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This study aims at identifying the actual application appearance of the concept of eco-industrial parks (EIP) to the Korean circumstance. This study deals with the pilot eco-industrial park project in Gyeongnam Province as the concrete case. This study investigates the obstacles of the actual application of EIP and the solutions of them. This study employs the qualitative case study approach. What to follow is the findings of this study. First, each company attending the EIP project has its own strong necessities to take part in the project. Most of the necessities are related to the issue of public hatred to pollutants discharged by the pertinent company. However, the project unsuccessfully deals with the necessities because of some technical, economic and social obstacles. Second, the support of the public sector to the project seems quite inadequate. The public sector seems to lack proper policy means and will relating to the project. Third, the successful promotion of the project needs the long-range prospect and the trust in market mechanism.