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To analyze the competitiveness of Korea-EU transportation routes, consideration of qualitative as well as quantitative factors is essential for the selection of efficient routes. In the study, we classified the factors into internal and external ones, and compared each route according to the classification, which gives the decision maker flexibility in establishing short and midterm strategies as well as the competing strategy in the long run. For the analysis, 6 different routes(2 new and 4 existing) were considered with 11 factors(5 external and 6 internal) and the results showed that the route 1(TKR- TSR) was the most efficient of all routes implying that it would be most competitative one when the inter Korea railways are connected. The routes 2,3,4(Sea- TSR), on the other hand, have problem of cargo delay in transshipment due to the increase in cargo volume and need measures to relieve the current situation by reducing the loading/unloading time, improving the on time delivery and flexibility, and increasing awareness of the routes. Route 5, the most commonly use sea transport route, needs some improvement on quantitative factors such as transportation time, distance, and cost which are relatively weak points compared with other routes. Finally, the route 6, the newly emerging alternative to route 2, can become a competitive one overtime if used all year round in the future with its strength in transportation time and distance. However, possible operation period of around 3 months causes the problem in on time delivery, flexibility, and frequency. With the weakness and strength of each route the decision maker should be able to provide more practical strategy to compete with other routes. In the study, considering more complex and diversified multi modal transport network, the routes are analyzed based upon the internal and external factors, which will give insights into the selection of efficient routes for operation. For future research, the ports in North Korea might good choice for the connecting points of sea and land transportations and more reliable factors need to be selected for the application of the results of the study.