Nowadays, Korean lifelong education is in rapid increase. Especially, following 〈The Lifelong Education Law〉 being enacted in 1999, various national educational systems and policies became commonplace. Therefore, through the spreading effects, lifelong education was activated in general, Non-Government Organizations or groups and local culture centers. Korean lifelong education has varied as time has passed. Soon after the Independence of Korea, the people enlightenment movement and adults literacy education were the main stream, while education for socially isolated groups became active in the 1970s. Also we must mention that lifelong education grew steeply after the 1990s, and one of the factors was closely related to the economic crisis which Korea confronted in 1997. That is, lifelong education came up to the surface suddenly in the economic crisis with a presented need of raising new human power. Losing their jobs, people wanted lifelong education related strongly to employment so as to regain their jobs. As a result of this, lifelong education emerged to the surface promptly. In 1990, a lot of Korean Universities made efforts and paid attention to the operatation of lifelong education organizations independently. During the course of time, the domestic economic crisis prompted the establishment and operation of lifelong education organizations within universities. According to the survey in those days, it was basic and professional abilities for careers that Koreans wanted to finish through lifelong education programs. Koreans wanted to rake parr in the lifelong education through developing career ability and improving quality in order to overcome economic crisis rather than hobbies and spending time. Actually, lifelong education in Korea was used to overcome economic crisis, and brought about positive results to meet to that goal.