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NAHF's Kim Eun-kook and Lee Myung-chan retire as research fellows

NAHF opened the retirement ceremony of Kim Eun-guk(Pre-modern Korean History) and Lee Myung-chan(Dokdo Research Institute) on June 23. Kim Eun-kook joined NAHF in 2006 and worked on the research of Balhae, including the excavation of Kraskino in the Maritime Province. Lee Myung-chan joined NAHF in 2008 and has made extensive research on diplomatic relations between Korea and Japan. At the retirement ceremony, we delivered plaques of appreciation and bouquets of flowers following the farewell speech and the retirement speech.

NAHF's Expert Meeting: 

'Present and Prospects of U.S.-China Relations Over the Korean Peninsula'

NAHF Institute on International Relations and Historical Dialogue invited Kim Heung-kyu, professor of political diplomacy at Ajou University and director of the China Policy Institute, to hold an expert meeting on the theme of 'Present and Prospects of U.S.-China Relations Over the Korean Peninsula' in the conference room on June 17. The meeting was presided over by Kwak Jin-oh, a researcher at NAHF. At this meeting, we discussed the current status of strategic competition between the U.S. and China after COVID-19 and discussed various options that Korea can respond to. The conclusion of this meeting was that it is important for Korea to avoid the dichotomous approach of 'pro-America or pro-China' in the future and to have the ability to actively and flexibly respond to changes in the region.

NAHF's expert seminar: 

'Review of the contents displayed 

at Japan's Industrial Heritage Information Center

 and Discussion on the countermeasures'

The Industrial Heritage Information Center, which was established by the Japanese government in Tokyo in March this year, is an exhibition hall promoting the World Heritage of Japanese Modern Industrial Facilities. It was not open to the public because of COVID-19, but started to be released on June 15th. At the time of being listed as a World Heritage in 2015, the Japanese government acknowledged that Koreans were mobilized against their will and forced to work under harsh conditions, but this fact is not shown in the exhibition hall. NAHF held an expert seminar on June 19 to review the exhibition contents of the Japan Industrial Heritage Information Center and to find countermeasures. As presenters, Kim Min-cheol(researcher of the Center for Historical Truth and Justice), Kim Cheong-jung(Tokyo correspondent of the Segye Times), Hisatomo Kobayashi(the secretary of the network to identify the truth of forced mobilization), and Mitsunobu Nakata(the director of the network to identify the truth of forced mobilization) participated.

Public Announcement: 

The 2nd Book Review Contest - Northeast Asian History and Culture Book

NAHF will hold 'The 2nd Book Review Contest - Northeast Asian History and Culture Book'. As of the announcement date(2020. 6. 15), it is divided into adult divisions of 19 years of age or older and youth divisions of 15 to 19 years of age. After reading the series of historical culture books published by NAHF and other historical books, you can write a book review and submit it to NAHF.

The book review will be accepted from August 3 to September 6 through the contest website. The awards ceremony will be held at the end of October this year, and a total of 26 people will be awarded a certificate and an additional prize in the name of NAHF President. Applicants will be presented with gifticon to 200 people in the order received. More information can be found on the NAHF website.