Ever since the 9/11 terror attack, all the world has perceived the need and taken
actions to make an anti-terror law, however The Republic of Korea has not yet come
up with any relevant output. Currently, the Korean government apportions duties
to each related government agency and sets up systems for cooperation among them
to make preparations against and cope with terror threats, according to The National
Guidelines on Anti-Terror Activities (the presidential directive number 47 given on
January 21, 1982). However, the directive has many limits and shortcomings in
coping with national emergencies.
In this situation, this research aims to compare the national anti-terror laws of others
countries with Korea's, in order to understand the problems in Korea, i.e., that The
National Guidelines on Anti-Terror Activities, which are the only anti-terror
regulations in Korea do not clearly describe the concept and range of a terror, that
national anti-terror meetings and the anti-terror standing committee have problems
with their operation, that the Terrorism Information Integration Center has also its
own problems, and that Korea lacks in preparatory actions against terror crimes and
there are still problems about investigations into terror incidents. In order to solve these
problems for the future, the present author suggests that the purpose of the law on
The National Guidelines on Anti-Terror Activities shall be re-established so as to meet
the current anti-terror conditions of Korea, the concept of a terror and anti-terror
activities shall be clarified, anti-terror organizations shall be unified, the chair of the
anti-terror standing committee shall be appointed legally and automatically according
to the relevant rule and be given more rights so as to have free access to private
information for anti-terror activities and terror-related information, and systems shall
be supplemented for reporting terror-involved persons and funds.
Key Word : Terror, Terrorism, The Anti-Terror Law, The National Guidelines on
Anti-Terror Activities