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The objectives of this study are to review the previous works in the Research of Korean Connective Suffix in Korean education for foreigners and give some suggestions. The total number of research papers related to Korean Education of Connective Suffix until 2012 are 152(104 dissertations for Masters and Doctorate, 47 academic journal papers). They were analysed after classifying by the years and by the category(Acquisition aspects, teaching methods, The grammar element, Contrasts with foreign languages and others). Research papers on Korean Education of Connective Suffix increased in number from 2008. From 2010 more than 20 papers were presented every year. Papers in number were 79% of the total and methods and contents of research have diversified from 2008 to 2012. Research papers about the causal relationship, the sequential relationships, the concession relationship were the most. Papers about acquisition aspects ratio and using error of Connective Suffix were more in second. Using Error analysis and the interlanguage explained linguistic phenomena in Connective Suffix. At teaching methods, Language teaching theories were applied to Korean education of Connective Suffix. Comparative analysis with Chinese were the most in Contrasts with the analysis of a foreign language. This paper suggests 3 research directions based on the result of analysis. that is, Research contests, research methods and study subjects need to expand. First, type of research tends to be overly biased, Balancing of future areas of research and diversification should be ensured. Second, in research methodology, qualitative research is needed as well as quantitative research. Third, Experiments with different learners have to research.