All three Korean flagship programmes operate under the LIONESS consortium — Land/Ice–Ocean Network Exploration using Semiautonomous Systems — an international initiative co-founded in 2016 with partners across the United States, Italy, New Zealand, Canada, and Australia. Korean LIONESS programmes are complemented by leading European and Australian collaborations.

Korean Flagship Programmes · LIONESS Consortium
LIONESS K-NOW
Korea Network for Observation and prediction of ice sheet and sea level changes in a Warming world
Principal Investigator · Korean Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries · ₩43 billion (~USD 30M) · 2023–2031 (9 years)
LIONESS TG
Thwaites Glacier — ice–ocean interaction and grounding-zone observation
Principal Investigator · Korean Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries · ₩20 billion (~USD 14M) · 2019–2023 (4 years)
LIONESS WRS
Western Ross Sea — investigation of cryospheric evolution in Victoria Land
Principal Investigator · Korean Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries · ₩10.5 billion (~USD 7M) · 2014–2019 (5 years)
International Collaborations
SYNCHRONY
Horizon Europe — European Commission
International Participant · 2026–2029
OCEAN:ICE
Horizon Europe — European Commission & UKRI
International Collaborator · 2022–2026
ITGC
International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration — NSF (US) & NERC (UK)
LIONESS TG International Partner · 2018–2024
ACEAS
Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science — Australian Research Council
Partner Investigator · 2021–2024
ICECAP-EAGLE
International Collaborative Exploration of the Cryosphere — Australian Antarctic Program
Co-investigator · 2019–present