ABSTRACT
This concluding chapter closes the book by outlining essential lessons learned through the Korean case. Korea responded to the COVID-19 outbreak by recognizing that the state cannot solve all problems alone and actively sought ideas and cooperation from various stakeholders, including private companies, local governments, civil society, and experts. Korea adopted committee-based decision-making, where opinions were heard from various ministries, experts, business circles, and stakeholders, centered on the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters, instead of making decisions directly by the president or the prime minister. To implement agility, flexibility, and transparency in disaster response, it is necessary to internalize the flexible policy network structure formed by actors, relations, and interactions into the existing public administration system. Additionally, Korea facilitated the collaboration of multiple actors by reducing regulations and administrative procedures that hindered innovation.
