ABSTRACT

International trade is crucial to the economic development of states and shipping is pivotal in this transaction. The efficiency of international trade requires secured sea lanes for vessels conveying cargo to traverse from one country to another. These activities are particularly significant to the economies of riparian states. However, piracy adversely implicates these activities. This paper uses a comparative methodology to analyse international trade and piracy in Korea, Indonesia and Nigeria, and argues that though these countries have criminalized piracy, Korea has effectively implemented its antipiracy legislation in the prosecution of pirates in Korean courts. Moreover, unlike Indonesia and Nigeria, Korea has, inter alia, regularly strengthened its piracy institutional regime and entrenched democracy in its governance. Thus, unlike Indonesia and Nigeria, piracy affects Korea through attacks on Korea vessels on international sea lanes, Korean seafarers in foreign-owned vessels and Korean-bound vessels. The paper, therefore, suggests that Indonesia and Nigeria should adopt Korea’s counterpiracy initiatives to curb the spate of piratical attacks off the Indonesian and Nigerian waters.

摘要

国际贸易对各州的经济发展至关重要，而航运在这一交易中举足轻重。国际贸易的效率要求运输货物的船只从一个国家穿越到另一个国家有安全的海上通道。这些活动对沿岸国家的经济特别重要。然而，盗版行为对这些活动产生不利影响。本文使用比较方法分析了韩国、印度尼西亚和尼日利亚的国际贸易和海盗行为，并认为尽管这些国家已将海盗行为定为刑事犯罪，但韩国在韩国法院起诉海盗方面有效地执行了反海盗立法。此外，与印度尼西亚和尼日利亚不同，韩国定期加强其海盗制度并在其治理中巩固民主。因此，与印度尼西亚和尼日利亚不同，海盗行为通过袭击国际海上航线上的韩国船只、外资船只上的韩国海员和前往韩国的船只来影响韩国。因此，该文件建议印度尼西亚和尼日利亚应采用韩国的反海盗举措，以遏制印度尼西亚和尼日利亚海域的海盗袭击事件。