An outline of the geographical distribution of clinical trial sites in South Korea. 184 medical institutions were designated by the Korean government as qualified clinical trial sites in December 2016, 57 of which were in the capital, Seoul.
  Within Asia-Pacific, South Korea was the nation with the highest number of industry-sponsored clinical trials between 2011 and 2016. South Korea saw 2,210 such trials, compared to 1,627 in Australia and 1,585 in Japan over the same period.