This study is aimed to research into current status of the overseas Korean education policy on each part for establishment of the overseas Korean education policy theory. First, this thesis discussed the necessity and the changes of the Korean education policy. The necessity of the theory is considered as the racial education for Korean residents abroad, establishment of the base for the promotion of Korean as a foreign language proficiency, and preservation of the Korean language and culture and also maintain of world culture multiplicity. Second, this study argued on the purpose and principle of the overseas Korean education policy. In this study, the essential purpose of the Korean education policy is to support preservation and development of the Korean language and culture through extend the area of using Korean. And then the principle is considered coexistence of interculturalism and multiculturalism. Finally, this research debated on investigation of the overseas Korean education policy as the overseas Korean education policy agency, related raw, the public institution to support the Korean education policy, and support the development and spread of the overseas Korean education contents. (The National Institute of the Korean Language)