The Korea Transport Institute
South Korean think tank
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History
KOTI was founded through Article 32 of the Civil Act in November 1985 and official began operation August 1987 under article 24 of the Urban Traffic Readjustment Promotion Act. In 1999 it joined the National Research Council for Economics, Humanities, and Social Sciences (NRCS) and moved to the Construction & Transport Research Complex in Goyang City until it moved to Sejong City in December 2014. As of December 2017, the current president is OH Jaehak and is the 14th president of KOTI. The position was previously held by LEE Chang Woon.
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Organization
KOTI consists of 300 personnel of which 230 are in research positions and a total of 99 are Ph.D. holders. Under the president are nine departments with 22 divisions. Researcher exchange programs exist with Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Asian Development Bank (ADB), and the World Bank.
- Dept. of The Fourth Industrial Revolution & Transport
- Dept. of Comprehensive Transport
- Dept. of Road Transport
- Dept. of Rail Transport
- Dept. of Aviation
- Dept. of Logistics
- Dept. of National Transport Big Data
- Dept. of Global Transport Cooperation
- Dept. of Planning and Administration