Korea Institute for National Unification

Korea Institute for National Unification (KINU)
통일연구원
PredecessorResearch Institute for National Unification
Formation1990 (founded under the Ministry of Unification) ; since 2005, under the auspices of NRC (National Research Council of Economics, Humanities and Social Sciences)
TypeThink tank
Headquarters217, Banpo-daero, Seocho-gu, (Banpo-dong)
Location
President of the Institute
Kim Chun-sik
Websitewww.kinu.or.kr/main/eng

The Korea Institute for National Unification is a think tank funded by the South Korean government focusing on issues related to Korean reunification.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

It is one of the 25 institutes under the auspices of the National Research Council for Economic, Human and Social Sciences (NRC); it is an organization to depend of "Public Institutions under the Prime Minister" (affiliated with the Office for the Coordination of State Affairs)

Since July 2023, Kim Chun-sik is the head the Korean Institute for National Unification.

History

In 1990, the institute was established as a hub of research on North Korea.[5]

It was established as a state-funded research institute under the authority of the Prime Minister with the aim of systematically researching and analyzing all issues related to peace and reunification in the Korean Peninsula and contributing to the reunification of the countries and the establishment of the northern Korean.

In 2010, the institute carried out an interview with 33 defectors from North Korea and found out that the spread of Hallyu, or the Korean Wave, was one of the main factors encouraging some North Koreans to risk their lives to escape to South Korea.[7]

Publications

White Paper on Human Rights in North Korea

The Korea Institute for National Unification (KINU) opened the Center for North Korean Human Rights, in December 1994, to collect and manage professionally and systematically all source materials and objective data concerning North Korean human rights; and from 1996, KINU has been publishing every year the ‘White Paper on Human Rights in North Korea’ in Korean and in English.[6][8]

Reports and analyses

International Journal of Korean Unification Studies

References

  1. ^ French, Howard W. (March 17, 2000). "Suddenly, Reclusive North Korea Reaches Out to the World". The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 27, 2015. Retrieved Sep 3, 2015.
  2. ^ Sutton, Scott (July 7, 2015). "Report: North Korea has publicly executed an insane amount of people since 2000". Sun Times. Archived from the original on September 3, 2015. Retrieved Sep 3, 2015.
  3. ^ Kim, Seong Hwan (July 2, 2015). "Report reveals app. 1,382 N. Koreans publicly executed since 2000". Daily NK. Archived from the original on July 6, 2015. Retrieved Sep 3, 2015.
  4. ^ Barrabi, Thomas (July 7, 2015). "Under Kim Jong Un, North Korea Scrutinizing Workers, Officials Abroad After Defections, Report Says". International Business Times. Archived from the original on July 9, 2015. Retrieved Sep 3, 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Mission & History". Seoul, Korea: Korean Institute For National Unification. Archived from the original on July 22, 2015. Retrieved Sep 3, 2015.
  6. ^ a b Kirby, Michael Donald; Biserko, Sonja; Darusman, Marzuki (7 February 2014). "Report of the detailed findings of the commission of inquiry on human rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea - A/HRC/25/CRP.1". United Nations Human Rights Council. Archived from the original on February 27, 2014. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. ^ ""Korean Wave" set to swamp North Korea, academics say". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2 June 2011. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
  8. ^ Han, Dong-ho; Kim, Soo-Am; Lee, Kyu-Chang; Lee, Keum-Soon; Cho, Jeong-Ah (July 2014). Center for North Korean Human Rights Studies (ed.). "White Paper on Human Rights in North Korea 2014". White Paper on Human Rights in North Korea. Center for North Korean Human Rights, Korea Institute for National Unification: 19. ISBN 978-89-8479-766-6. Archived from the original on January 10, 2015. Retrieved Jun 8, 2015.


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