This year, Seoul National University IPUS hosted the 21th ‘Unification Academy’. Many undergraduate and graduate students interested in Unification and the North Korea issue participated from April 5 to May 28. The Unification Academy improved understanding and interest among participating students about Unification and North Korea, and was also designed to produce future elites within a unified Korean Peninsula. This year’s Unification Academy also received high attention as the total number of participants reached 96 despite the fact that it was conducted in full non-face-to-face due to the COVID-19, of which 56 completed. This academy provided opportunities for students to think about plans for a desirable unified Korean Peninsula. The 21th Unification Academy (2022.4.5-5.28) We also attached the class materials below. 1st week  – Ukraine Crisis and the Korean Peninsula (Sin, seong-ho) 2st week – Our Unification Policy and Inter-Korean Relations (Cheon, hae seong) 3st week – How far⋯

  This year, Seoul National University IPUS hosted the 20th ‘Unification Academy’. Many undergraduate and graduate students interested in Unification and the North Korea issue participated from April 6 to May 25. The Unification Academy improved understanding and interest among participating students about Unification and North Korea, and was also designed to produce future elites within a unified Korean Peninsula. This year’s Unification Academy also received high attention as the total number of participants reached 107 despite the fact that it was conducted in full non-face-to-face due to the COVID-19, of which 84 completed. This academy provided opportunities for students to think about plans for a desirable unified Korean Peninsula. The 20th Unification Academy (2021.4.6-5.25) We also attached the class materials below. 1st week – Age of discontinuity, asking about unification again (Hahn, Monica) 2nd week – North Korean marketization, where are we? (Lee, Kyungsoo) 3rd week – After the⋯

This year, Seoul National University IPUS hosted the 19th ‘Unification Academy’. 76 undergraduate and graduate students interested in Unification and the North Korea issue participated from April 2nd to May 21. The Unification Academy improved understanding and interest among participating students about Unification and North Korea, and was also designed to produce future elites within a unified Korean Peninsula. 18 students and 5 researchers, or a total of 23 people, visited the DMZ (2019.5.10. – 2019.5.11) during the Academy. Students also visited Dorasan Station, the inter-Korean Transit Office, the Cheorwon Peace Observatory, and the Cheorwon Korean Workers’ Party Headquarters to experience firsthand the reality of their divided country. It provided opportunities for students to think about plans for a desirable unified Korean Peninsula.. The 19th Unification Academy (2019.4.2-5.21) We also attached the class materials below. 1st week -Unification for Peace (Lee Chan-soo) 2nd week – How far has North Korea⋯

                                            The 18th Unification Academy (2018.4.3-5.29) We also attached the class materials below. 1st week – Unified Korea Branding (Jeon, Byung-gil) 2nd week – Inter-Korean relations as Pyeongchang Olympics (Chon, Hae-seong) 3rd week – North Korea, Reads Back to Chosun (Kim, Byung-ro) 4th week – Conversation with a North Korean Youth: ‘Living in South Korea’ (Jeong, Seo-yoon) 5th week -SDG and North Korea Development Cooperation (Jo, Jung-hoon) 6h week – Experience as a divided country overseas: Germany, Ireland, Cyprus (Kim, Hak-jae) 7th week – China’s view of the Unification of the Korean Peninsula (Park, Woo) 8th week – From peace of division to peace of unity! (Jeong, Geun-sik)

The 17th Unification Academy (2017.4.4-5.30) We also attached the class materials below. 1st week-Trump-era North Korea Policy: Preemptive Strike or Grand Bargain? (Yun, Yeong-gwan) 2nd week-Crisis on the Korean Peninsula, Asking Again About Unification (Choi, Wan-gyu ) 3rd week-Pyongyang’s Regime Seen through summits and the Prospects for  North-South Relations (Kim, Cheon-sik) 4th week-What Can be Learned from German Unification (Kim, Hak-jae) 5th week-The Lives and Perspectives of  North Korean People (Choi, Gyeong-hee) 6th week-How Far Gone is Marketization? (Kim, Yeong-yun) 7th week-The Moranbong Group and the Politics of Music (Oh, Gi-hyeon) 8th week-Dreaming Again of Unification/ Completion Ceremony (Jung, Keun-sik)

                                                The 16th Unification Academy (2016.4.5-5.24) We also attached the class materials below. 1st week-Crisis on the Korean Peninsula, Asking Again about Unification (Choi, Wan-gyu) 2nd week-How Might Unification and Denuclearization be Possible? (Yun, Yeong-guan) 3rd week-What Can be Learned from  German Unification? (Lee, Dong-gi) 4th week-The Pyongyang Government in Official Talks, and Prospects for Inter-Korean Relations (Kim, Cheon-sik) 5th week-The Lives and Perspectives of North Korean People (Choi, Gyeong-hee) 6th week-The Moranbong Group and the Politics of Music (Oh, Gi-hyeon) 7th week-The Seventh Party Congress and Economic Prospects (Jo, Dong-ho) 8th week-From Divided Peace to Unified Peace (Park, Myung-kyu)

Attached the documents of the 1th Unification Academy of SNU Institute for Peace and Unification Studies. (2015.3.31-5.26) 1st week – The Vision and Reality of the Unification Korea (Bae, Ki-chan) 2nd week – Is unification a blue ocean for the Korean economy? (Cho, Bong-hyun) 3rd week – Pyongyang’s authority and the prospect of inter-Korean relations from the Meetings (Kim, Cheon-sik) 4th week – What will we learn from German reunification? (Lee, Dong-ki) 5th week – North Korea as seen by broadcasters, and unification (Kim, Hyun-kyung) 6h week – World of Life and Consciousness of the North Korean Youth Generation (Kim, Min-kyu) 7th week – “What should we do with North Korean human rights?” (Suh, Bo-hyuk) 8th week – Unification of peace from divisional unification! (Park, Myung-kyu)

Attached the documents of the 10th Unification Academy of SNU Institute for Peace and Unification Studies. (2014.4.1-5.27) 1st week – ‘Unification Great,’ Vision and Reality (Philo Kim) 2nd week – South Korea’s new growth engine: North Korea and the Unification Economy (Lee, Young-hoon) 3rd week – Northeast Asian international order and North Korea  viewed as a network (Jeon Jae-sung) 4th week – Moranbong Band Opens the Possibility of Inter-Korean Popular Culture Exchange (Oh, Ki-hyun) 5th week – Life and Consciousness of the North Korean Youth Generation (Lee, Sung-hee) 6h week – Pyongyang’s Authority and the Prospect of inter-Korean Relations from the Meetings (Kim Cheon-sik) 7th week – What should we do about North Korean human rights? (Kim Soo-am) 8th week – From peace of division to peace of unity! (Park Myung-kyu)  

Attached the documents of the 13th Unification Academy of SNU Institute for Peace and Unification Studies.(2013.4.9-5.28) 1st week – Situation on the Korean Peninsula and the International Environment of Northeast Asia (Kim, Sung-chul) 2nd week – North Korea Right now: Kim Jong Eun’s Leadership and a Change in North Korea’s System (Jung, Sung-jang) 3rd week – Relations between North and South Korea a compass : North Korea policy based on the government’s Park Geun-hye (Park, In-hwi) 4th week – Characteristics and Changes of North Korean Society in View of North Korean Art (Park Gye-ri) 5th week – Life and Consciousness of the North Korean Youth Generation (Lee, Sung-hee) 6h week – Inter-Korean Relations and Inter-Korean Dialogue (Han, Ki-soo) 7th week – The trauma of the Korean War and division (Kim, Tae-woo) 8th week – From shared peace to unification peace! (Park, Myung-kyu)  

Attached the documents of the 12th Unification Academy of SNU Institute for Peace and Unification Studies.(2012.10.9-11.27) 1st week – International Politics and Peace on the Korean Peninsula (Song Young-hoon) 2nd week – Kim Jong En’s Leadership Characteristics, Reform and Opening Policy (Lee, Dong-kI) 3rd week – North Korea’s Society and Culture as a Performing Arts (Park, Young-jung) 4th week – A Korean medicine doctor who defected from North Korea, dreams of becoming a unification medical doctor (Kim, Ji-eun) 5th week – What’s wrong with the North Korean Human Rights Act: Comparison of Political and Social Context between Korean Society and International Society (Kim, Soo-am) 6h week – Changes in Inter-Korean Relations and Economic Relations between North Korea and China (Lee, Seok) 7th week – Unification Germany and East Germany Identity (Lee, Dong-ki) 8th week – Unification Peace and Youth Generation (Park Myung-kyu)