HOME > Global_KIOM      KIOM has been forging close cooperative ties with research institutes and universities who are prominent in foreign traditional medicine to beef up its international research competencies and networks. As of 2010, it had signed an exchange and cooperation network MOU with 14 institutions from seven countries. It is bolstering its international capabilities through a variety of activities including joint research, personnel exchange, and hosting of a joint seminar.       Practical network expansion and revitalization  It is concentrating on securing leading foreign research institutes as overseas research partners for the purpose of information exchange, while it lays the basis for the utilization of the vast pool of foreign human and material resources related to traditional medicine.       Strengthening of KIOM's role in the international traditional medicine community  KIOM has been endeavoring to elevate its stature and role on the international stage by consistently publicizing its role; and increasing its contribution at international organizations and communities involved with traditional and alternative medicine, including the WHO and ISO.       AUSTRAILIA University of Technology Sydney ‘10 U.S Center for Integrative Medicine, Maryland University ’06 Uni. of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston ’08 CHINA China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences ’98,’05 Jilin Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine ’01 Yanbian Changbaishan Gan-Shen Medicine Institute ’02 Zhejiang Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine ’07 Institute of Policy & Management, China Academy of Sciences ’07 Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science ’10 Zhejiang Chinese Medical University ’10 Zhejiang Essence Fungi Development Co., Ltd ’10 JAPAN Oriental Medicine Research Center, the Kitasato University ’98 VIETNAM National Hospital of Traditional Medicine ’98,’07 PHILIPPINES Philippines Institute of Traditional and Alternative Health Care ’00 MONGOLIA Mongolian Institute of Oriental Medicine ’97