《KIPA Risk Issue Plus_Vol.2》

1. [Reportage] 1st KIPA Policy Seminar for Disaster & Safety Management 2024 
The first KIPA Policy Seminar for Disaster & Safety Management 2024 was held on April 25 under the theme of “A Decade in Safety Innovation (2014–2024): Changes and Challenges of Disaster & Safety Policy.” In the seminar, participants addressed the changes in Korea’s disaster & safety management over the last decade since the 2014 Sewol ferry sinking, and discussed how Korea should proceed with its efforts to continue improving its safety as a country. 

2. Risk Keywords
The most frequently mentioned risk-related keywords in the media in April 2024 (March 21 - April 20) included “extreme weather”, “artificial intelligence (AI)”, “emergency communication”, “small cell”, and “mobile” according to analysis by BIGKinds, a big data news analytics service by the Korea Press Foundation.

3. Global Risk Issues
1) USA: Trends in crowd management, including preparations for spectators of the Great North American Eclipse
2) IFRC: Publication of Disaster Risk Governance Guildelines and Handbook on Disaster Law Reform 
3) Australia: NSW Reconstruction Authority, first in Australia to enact the State Disaster Mitigation Plan (SDMP) 2024–2026