South Korea Discusses the Legal Issues of Jurisdiction Over the Security of International Ships in the Port Waters

This paper first summarizes the problems of Korea's security jurisdiction for international ships sailing in its port waters, that is, there is a dead area of jurisdiction. There are differences in the positions of the Ministry of Ocean and Fisheries, the Port Commune, the Port Security Commune and the Marine Police Agency on the security jurisdiction of the "port". The root cause of this difference lies in the special geopolitical nature of the port area and the loopholes in South Korea's domestic legislative transformation of the Security Rules for International Ships and Port Facilities (ISPS Rules). South Korea can learn from the practices of other countries to make a more detailed division of the water and land areas of the port facilities, and further formulate more detailed separate regulations.