• December 28 The 76th session of the Plenary Committee which was held at ESDC on December 28, decided to establish the four committees by agenda. In addition to adoption of establishment of the four committees, the Plenary Committee resolved the draft plan on the operation of ESDC in 2012.
• December 7 The 82nd session of the Standing Committee of ESDC was held, and members agreed to create new committees on win-win for all generations, stronger social safety net and reduction of working hours.
• December 4 ESDC Vice-Chairman Eom, Hyun-taek participated in the Board Meeting of AICESIS.
• November 25 An experts'' discussion was held to ''work out visions for new industrial relations beyond the paradigms of 1987 and 1997’.
• November 24 The advisory group was organized within ESDC to manage the Secretariat of the Korea-EU FTA Civil Society Forum.
• October 27 ESDC held a panel discussion on ''the application of minimum wage to surveillance or security workers''.
• August 4 The Committee on Improvement of Working Hours for Exceptional Industries was set up within ESDC.
• July 27 The delegations of the Legislative Council and the Labor Department of Hong Kong visited ESDC for the purpose of research on the system on reduction of working hours and solutions to improve the practice of long working hours in Korea.
• July 22 ESDC Chairman Choi, Jong-tae participated in the AICESIS General Assembly held in Rome, Italy. ESDC was re-elected as a member of the Board of AICESIS (International Association of Economic and Social Councils and Similar Institutions) at the General Assembly. In addition, ESDC was also appointed to be the Rapporteur-General responsible for the AICESIS working group to draw up the "environmental report" to the next General Assembly which is to be held in Brazil in June 2012 along with the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (RIO+20).
• July 14 ESDC invited former Dutch Prime Minister Wim Kok to give a lecture in Korea
• June 10 The 72nd Plenary Committee session adopted the Tripartite Agreements which had been drafted by the Committee on Employment Measures for Baby-boom Generation and the Committee on Improvement of Employment in SMEs
• June 7 Economic and Social Development Commission(ESDC) and the Ministry of Employment and Labor hosted the "Panel discussion to protect and support part-timers"
• April 11 The Economic and Social Development Commission hosted the 1st meeting of the labor-related academic elders'' advisory group to find solutions toward the advanced labor and management.
• March 23 Mr. Choi, Jong-tae, Chairman of the Economic and Social Development Commission made a special lecture on human resources development strategy at the Development Strategy Institute(DSI) of the Ministry of Planning and Investment(MPI), in Hanoi, Vietnam.
• March 18 Mr. Lee, Ki-kweon, a former Secretary to the President for Employment and Industrial Relations, was inaugurated as a new Vice-Chairman of the Economic and Social Development Commission.
• March 8 The delegation of the National Economic and Social Advisory Council(NESAC) of Thailand, which was led by Mr.Okas Teparagul, Chairman of NESAC made an official visit to discuss about hosting the 2nd Asia Social Dialogue Forum in Thailand in 2012 and enhancing relations between the two organizations.
• January 24 The 1st meeting of the Committee on Advancement of the Labor Market was held.

• December 16The Economic and Social Development Commission held the 78th Standing Committee to decide the establishment of the Committee on Advancement of the Labor Market.
• December 2Mr. Song, Young-jung, Vice-Chairman of ESDC participated in the AICESIS Board Meeting which was held in Tunis, Tunisia from December 2 to 3 2010.
• November 12The General-Secretary of International Trade Union Confederation(ITUC) and General Secretary of OECD Trade Union Advisory Committee(TUAC) who chaired G20 Trade Unions Summit in Seoul, officially visited to ESDC on November 12 2010.
• September 302010 The 70th meeting of the Plenary Committee was held at 11:00.
• September 8Mr. Choi, Jong-tae, an emeritus professor of the Seoul National University was inaugurated as the 10th Chairman of the Economic and Social Development Commission
• July 5Chairman Kim, Dae-mo participated in the AICESIS General Assembly held at the UN Headquarters in New York.
• June 10The 1st meeting of the Committee on Advancement of Labor and Management Culture.
• April 07The Commission hosted the Forum to discuss roles to create jobs entitled "Roles of labor, management and the government for creating jobs" at the grand conference room of the Commission.
• April 01The 1st meeting of the Committee on Employment Improvement for Small and Medium Enterprises was held.
• March 24The 1st meeting of the Committee on Employment Measures for Baby Boomers Age was held.
• March 17The 68th meeting of the 65th Plenary Committee was held.
• March 08The 75th meeting of the Standing Committee was held.

• December 3The Commission(Mr. Park, Yeon-jeong, Director-General of the External Relations and Cooperation) participated in the AICESIS Board Meeting in Moscow, Russia from Dec. 3 to 4 2009.
• November 18The 2nd Meeting of the tripartite leaders was held to discuss about multi unions and full time labor unions officials.
• October 29- The Meeting of the tripartite leaders was held to discuss about multi unions and full time labor unions officials.
  - The AICESIS Seminar entitled with "Roles of Economic and Social Councils for Measuring the Progress of Societies"was held at BEXCO, Busan.
• September 18The Seminar to discuss about how to solve the multi unions and full time labor unions officials was held at the National Assembly.
• July 10The Commission became a member of the Board of AICESIS.
• July 08Chairman Kim, Dae-mo participated in the the 11th International Meeting of AICESIS in Budapest, Hungary from July 8th to August 13th.
• June 09The 1st meeting of the Committee on Improvement for Working Hours and Wage systems was held
• May 07The International Association of Economic and Social Councils and Similar Institutions (IAESCSI) and ESDC jointly hosted the One-day Panel at the Conference Center of the COEX.
• April 16The Commission hosted the breakfast meeting with the European Union Chamber of Commerce in Korea (EUCCK) at the Novotel Ambassdor Hotel.
• March 11The luncheon Meeting with 10 foreign correspondents was held in order to explain the Agreement.
• February 23The Agreement by Labor, Management, Civic groups and the Government to Overcome Economic Crisis was made.
• February 3The Emergency Meeting of Labor, Management, Civic groups and the Government to overcome the economic crisis was established.
• July 3Mr. Song, Young-jung was inaugurated as Vice-Chairman of ESDC

• December 2The Korean delegation comprising President of FKTU, Chairman of KEF, Vice-Chairman of KCCI and Chairman of ESDC visited to Ireland and made the MOU with National Economic Social Development Office of Ireland.
• October 29The 65th Plenary Session.
• October 16The Asia Social Dialogue Forum 2008.
• July 11Mr. Kim, Dae-mo was inaugurated as the 9th Chairman of ESDC.
• July 3The visit of Chief of Socio-economic Governance and Management Brach of UN DESA.
• January 15The 10th Anniversary of ESDC.

• December 21The 3rd Plenary Session.
• September 10The visit of the Swedish parliament delegation.
• August 31Mr. Kim, Sung-jung was inaugurated as the 8th Chairman.
• July 2Mr. Choi, Byung-hoon was inaugurated as Vice-Chairman of ESDC.
• June 21Chairman Mr. Cho, Sung-joon participated in the 10th IAESCSI International Meeting and proposed to host "Asia Social Dialogue Forum".
• May 2 The 1st Plenary Session of ESDC.
• April 27The Act on Establishment and Operation of the Economic and Social Development Commission was put into force.
• January 26The Act on Establishment and Operation of the Korea Tripartite Commission was amended and promulgated with the Act on Establishment and Operation of the Economic and Social Development Commission.

• November 17The Memorandum of Understanding(MOU) with the Council of Social and Economic Development of the Federative Republic of Brazil was reached.
• September 15- The KTC held the 2006 IAESCSI General Assembly at the Grand Hilton Seoul Hotel in Seoul.
  - About 130 delegates containing 32 member nations of the International Associations of Economic and Social Councils and Similar Institutions(IAESCSI) such as China, France, Italy ,Netherlands, Brazil and Russia etc and Department of Economic and Social Affairs of United Nations(UN DESA) and International Labor Organization(ILO) participated in the Assembly and discussed with two main themes which read "New international resources for development and the fight against poverty" and "Creation of decent and productive jobs and its impact on the sustainable development".
• September 11Grand Tripartite Agreement on the Roadmap for Industrial Relations Reforms was reached.
• October 27 The Committee on Development of Industrial Relations was established.
• June 23 Mr. Cho, Sung-joon, a labor expert-turned law maker was inaugurated as the seventh Chairperson.
• May 23 The Committee on Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance was established.
• March 30 - Agreement on promoting middle-aged and aged persons' participation in the labor market was reached.
  - Agreement related to measures to activate the child care service for low income workers was reached.

• May 6The Special Committee on Development of Manufacture was established
• March 3Agreement on Vocational Training for SMEs and Non-regular Workers was reached.

• December 29Agreement to Introduce Earned Income Tax Credit was reached.
• December 12Chairperson Kim, Keum-soo made an official visit to India from 12th December through 20th of the month and met with representatives from labor, management and government.
• September 15Agreement to Advance Employment Service was reached.
• June 30Resolution on the Break-up of Korea Electric Power Corp.'s Distribution Business and Agreement on the Revitalization of Employee Stock Ownership Scheme were reached.
• February 29Chairperson Kim, Keum-soo made an official visit to CES of France, SER of the Netherlands and ILO from 29th February through 9th March. The MOD with CES was reached.
• February 10Social Pact for Job Creation was reached

• October 28KTC convened jointly a workship with ILO on Collective Bargaining Structure and Social Dialogue in Korea.
• June 25KTC became a member of International Association of Economic and Social Councils and Similar Institutions(IAESCSI).
• March 25The Sixth Chairperson Mr. Kim, Keum-soo was inaugurated.

• August 8The Fifth Chairperson was inauguated (Chairperson: Mr. Shin, Hong)
• July 22Agreement on Protection of Non-standard Workers, Employment Promotion of Young Generation and Privatization of Four Affiliated-companies of State Companies was reached

• February 9Agreement on additional five-year postponement of the introduction of the multiple trade unions at enterprise level and no payment to the full-time union officials by employers was reached

• October 23 Agreement of Basic Principles on Reduction of Working Hours was reached
• August 8The Fourth Chairperson was inaugurated. (Chairperson: Mr. Chang, Young-chul)

• September 1The Third-Phase Tripartite Commission was inaugurated (Chairperson: Mr. Kim, Ho-jin).
• May 24 The Act on Establishment and Operation of the Tripartite Commission (Legislation No. 5,990) was enacted and promulgated.

• June 3The Second-Phase Tripartite Commission was launched (Chairperson: Mr. Kim, One-ki).
• March 28The Regulations on Tripartite Commission were enacted as the Presidential Decree.
• February 6 The Commission adopted the Social Agreement for Overcoming the Economic Crisis. 90 new items were agreed and adopted.
• January 15The First-Phase Tripartite Commission was established (Chairperson: Mr. Han, Kwang-ok).

• December 26Then President-elect Kim, Dae Jung proposed the introduction of a tripartite consultation mechanism to overcome the economic crisis.