Abstract

KIM, Pan Suk  and  CHUNG, Choong-Sik. A Historical Overview of the e-Government Development in South Korea. Gest. polít. pública [online]. 2016, vol.25, n.2, pp.627-662. ISSN 1405-1079.

The purpose of this paper is to historically overview the development of e-Government in South Korea (hereafter Korea). The Korean e-Government began with a comprehensive version of the e-Government portal site on November 1, 2002. After going through continuous efforts in e-Government and national informatization, Korea has become one of the global e-Government leaders, obtaining the highest scores in the e-Government Development Index and e-Participation Index according to the UN's e-Government Survey. In addition, many of Korea's e-Government practices until now have been regarded by the world as one of the best examples and have received worldwide acknowledgement. The major success factors of Korean e-Government include strong political leader-ship, clear vision and policy objective, the project's strategic prioritization and human and financial resource distribution. Future e-Government is being developed towards seamless and consolidated services, based on the e-Government projects that have been promoted so far. The new e-Government strategies will be taken into account from various perspectives, especially regarding strategies for e-Government services, citizens' e-participation and strengthened infrastructure for e-Government. The Korean e-Government is progressing fast; however, it still has a long way to go to reach a fully interactive level of public service delivery and government integration.

Keywords : e-government; informatization; South Korea; e-governance; ICT.

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