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

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