The terms include: NPOs (beyoungri danche), NGOs (mingan danche), civil society organizations (simin danche), civic movement organizations (simin woondong danche), and public interest corporations (gongick bubin).
Advocacy-oriented activities: These activities aim for the promotion of social justice, democracy, and human rights on behalf of the workers, peasants, and other alienated people in society.
Education and service-oriented organizations:
Civic advocacy groups: They include foundations, business and professional associations, social services, and art and culture organizations.
Quasi-governmental organizations: These organizations functioned as governmental agencies. These pro-government organizations played a significant role in mobilizing people for national development or in publicizing government's policies.
- Korea Federation for Environmental Movement (KEEM)/ Friends of the Earth Korea
The KFEM has its foundation from the Anti-Pollution Movement Conference since 1984.
- Korea NGO Council for Overseas Cooperation (KCOC)
KCOC is an association of development NGOs implementing development and aid projects, with the aim of eradicating poverty around the world.
- Korea Official Development Assistance (ODA)
Korea ODA provides grants or concessional loans to a developing country in the list of ODA recipients, provided by the OECD-Development Assistance Committee in order to promote its economic development and welfare improvement.
- Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA)
KOICA is a government agency responsible for Korea’s bilateral grant aid and technical cooperation programs while the Korea Export-Import Bank (Korea Eximbank) administers the EDCF loans. KOICA’s bilateral grant aid makes up around 40% of the total budget of Korea’s bilateral ODA. KOICA has 30 representative offices in 28 partner countries, and these overseas offices play a critical role in implementing KOICA’s aid programs at the field level.
Social & International humanitarian organizations:
- Good Neighbours (Korea)
- Global Peace Foundation
Since 2009 the Global Peace Foundation has been actively addressing the division and conflict on the Korean peninsula, which has only grown more threatening to global stability. GPF maintains that unification, based on Korea’s shared history and values, is the most viable means to diffuse tensions, promote regional development and answer acute humanitarian needs in the North. Action for Korea United is a coalition of over 730 civil society organizations committed to advancing a vision for a peaceful reunification of the Korean Peninsula.
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- Korea Food for the Hungry International (KFHI)
- Korea Welfare Foundation
- World Vision Korea
Religious Organizations:
