Yonsei Institute for North Korean Studies
History
1995 JUL Establishment of the Yonsei University Institute for Korean Unification Studies (IKUS); Ja Song is inaugurated as the institute’s founding director
1996 SEP Inauguration of Director Young Sun Lee
1996 JAN Publication of the monograph series “Toward a Unified Society,” “The Lives of North Korean Defectors” (02)
1997 FEB Publication of the monograph series “Preparing for Unification” and “Business Strategy for Expanding into North Korea”
1997 APR Publication of Korean Unification Studies Vol. 1 No. 1
1997 DEC Publication of Korean Unification Studies Vol. 1 No. 2
1998 JUN Publication of Korean Unification Studies Vol. 2 No. 1
1998 SEP Inauguration of Director Chung In Moon
1998 AUG Publication of the monograph series “South Korea also needs to Change for Unification”
1998 NOV Publication of Korean Unification Studies Vol. 2 No. 2
1999 OCT Publication of Korean Unification Studies Vol. 3 No. 1
2000 FEB Publication of Korean Unification Studies Vol. 3 No. 2
2000 JUN Publication of the monograph series “For the Unification of People” and “Unification and South and North Korean Youth” (12)
2000 SEP Inauguration of Director Sung Kil Min
2000 OCT Publication of Korean Unification Studies Vol. 4 No. 1
2001 FEB Publication of Korean Unification Studies Vol. 4 No. 2
2001 AUG Publication of Korean Unification Studies Vol. 5 No. 1
2002 FEB Publication of Korean Unification Studies Vol. 5 No. 2
2002 APR Publication of the monograph series “South-North Korea Political Conflict and Unification,” “North Korean Defectors and Preparing for Unification” (11)
2002 AUG Publication of Korean Unification Studies Vol. 6 No. 1
2002 SEP Inauguration of Director Dong Cheon Shin
2003 FEB Publication of Korean Unification Studies Vol. 6 No. 2
2003 AUG Publication of Korean Unification Studies Vol. 7 No. 1
2003 NOV Publication of the monograph series “Investing in North Korea: Where and How?”
2004 JAN Publication of the monograph series “Inter-Korean Economic Integration and Cooperation in Northeast Asia,” “21st Century Changes to the International Environment and the Korean Peninsula” (04), and “If Unification Occurs “(05)
2004 FEB Publication of Korean Unification Studies Vol. 7 No. 2; publication of the monograph series “Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation and Development Model”
2004 MAR Establishment of the Yonsei University Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Korean Unification Studies (MA, PhD)
2004 OCT Publication of Korean Unification Studies Vol. 8 No. 1
2005 MAR Publication of Korean Unification Studies Vol. 8 No. 2
2005 AUG Publication of Korean Unification Studies Vol. 9 No. 1
2006 FEB Publication of Korean Unification Studies Vol. 9 No. 2
2006 MAR Inauguration of Director Eun Kook Lee
2006 MAY Publication of the monograph series “Theory and Practice of Socio-economic Integration”
2006 OCT Publication of Korean Unification Studies Vol. 10 No. 1
2007 JAN Publication of the monograph series “Behavioral Analysis of the South-North Korean Arms Race,” “The Search for a Northeast Asian Community,” and “Unification of People, Unification of Land” (06)
2007 APR Publication of Korean Unification Studies Vol. 10 No. 2
2007 OCT Publication of Korean Unification Studies Vol. 11 No. 1
2008 MAR Publication of Korean Unification Studies Vol. 11 No. 2
2008 MAY Publication of Korean Unification Studies Vol. 12 No. 1
2008 SEP Inauguration of Director Young-Jae Jin
2008 NOV Publication of Korean Unification Studies Vol. 12 No. 2
2009 APR Integration of the Yonsei Institute of State Governance Studies and the Yonsei Institute for Korean Unification Studies
2009 MAY Publication of Korean Unification Studies Vol. 13 No. 1
2009 NOV Publication of Korean Unification Studies Vol. 13 No. 2
2010 MAR Publication of the monograph series “The History of Change in Inter-Korean Relations”
2010 MAY Publication of Korean Unification Studies Vol. 14 No. 1
2010 SEP Inauguration of Director Myong Sob Kim (Yonsei Institute of State Governance Studies/Yonsei Institute for Korean Unification Studies)
2010 NOV Publication of Korean Unification Studies Vol. 14 No. 2
2010 DEC Nominated to the Korean Institute for National Unification and the National Research Foundation of Korea
2011 JAN Designated by the Ministry of Unification to publicize within the business community the necessity of laying the groundwork for Korean unification
2011 MAY Publication of Korean Unification Studies Vol. 15 No. 1
2011 OCT Reporting of the result of efforts to publicize the issue of Korean national unification within the business community
2011 NOV Publication of Korean Unification Studies Vol. 15 No. 2
2012 SEP Appointment of Yongho Kim as director of the Institute for Korean Unification Studies
2012 MAY Publication of Korean Unification Studies Vol. 16 No. 1
2012 NOV The Institute for Korean Unification Studies – having formerly operated as an affiliated institute of the National Research Foundation of Korea – is made independent and renamed the Yonsei Institute for North Korean Studies (YINKS); inauguration of Director Yongho Kim; publication of Korean Unification Studies Vol. 16 No. 2
2012 DEC Appointment of Sunku Han to the position of deputy director of the institute and formation of a personnel committee
2015 JUL Korean Unification Studies is listed on National Research Foundation of Korea
2016 MAR Inauguration of Director Jungmin Seo
2016 MAY Publication of JTMS(Journal of Maritime Studies) started (Every May, December)
2016 MAY Hosted the Korea Global Forum (May ~ December)
2018 MAR Inauguration of Director Ajin Choi
