영사조력법의 시행과 재외국민보호 문제 = The Act on Consular Assistance and the Protection of Overseas Korean Nationals

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The Act on Consular Assistance came into effect on January 16, 2021 to provide more practical and comprehensive consular services to overseas Korean nationals. It is significant that the consular assistance is to be provided based upon the law in a systematic manner, away from the formerly implemented ‘consular affairs guideline’. The government has the responsibility of drawing up and implementing the necessary policy in accordance with the law to protect the life and property of overseas nationals from possible incidents and dangers. It is suggested that the government focuses upon possible preventive measures concerning the protection of nationals, and strives to obtain accurate information on nationals residing or sojourning temporarily overseas. The cooperative working framework among all concerned government agencies needs to be established.