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The average lifespan of human is steadily increasing with material affluence and advanced technology. With this trend, people start putting value on prevention of disease which is one of strong fields of traditional medicine. Meanwhile, some people today are turning away from traditional medicine due to the lack of standardization, especially, the herbal medicines used in traditional medical treatment. This mainly comes from the reason that the resources of herbal medicine both have agricultural and pharmaceutical characteristics which makes confusion in policies of standardization of herbal medicine. In this review article, 11 medicinal resources-related institutes in South Korea are examined and their roles are also be discussed. If these institutes cooperate with each other efficiently, they can greatly contribute to the standardization of herbal medicine as well as the status of Korean Traditional Medicine. This study will be a good source of future studies of networking of these institutes for the purpose of standardization of herbal medicine.