Korea Customs Service and pledge to implement it.

Koh Kwang-hyo, Commissioner of the Korea Customs Service, is delivering a commemorative speech at the 'Korea Customs Service Vision Declaration Ceremony' held on the 5th. Photo by Korea Customs Service

Commissioner Ko raised the banner of "Innovative Korea Customs Service, Leaping Global Pivotal Nation." The aim is to establish customs administration befitting Korea's status as a global pivotal nation and to enable the Korea Customs Service to contribute to the country's advancement to the next level.

Commissioner Ko stated, "Customs administration is the first public service that foreign companies trading with Korea and foreign tourists visiting Korea encounter," and added, "For the Korea Customs Service to firmly establish Korea's image as a global pivotal nation and to promote national development, a continuous process of innovation is necessary."

He then set three major visions: ▲ social safety ▲ national prosperity ▲ leading global trade standards, presenting these as core tasks for Korea Customs Service employees.

In the social safety sector, Commissioner Ko pledged to take the lead in fundamentally blocking the smuggling of harmful goods such as drugs at border checkpoints. For national prosperity, he urged the continuous discovery and promotion of customs administration-level export-import support policies to protect and foster national advanced industries such as semiconductors and secondary batteries.

In the global standards leadership sector, he called for leading international efforts to eliminate non-tariff barriers, such as expanding electronic exchange of certificates of origin under free trade agreements (FTAs) between customs authorities.

To realize the new vision, he expressed his determination to promote regulatory innovation and digital innovation domestically and to strengthen the role of the Korea Customs Service internationally.

Regulatory innovation focuses on re-examining the appropriateness of 1,600 regulations, including notices and guidelines that affect citizens' rights and obligations, from the ground up, abolishing unnecessary regulations, and collectively organizing ambiguous or overlapping regulations.

Additionally, Commissioner Ko plans to enhance the accuracy and efficiency of customs administration by integrating advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data, and the Internet of Things, and to continuously expand mobile-based customs administration services for citizens accustomed to mobile devices.

Externally, the Korea Customs Service will expand support for international prosperity and the growth of developing countries and actively participate in international efforts to respond to global climate change.

This month, the Korea Customs Service plans to establish the "Korea Customs Service Smart Innovation Task Force (TF)" dedicated to regulatory and digital innovation, aiming to add effectiveness to the institutional innovation process.

Commissioner Ko stated, "To ensure that the vision declaration ceremony does not remain a one-off show, we will sequentially disclose detailed vision implementation strategies and achievements to the public," and added, "Above all, I will focus the institution head's capabilities on leading the institutional innovation process."

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