Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy

Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy

산업통상자원부 産業通商資源部 Saneop Tongsang Jawon-bu
MOTIE headquarters in Sejong City
Agency overview
Formed	July 17, 1948 (1948-07-17) (as Ministry of Commerce) March 23, 2013 (2013-03-23)
Preceding agencies	Ministry of Commerce (1948–1993) Ministry of Energy (1978–1993) Ministry of Commerce and Energy (1993–1994) Ministry of Trade and Energy (1994–1998) Ministry of Industry and Energy (1998–2008) Ministry of Knowledge Economy (2008–2013)
Jurisdiction	Government of South Korea
Headquarters	Sejong City, South Korea
Minister responsible	Ahn Duk-geun, Minister responsible
Deputy Ministers responsible	Kang Kyung-sung - 1st Vice Minister of Industry Choi Nam-ho - 2nd Vice Minister of Energy Jeong In-kyo - Head of Trade Negotiations Division
Child agency	Korean Intellectual Property Office
Website	www.motie.go.kr

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE; Korean: 산업통상자원부; Hanja: 産業通商資源部) is a ministry under the Government of South Korea. It is concerned with regulating economic policy, especially with regard to the industrial and energy sectors. The ministry also works to encourage foreign investment in Korea.

The current minister is Ahn Duk-geun, the former Head of the Trade Negotiations Division (as a 1st Deputy Minister) in the Department from May 2022 to January 2024.