	1953	Japanese government promulgated “School Library Law”
	1954	Japan Library Association promulgated “Declaration on Library Freedom”, which based on the principle of library neutrality
	1963	Japan Library Association issued “Report on the Operation of Public Libraries in Small and Medium Cities”
	1980	Japan Library Association promulgated “The Ethical Program for Librarians”
	2001	Japanese parliament enacted “The Act on the Promotion of Children’s Reading”
South Korea	1963	The first library law in South Korea issued by Park Chung-hee as president: “The Library Law”
	1987	The original Library Law was revised and added contents such as modern library concepts
	1991	Korea promulgated “The Library Revitalization Act”, and set up the library development committee which was directly led by the Minister of Culture
	1994	Korea introduced a new library law: “Library and Reading Promotion Act”
	2006	Korean Parliament issued the latest library law, positioning the library as the national core knowledge institution
	2007	“Library Law Implementation Order” promulgated by the Presidential Decree and “Library Law Implementation Rules” promulgated by the Ministry of Culture