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The civil registration system in the Republic of Korea is divided in two parts: The Family Relationship Registration (FRR) and the Resident Registration (RR). The former is the oldest system, and registers family ties. The latter has been introduced more recently and keeps track of all individual events. The Supreme Court and the Ministry of the Interior and Safety (MOIS) respectively assume FRR and RR. The vital statistics system, which relies mostly on data from RR, is the responsibility of Statistics Korea (KOSTAT). Registration takes place in 226 city, county, and district offices (Si/Gun/Gu), and at 3,560 community service centers (Eup/Myeon/Dong). In 2004, Statistics Korea established a link amongst the family registration systems to produce vital statistics. Individual vital events are extracted from the family registries and then put in a single file. Then, the file is uploaded to the vital events system by each local administrative official. With the central database, Statistics Korea complies and edits the data to analyze and produce vital statistics. In addition to the civil registrations, Statistics Korea also incorporates other data such as death of infants from the hospitals, crematory data, police data from National Police Agency as well as data from health institutions to increase the accuracy of vital statistics and is planning to increase the use of administrative data to produce statistics on cause of death
The time limit for birth and death registration is 30 days and registration must be completed by relatives. An exception has been implemented, in the case of death caused by disasters, etc. and the death of a person with no relatives or interested persons ex officio, to give the Head of Si/Eup/Myeon the power to register the death.
Mr. Sooyoung Kim, Deputy Director, Vital Statistics Division, Statistics Korea
Mr. Sooyoung Kim, Deputy Director, Vital Statistics Division, Statistics Korea
Goal 1. Universal civil registration of births, deaths and other vital events |
Goal 1 Targets:
Goal 2. All individuals are provided with legal documentation of civil registration of births, deaths and other vital events, as necessary, to claim identity, civil status and ensuing rights |
Goal 2 Targets:
Goal 3. Accurate, complete and timely vital statistics (including on causes of death) are produced based on registration records and are disseminated |
Goal 3 Targets:
Goal 1. Universal civil registration of births, deaths and other vital events |
Goal 1 is an expression of the internationally accepted principle of the universal coverage of civil registration. The CRVS system should register all vital events occurring in the territory and jurisdiction of the country or area, including among hard-to-reach and marginalized populations.
National Targets:
BASELINE
2014100%
MIDTERM
2018100%
TARGET
2024100%
Note: These figures are from an administrative source, and not from surveys like for most countries.
baseline
201399.7%
MIDTERM
201897.2%
TARGET
2024100%
baseline
2013100%
MIDTERM
2018100%
TARGET
2024100%
baseline
2014100%
MIDTERM
2018100%
TARGET
2024100%
baseline
201499.1%
MIDTERM
201899.7%
TARGET
2024100%
Goal 2. All individuals are provided with legal documentation of civil registration of births, deaths and other vital events, as necessary, to claim identity, civil status and ensuing rights |
Goal 2 reflects that CRVS systems provide legal documentation of civil registration to individuals and families for legal and administrative purposes. Legal documentation is strongly linked with a broad range of rights and activities, in particular legal identity. This goal addresses the distinction between the civil registration of a vital event and the possession of formal proof that it took place, in the form of legal documentation.
National Targets:
baseline
201398.7%
MIDTERM
201899.5%
TARGET
2024100%
baseline
201398.8%
MIDTERM
201899.7%
TARGET
2024100%
Goal 3. Accurate, complete and timely vital statistics (including on causes of death) are produced based on registration records and are disseminated |
Goal 3 highlights the critical importance of civil registration being linked to the production and quality assurance of vital statistics on the occurrence and characteristics of vital events.
National Targets:
TARGET
Target achieved
TARGET
Target achieved
Note: This target was not monitored as part of the Midterm Questionnaire on the Implementation of the Regional Action Framework for CRVS in Asia and the Pacific.
baseline
201499.1%
TARGET
2024100%
baseline
201310.6%
MIDTERM
201811.3%
TARGET
20247%
Note: In light of recent countries’ experiences, Verbal autopsy is not encouraged to be applied to a large population scale, but rather on a representative sample. To reflect this, Target 3E is not anymore monitored by the coverage percentage of Verbal autopsy, but by the use or not of Verbal autopsy and its different applications.
MIDTERM
No
TARGET
Target achieved
TARGET
Target achieved
TARGET
Target achieved

National Coordination Mechanism
Status in Republic of Korea: Not started

Comprehensive Assessment
Status in Republic of Korea: Not started

National Targets for 2024
Status in Republic of Korea: Complete

Monitoring & Reporting Plan
Status in Republic of Korea: Not started

Inequality Assessment
Status in Republic of Korea: Not started

National Strategy
Status in Republic of Korea: Not started

National Focal Point
Status in Republic of Korea: Complete

Reporting to ESCAP - Baseline
Status in Republic of Korea: Complete

Reporting to ESCAP - Midterm
Status in Republic of Korea: Complete
The civil registration system in the Republic of Korea is divided in two parts: The Family Relationship Registration (FRR) and the Resident Registration (RR). The former is the oldest system, and registers family ties. The latter has been introduced more recently and keeps track of all individual events. The Supreme Court and the Ministry of the Interior and Safety (MOIS) respectively assume FRR and RR. The vital statistics system, which relies mostly on data from RR, is the responsibility of Statistics Korea (KOSTAT). Registration takes place in 226 city, county, and district offices (Si/Gun/Gu), and at 3,560 community service centers (Eup/Myeon/Dong). In 2004, Statistics Korea established a link amongst the family registration systems to produce vital statistics. Individual vital events are extracted from the family registries and then put in a single file. Then, the file is uploaded to the vital events system by each local administrative official. With the central database, Statistics Korea complies and edits the data to analyze and produce vital statistics. In addition to the civil registrations, Statistics Korea also incorporates other data such as death of infants from the hospitals, crematory data, police data from National Police Agency as well as data from health institutions to increase the accuracy of vital statistics and is planning to increase the use of administrative data to produce statistics on cause of death
The time limit for birth and death registration is 30 days and registration must be completed by relatives. An exception has been implemented, in the case of death caused by disasters, etc. and the death of a person with no relatives or interested persons ex officio, to give the Head of Si/Eup/Myeon the power to register the death.
Mr. Sooyoung Kim, Deputy Director, Vital Statistics Division, Statistics Korea
Mr. Sooyoung Kim, Deputy Director, Vital Statistics Division, Statistics Korea