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This paper seeks the ideal direction of Korea' trade structure toward north-east Asia area centering China, Japan and Russia as Korea pursues export-driven policy since Korea has poor natural resources. Korea's trade structure from the beginning of 1990 to the present is superior quality intra-industry trade(SQIIT) with China as a foreign trade partner; intra-industry trade(IIT) is consistently high with Japan; and inter-industry trade is high with Russia. Korea should change the trade structure into intra-industry trade(IIT) with these countries. Intra-industry trade(IIT) can increase export·import portion of the trading partners so that each country can avoid trade frictions and pursues economic gains through trade.