History

 

2024

08

  • Appointment of Jeong-Meen, Suh as the 1st president of KOSTI
  • Foundation of KOSTI (Korean Security Agency of Trade and Industry)
  • Inaugurated as the KOSTI and Expanded Its Functions (Amendment to the Foreign Trade Act)

2023

08

  • Appointment of In-kyo Cheong as the 6th president of KOSTI

2022

02

  • Opening of Export Control Issues (Russia) Desk

2021

06

  • Launching of Trade&Security, a trade security journal

2020

05

  • Appointment of Lee Eun-Ho as the 5th president of KOSTI

2019

08

  • Signing of an MOU between KOSTI and the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

2018

11

  • Signing of an MOU between KOSTI and the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (MIIS)
  • Signing of an MOU between KOSTI and the Stimson Center, USA

06

  • Invitational outreach program for public officials at the Kazakhstan Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Investment and Development

05

  • Signing of an MOU between KOSTI and the Department of Trade and Industry, the Philippines

2017

12

  • Launching of a win-win cooperation program for large enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises

09

  • Signing of an MOU between KOSTI and the Centre for Science and Security Studies (CSSS) at King’s College London (KCL)

07

  • Signing of an MOU between KOSTI and the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI), Malaysia

06

  • Signing of an MOU between KOSTI and the Syndicat des Industries Exportatrices de Produits Strategiques (SIEPS), France

2016

07

  • Participation in the Import and Export Cooperation Inspection Center of the Korea Customs Service

06

  • Signing of an MOU between KOSTI and the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation (CAITEC)

2012

09

  • Launching of the Young Expert of Strategic Trade (YEST) program

05

  • Launching of the Home Doctor program

2011

11

  • Hosting of the 1st Strategic Trade Weekly Event.

07

  • Signing of an MOU between KOSTI and the Center For International Trade & Security (CITS) at the University of Georgia

2010

10

  • Began Issuing Iran Trade and Investment Non-Prohibition Certificates

2009

12

  • Publishing of the inaugural issue of the Strategic Trade Focus

11

  • US Export Administration Regulations (EAR) briefing session

2008

01

  • Designated as a public institution

2007

06

  • Foundation of KOSTI (Korea Strategic Trade Institute)
  • At the opening ceremony of KOSTI, Samsung C&T Vice President Lee Cheol-woo, KITA Chairman Lee Hee-beom, KOSTI President Shim Seon-geon, Vice Minister of Commerce and Industry Oh Young-ho, Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry Vice Chairman Kim Sang-yeol, and Electronic Trade Promotion Agency President Han Young-soo (from left) applaud after the signboard ceremony

01

  • Establishment of a legal basis for KOSTI (“Foreign Trade Act”)