South Korea CSI Report: Executive Summary. Downloadable in pdf [33KB]
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The Explosion of CSOs and Citizen Participation: An Assessment of Civil Society in South Korea

CIVICUS Civil Society Index (CSI) in South Korea was implemented by the Third Sector Institute at Hanyang University with a National Advisory Group (NAG) drawn from people across a wide range of civil society sectors.

The current state of South Korean civil society is characterised by an imbalance among the four dimensions of the civil society diamond. The scores for values and impact dimensions are moderate, while those for structure and environment reveal relatively weak levels of development. This report provides detailed information and recommendations for civil society in South Korea. It also highlights the changes that have taken place of the past to decades and the major challenges facing civil society in South Korea. One of the main challenges is connecting the explosive, but highly fluctuating forms of citizen participation with continuous, stable citizen organisations.