VOL.11 ㅣ June, 2014 ㅣ NATIONAL ASSEMBLY RESEARCH SERVICE, REPUBLIC OF KOREA ㅣ www.nars.go.kr

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• < Issue Brief > • Title - Work Handover for Chiefs of Local Governments: Current State and Future Tasks • Author : Ha Hye-young (Researcher; Security and Public Administration Team) • Published : June 9, 2014 • Summary: This report examines the current state of work handover for chiefs of local governments and outlines the legislative challenges for successful transition. The report includes research conducted on a transition committee that operated during the June 2010 local elections. Up until now there has been no legal basis for the establishment of transition committees. The committee was temporarily led by the head-elect. Therefore, to avoid confusion during the early phase of local government leadership and to secure stability and consistency, it is necessary to have a valid legal basis for operating a transition committee. • < Issue Brief > • Title - Deployment of New and Renewable Energies in Korea-Problems and Tasks • Author : Kim Geon-shik(Researcher; Industry and Resources Team) • Published : May 27, 2014 • Summary: This report examines problems and solutions for the current deployment policies of new and renewable energies in Korea. Among OECD countries, Korea's electricity generation and capacity from renewable energy ranks at the bottom of the list. However, government’s support for new and renewable energies is on the decline. The report also points out that Korea has not yet introduced renewable portfolio standard (RPS) requirements. Through comparison studies between overseas cases and that of Korea’s, the report suggests solutions for renewable energy deployment policy. 06.16. Issues Regarding the Location Incentive Support System for Foreign Films and Tasks for Improvement 06.12. The Protection of Privacy on Big Data Guidelines and Legislative Tasks 06.10. Effects of the New Environmental Regulation on Small and Middle-sized Enterprises and Policy Tasks 06.09. Work Handover for Chiefs of Local Governments Current State and Future Tasks 06.05. Tasks for Enforcement of School Safety Education 06.02. Introduction of the Compensation Order and the Consumers’ Injury Relief Order Its Meaning and Relevant Issues 05.30. Policy Direction for Vitalization of the Account Receivable Credit Insurance Market 05.29. Issues and Tasks Regarding the Withholding of the Status of the National Human Rights Commission of Korea by the International Coordination Committee of National Human Rights Institutions (ICC) 05.28. Current State of Regulation on ICT and Tasks for Improvement 05.27. Current State and Implications of Wage Disparities 05.27. Deployment of New and Renewable Energies in Korea Problems and Tasks

On June 9, 2014, the National Assembly Research Service (led by Chief Koh Hyun-wook) jointly held a seminar on 'Poverty of the Elderly and Elderly Care Services' with the National Human Rights Forum (led by Representative Hwang Woo-yeo). As many as eleven MPs participated in the seminar, including Hong Il-pyo, Chang Yoon-seok, Roh Chul-rae, Moon Dae-sung, Lee Man-woo, Sohn In-choon, Lee Jasmine, You Jee-young, Moon Jeong-lim, and Joo Young-soon. Chief of the National Assembly Research Service, Dr. Koh Hyun-wook, also attended the seminar. Director General of the Society and Culture Research Office, Lee In-seob, served as the moderator and Professor Moon Jin-young from Sogang University Graduate School of Theology served as the chairperson of the seminar. The seminar was divided into two sessions-discussion on cash benefits and in-kind benefits. The first session dealt with the 'Current Status of Poverty among the Elderly and Consequent Political Tasks.' Researcher Kim Tae-wan from the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs made a presentation; Professor Lee Ju-ha of the Public Administration Department at Dongguk University and Vice-commissioner Park Kyung-ha of the Korea Labor Force Development Institute for the Aged served as panelists. Discussion during the second session focused on 'The Status of Elderly Living Alone and Consequent Political Tasks.' Won Si-yeon, NARS legislative researcher, served as the session's speaker. Ku Jae-kwan, professor of Social Welfare at Yeon sung University and Min Dong-se from the Korea Social Care Service Association served as panelists. Past Seminars and Discussions 06.20. Issues and Tasks Regarding the 2014 Tax Law Revision 06.18. The Protection of Privacy on Big Data: Guidelines and Legislative Tasks 06.13. Plans on Proper Criminal Sanctions for Corporate Crimes 06.12. Deployment of New and Renewable Energies in Korea-Problems and Tasks 06.10. Traditional Architecture: Our Understanding and Its Implications 06.09. Poverty of the Elderly and Elderly Care Services 06.05. The Direction of Financial Consumer Protection with regard to the Amendment of the Law on Establishment of Financial Committee The NARS Newsletter is issued on a monthly basis