As a strategic point in the 21st century Pacific Rim era, Korea not only has a higher exposure to organized transnational crime than other countries, but is also susceptible to North Korea's plot of such subversive acts as narcotics trafficking and terrorism in alliance with organized transnational crimes in a bid to undermine South Korea. Although the records of organized transnational crime activities in Korea have not been greatly alarming, the pattern of such crime increasingly involves narcotics trafficking, firearms smuggling, and forged bill circulating; the frequency of such activities is also increasing. Organized transnational crime should be viewed from and measures taken from the viewpoint of global villages. Just as "foreign organized elements" are active in South Korea, South Korean organized crime elements are active elsewhere in the world where there are relatively safe ways to make large amounts of money. Table, notes