The Korea Office of Civil Aviation (KOCA) ( ko, 대한민국 국토교통부 항공정책실) is the
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
n civil aviation authority. It is subordinate to the
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT). The head office is in the Sejong Government Complex in
Sejong City
Sejong (; ), officially the Sejong Special Self-Governing City (), is a special self-governing city and ''de facto'' administrative capital of South Korea.
Sejong was founded in 2007 as the new planned capital of South Korea from many parts of ...
. As of 2013 the Deputy Minister of the Office of Civil Aviation is Dr. Choi Jeong-ho.
History
On August 31, 1963 the Ministry of Construction and Transportation (MOCT) Aviation Bureau was formed. On August 12, 2002, the Aviation Bureau was abolished, replaced by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority. A new office for aviation was established on May 6, 2009.
History
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Archive
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. Retrieved on December 31, 2013. "newly established office for aviation" (under "06 May" and "2009")
See also
* Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board
The Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board (ARAIB, ko, 항공ㆍ철도사고조사위원회) is an agency of the South Korean government that investigates aviation and railway accidents, subservient to the Ministry of Land, Infrastruc ...
(current air and rail accident investigation agency)
* Korea Aviation Accident Investigation Board
The Korea Aviation Accident Investigation Board (KAIB, 항공사고조사위원회) was a South Korean agency that investigated aviation accidents and incidents. Around 2005 its headquarters were in Gonghang-dong, Gangseo-gu, Seoul, near Gimpo In ...
(former air accident investigation agency)
* The Korea Transport Institute
The Korea Transport Institute (KOTI) is a think tank under the Prime Minister's Office in South Korea. Commissioned research is by order of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) and local government. It relocated to the Se ...
(government transportation research institute)
References
External links
Korea Office of Civil Aviation
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Korea, South
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
Government agencies of South Korea
Civil aviation in South Korea
Transport organizations based in South Korea