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ILO Maritime Labour Convention → Korea Seafarers Act → Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries

해양수산부 (Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries), 고용노동부 (Ministry of Employment and Labor)

CSuggestive similarity
Evidence tier

Echo patterns are similarity-based hypotheses, not proof of causation. Open the sources and evaluate the linkage yourself.

Evidence Scorecard

Three lenses — wording, timing, documented link. Not a single proof score.

Suggestive similarity
Semantic
Strong semantic alignment
Temporal
Global precedent precedes Korea
Linkage
No recorded linkage
Multilingual semantic similarity
cosine similarity (method detail)0.758

Computed with intfloat/multilingual-e5-small multilingual embeddings. Display score is a calibrated mapping of the raw cross-lingual cosine (0.758); higher means closer meaning. Reflects semantic similarity, not proof of causation.

Could also be…show
  • •Parallel domestic policy development is possible.
  • •Industry or market pressure may have driven similar language.
  • •A common external shock (e.g., financial crisis, pandemic) could explain parallel adoption.

Timeline of the echo

19 year lag
  1. Global

    2006

    ILO (International Labour Organization)

    ilo.org

  2. then Korea
  3. Korea

    2025

    국가법령정보센터 - 선원법

    law.go.kr

From date field: 2006 MLC adoption → 2014 Korea ratification → 2015 Seafarers Act comprehensive revision · 2006–2025

Interrogate the Evidence

Answers are rendered directly from this record’s own curated fields — nothing is generated.

Csuggestive similarity · 67%

  • SemanticStrong semantic alignment
  • TemporalGlobal precedent precedes Korea
  • LinkageNo recorded linkage

Matched concepts: Maritime Labour Convention (MLC 2006) ↔ 선원법 전면 개정 (2015); seafarers' working conditions ↔ 선원 근로감독; fourth pillar of maritime law ↔ 세계 5위 해운국가 MLC 이행

Cross-lingual similarity 18/100 (multilingual e5 embedding) — a computed signal, not proof.

Similarity type: ILO Maritime Labour Convention → Korea Seafarers Act | Maritime Labour Convention (MLC 2006) → 선원법 전면 개정 (2015)

Caveat: semantic similarity only — this tier records a hypothesis, not proof of causal influence.

Matched Concepts

3 pairs
Maritime Labour Convention (MLC 2006)
↓
선원법 전면 개정 (2015)
seafarers' working conditions
↓
선원 근로감독
fourth pillar of maritime law
↓
세계 5위 해운국가 MLC 이행

Agenda Arc

Curated

Global purpose, Korean purpose, and precursor stages. Reasoning echo is discourse observation — not proof of coordination.

Global purpose

Carry ILO rules into domestic effect: align Korea Seafarers Act under ILO Maritime Labour Convention.

Korean purpose

대한민국은 '선원법'을 통해 ILO MLC를 국내 이행하고 있다. 2015년 선원법 전면 개정으로 MLC 기준을 반영하고, 해양수산부가 선원 근로감독을 실시한다.

국가법령정보센터 - 선원법 — 대한민국은 '선원법'을 통해 ILO MLC를 국내 이행하고 있다. 2015년 선원법 전면 개정으로 MLC 기준을 반영하고, 해양수산부가 선원 근로감독을 실시한다.

Reasoning echo

Observed framing link: ILO Maritime Labour Convention → Korea Seafarers Act | Maritime Labour Convention (MLC 2006) → 선원법 전면 개정 (2015). Not a claim of coordination.

Started where

ILO (International Labour Organization)

Started how

2006 MLC adoption → 2014 Korea ratification → 2015 Seafarers Act comprehensive revision

  1. Soft lawGlobal2006ILO (International Labour Organization)
    MLC adoption

    2006 MLC adoption

    Primary source
  2. LegislationKorea2014해양수산부 (Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries)
    Korea ratification

    2014 Korea ratification

    Primary source
  3. LegislationGlobal2015ILO (International Labour Organization)
    Seafarers Act comprehensive revision

    2015 Seafarers Act comprehensive revision

Original (Global)

The ILO Maritime③ Labour Convention① sets minimum standards for seafarers' working conditions②.

Echo (Korea)

대한민국은 선원법①을 통해 ILO MLC를 이행하고, 2015년 전면 개정으로 MLC 기준을 반영하였다.

Echo Strength

sourceVerified
hasKoreanSource
hasGlobalSource
hasDate
keywordDiversity
agendaTags

Influence Mechanism

policy learning
Origin
ILO (International Labour Organization)
Timeline

2006–2025

ILO Maritime Labour Convention → Korea Seafarers Act | Maritime Labour Convention (MLC 2006) → 선원법 전면 개정 (2015)

Sources

🌍Global source
🇰🇷국가법령정보센터 - 선원법

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ILO Working Hours Standards → Korea Working Hours Reform

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ILO Equal Remuneration Convention → Korea Equal Employment Act

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ILO Forced Labour Convention No. 29 & Korea Anti-Trafficking Framework

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P(B|A) = 61%category
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ILO OSH Conventions (C155/C187) → Korea Industrial Safety & Serious Accidents Act

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Semantically Related

Closest patterns by multilingual embedding (e5) — conceptual similarity beyond shared keywords. A computed signal, not a sourced claim.

ILO Core Conventions → Korea Labor Standards Act

Labor & Work

cos 0.92

ILO Core Conventions → Korean Labor Law Reform

Labor & Work

cos 0.90

ILO Minimum Wage Convention → Korea Minimum Wage Act

Labor & Work

cos 0.90

IMO Ballast Water Convention → Korea Ballast Water Management Act

Environment

cos 0.89

ILO Working Hours Standards → Korea Working Hours Reform

Labor & Work

cos 0.89

ILO Occupational Safety and Health Convention → Korea OSH Act

Health & Bio

cos 0.89
Keywords
ILOMLCMaritime Labour Convention해사노동협약선원법Seafarers Act선원seafarers해운shipping해양수산부MOF선원근로감독flag state기국port state control항만국통제
Score Guide
Confidence — Editorial A–D tier from semantic, temporal, and linkage evidence.
Echo Strength — Metadata completeness score. Rewards verified sources, paired links, explicit dates, keyword diversity, and origin tags.
Vocabulary Overlap — Heuristic score measuring shared tokens between global and Korean texts. Reflects loanwords and repeated terms, not meaning across languages.
PATTERN #ilo-seafarers-1