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UN Arms Trade Treaty → Korea Arms Export Control → Defense Acquisition Program Administration

방위사업청 (Defense Acquisition Program Administration), 산업통상자원부 (Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy)

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
Moderate keyword/concept overlap
Temporal
Global precedent precedes Korea
Linkage
No recorded linkage
Multilingual semantic similarity
cosine similarity (method detail)0.764

Computed with intfloat/multilingual-e5-small multilingual embeddings. Display score is a calibrated mapping of the raw cross-lingual cosine (0.764); 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

11 year lag
  1. Global

    2014

    UN (United Nations)

    disarmament.unoda.org

  2. then Korea
  3. Korea

    2025

    국가법령정보센터 - 방위사업법

    law.go.kr

From date field: 2014 ATT entry into force → Korea defense export control framework → ongoing ATT review · 2014–2025

Interrogate the Evidence

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

Csuggestive similarity · 67%

  • SemanticModerate keyword/concept overlap
  • TemporalGlobal precedent precedes Korea
  • LinkageNo recorded linkage

Matched concepts: conventional arms trade control ↔ 방산물자 수출통제; export control standards ↔ 방위사업법·대외무역법

Cross-lingual similarity 21/100 (multilingual e5 embedding) — a computed signal, not proof.

Similarity type: UN Arms Trade Treaty → Korea Arms Export Control | https //www → https //www

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

Matched Concepts

2 pairs
conventional arms trade control
↓
방산물자 수출통제
export control standards
↓
방위사업법·대외무역법

Suggested Concepts

1 suggested

Auto-aligned concept pairs surfaced by our Concept Suggester engine. Shown as supplementary leads — the curated matches above are the authoritative set.

The UN Arms Trade Treaty regulates international trade in conventional arms.
Keyword↓
대한민국은 방위사업법과 대외무역법에 따라 방산물자 수출통제 체계를 운영하며, ATT 원칙에 부합하는 수출통제 기준을 적용 중이다.

Agenda Arc

Curated

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

Global purpose

Carry UN rules into domestic effect: align Korea Arms Export Control under UN Arms Trade Treaty.

Korean purpose

대한민국은 '방위사업법'과 '대외무역법'에 따라 방산물자 수출통제 체계를 운영하고 있다. 방위사업청이 방산물자 수출 허가를 담당하며, 2023년 한국은 세계 10위권 방산 수출국으로 부상하였다.

국가법령정보센터 - 방위사업법 — 대한민국은 '방위사업법'과 '대외무역법'에 따라 방산물자 수출통제 체계를 운영하고 있다. 방위사업청이 방산물자 수출 허가를 담당하며, 2023년 한국은 세계 10위권 방산 수출국으로 부상하였다.

Reasoning echo

Observed framing link: UN Arms Trade Treaty → Korea Arms Export Control | https //www → https //www. Not a claim of coordination.

Started where

UN (United Nations)

Started how

2014 ATT entry into force → Korea defense export control framework → ongoing ATT review

  1. Soft lawGlobal2014UN (United Nations)
    ATT entry into force

    2014 ATT entry into force

    Primary source
  2. StageKorea방위사업청 (Defense Acquisition Program Administration)
    Korea defense export control framework

    Korea defense export control framework

    Primary source
  3. Soft lawGlobalUN (United Nations)
    ongoing ATT review

    ongoing ATT review

Original (Global)

The UN Arms Trade Treaty regulates international trade in conventional① arms.

Echo (Korea)

대한민국은 방위사업법과 대외무역법에 따라 방산물자 수출통제① 체계를 운영하며, ATT 원칙에 부합하는 수출통제 기준을 적용 중이다.

Echo Strength

sourceVerified
hasKoreanSource
hasGlobalSource
hasDate
keywordDiversity
agendaTags

Influence Mechanism

policy learning
Origin
UN (United Nations)
Timeline

2014–2025

UN Arms Trade Treaty → Korea Arms Export Control | https //www → https //www

Sources

🌍Global source
🇰🇷국가법령정보센터 - 방위사업법

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Semantically Related

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

UN Arms Trade Treaty → Korea Foreign Trade Act (strategic items)

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cos 0.93

MTCR Equipment & Technology Annex → Korea Defense Acquisition Program Act

Security & Arms

cos 0.92

MTCR Guidelines → Korea Missile Technology Export Control

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cos 0.90

MTCR Transshipment & Brokering Controls → Korea Customs Strategic Trade Enforcement

Trade & Supply Chain

cos 0.90

MTCR Dual-Use Technology Controls → Korea Strategic Trade Management

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cos 0.89

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cos 0.88
Keywords
UNATTArms Trade Treaty무기거래조약방위사업법Defense Acquisition Act방산수출defense export방위사업청DAPAconventional arms재래식무기export control수출통제K-방산K-defense
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 #un-arms-trade-treaty-1