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Korea Transport Institute (KOTI) is an official research agency for the government of the Republic of Korea. The mission of KOTI is to provide recommendations and alternatives for the nation’s transport policy and to create the optimal transport system through specialized research and technical innovations, while positioning itself as one of the world’s leading transport research institutions.

Nov. 1985: Transportation Development Research Institute officially chartered
Feb. 1986: KOTI launched as an incorporated foundation
Aug. 1987: Inaugurated as a government-funded institution
Feb. 1992: KOTI moved to Gangnam District, Seoul
Jun. 1996: Tourism Research Center converted into the Ministry of Culture and Sports
Sep. 1998: Korea Transport Database Center established
Jan. 1999: Joined the Korean Council of Economics & Social Research Institutes
Mar. 1999: Moved to the Construction & Transport Research Complex in
Goyang City, Gyeonggi Province

Jan. 2005: Center for Road Freight Transport Market established
Jul. 2005: Joined the Korean Council of Economics, Humanities, Social Research
Institutes
Aug. 2006: Celebrated 20th anniversary
Jan. 2006: Opening of the Center for Logistics Policy and Certification
Sep. 2006: North Korea Transportation Information Center established
Apr. 2009: Selected as the Most Outstanding Research Institute
by Prime Minister’s office
Dec. 2009: Inauguration of the Global Research Office for Green Growth and
Convergence
Jan. 2010: MOU signed with World Bank
Mar. 2010: MOU signed with Asian Development Bank
Apr. 2010: Selected as the Most Outstanding Research Institute
by Prime Minister’s office

Cooperative Study and Manpower Exchange
with International Organizations
Educational Training for Public Officials
of Transport (Korea-ASEAN)
Educational Training for World Bank LUTP
Educational Training for Citynet
Public Officials of Transport
KSP Report Publications
130 MOUs Signed with Overseas Institutions
Establised and Implemented
Transport Business Plans Overseas
(Philippines, Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia
Mongolia, Mozambique, Peru,
Cameroon, etc.)

Apr. 2011: Selected as the Most Outstanding Research Institute for third year
in a row by Prime Minister’s office
Jun. 2011: 2011 KOTI World Forum
Jan. 2012: KOTI-WPI, KOTI-World Bank Joint Seminar
Feb. 2013: KOTI- ITF/OECD Joint Seminar
May. 2014: Selected as the Most Outstanding Research Institute
by Prime Minister’s office
Oct. 2014: Dr. LEE Chang Woon inaugurated as 13th President of KOTI
Dec. 2014: Relocated to the Sejong National Research Complex in Sejong City
Mar. 2015: Held a seminar “A new leap forward of the KOTI” For the celebrated relocated to the Sejong
Aug. 2016: Celebrated 30th Anniversary & held a international seminar “KOTI 30 years, next 30 years for future transport”
Dec. 2017: Dr. Oh Jae Hak inaugurated as 14th President of KOTI
Jan. 2019: Center for Privately-Financed Highway Management (CEPHI) established
May. 2019: Selected as the Most Outstanding Research Institute by Prime Minister’s office
May. 2020: Selected as the Most Outstanding Research Institute by Prime Minister’s office

Feb. 2021: Dr. Oh Jae Hak inaugurated as 15th President of KOTI
Apr. 2021: Selected as the Most Outstanding Research Institute for third year in a row by Prime Minister’s office
May. 2022: Selected as the Most Outstanding Research Institute by Prime Minister's office