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Korean Coast Guard 해양경찰청 Haeyang-gyeongchal-cheong
KCG emblem
Racing stripe
Flag Ensign
Abbreviation
KCG
Agency overview
Formed
July 2017 – present (as 해양경찰청), December 1953 – November 2014 (as 해양경찰청) November 2014 – July 2017 (as 국민안전처 해양경비안전본부)
Employees
10,095 personnel[1]
Jurisdictional structure
National agency
South Korea
Operations jurisdiction
South Korea
Constituting instrument
Coast Guard Act, 2019[2]
Operational structure
Headquarters
Incheon, South Korea
Elected officer responsible
Cho Hyun-bai[3]
Parent agency
Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (2017–present) Ministry of Public Safety and Security (2014–2017) Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (1996–2014) Korean National Police Agency (1953–1996)[4]
KCG vessel No. 3006 sailing alongside U.S. Coast Guard cutter USCGC Boutwell (WHEC-719) in August 2007
The Korea Coast Guard (KCG; Korean: 해양경찰청; Hanja: 海洋警察廳, Revised Romanization: Haeyang-gyeongchal-cheong, literally Maritime Police Agency) is a South Korean law enforcement sub-agency responsible for maritime safety and control off the coast. The KCG is an independent and external branch of Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries.
The KCG has its headquarters in Incheon, has hundreds of smaller operating stations along the coastline of the Korean Peninsula. It operates 4 classes of heavy vessels (over 1,000 tons), 3 classes of medium vessels (over 250 tons), and 3 classes of light vessels (speedboats over 30 tons). The KCG also uses several types of 'special purpose watercraft', such as firefighting vessels, barges, high-speed scout boats, light patrols, and amphibious hovercraft. The KCG aviation unit fields 6 fixed-wing aircraft and 16 rotary-wing aircraft. The Coast Guard also had its own asymmetric warfare unit named the 'Korean Coast Guard Special Operation Unit'.
^"Korean Coast Guard 2012 White Paper". Archived from the original on 2013-11-05. Retrieved 2013-03-19.
^Coast Guard Act (Act 16515). 2019.
^Kang, Seung-woo (20 June 2018). "New badges in town". The Korea Times.
^"South Korean lawmakers approve plans to disband coast guard in wake of April's ferry disaster". FOX News. Associated Press (AP). 2015-03-24.
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