韓國 燒酒産業發展에 관한 史的 考察

A historical study on the Soju-industry’s development in Korea

In the last decade, Korean economy has experienced very rapid changes. A country’s industrial structure changes continuously, whether a country wants it or not, because the environment that each country confronts constantly changes. Various social, economic and cultural conditions influence industrial structure, and that structure sometimes forms autonomously, and sometimes on the basis of policy guidance. The Soju industries in Korea have now reached a critical and difficult juncture in their development. With the accession to the WTO, furthermore, Korea becomes more and more visible on the world scene and it is subject to ever-greater policy pressures from abroad (especially from USA and EC) to liberalize imports. It also affects domestic Soju industries more seriously and require structural adjustment. Some hard decision must be made by the government to resolve some of the critical issues. The stakes involved for Korea’s Soju industries make it imperative that rational policies be established without being overconstrained by the current realities of the Korean scene.