Understanding the NGO revolution in Korea

Although NGOs are proliferating around the world, the phenomenon is especially significant in Korea. Not only the number of NGOs and their membership size but also their areas of activities have been expanded much broadly and their impact on politics and society have increased dramatically. How have Korean NGOs become so powerful and influential? What are the driving forces or factors behind the activities of the Korean NGO? How has the government‐NGO relationship developed recently? These are some of the questions to be dicussed in this paper.