The scientific and technical cooperation between Russia and the Republic of Korea is one of the key components of the entire system of relations between states over 30 years of diplomatic relations. The article deals with the features of cooperation between Russian and South Korean companies in the production of medical equipment using the legal form of relationship «concession agreement». The prospects for the development of the market of foreign medical equipment in Russia have been analyzed. The interaction in the field of medicine as one of the leading sectors of economic development will enable in the long term to modernize domestic medical industry using Korean high-tech equipment, which will lead to favorable social consequences: improving the quality and accessibility of medical care, developing science and technology, creating new jobs.

Kolodina Evgeniya Anatolyevna, Candidate of Sciences (Philology), Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Oriental Languages, International Institute of Economics and Linguistics Irkutsk State University,1, K. Marx st., Irkutsk, 664003, Russian Federation, e-mail: kolodinaevg@mail.ru 

Arhipkin Oleg Valeryevich Doctor of Sciences (Economics), Professor, Director of International Institute of Economics and Linguistics, Irkutsk State University,1, K. Marx st., Irkutsk, 664003, Russian Federation, e-mail: arhipkin@id.isu.ru 

Kaetano Josephine Sebastyao, Staff Member, A9Systems International Company,2, Rabochaya st., Irkutsk, 664011, Russian Federation, e-mail: josephinek.no@yandex.ru

Kolodina E.A., Arhipkin O.V., Kaetano J.S. The Perspectives of International Cooperation between Russia and Korea in the Field of Medicine and Healthcare. The Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series Political Science and Religion Studies, 2021, vol. 35, pp. 55-63. https://doi.org/10.26516/2073-3380.2021.35.55 (in Russian)

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