Newsletter

NAHF's 15th anniversary ceremony is held

The ceremony was held on September 16, and attended by NAHF President, executives and employees. The ceremony began with greetings from President, Secretary General, and Union Branch Director, and awarded commendations to employees who have served for 15 years.

President Lee Young-ho expressed his gratitude for the efforts of employees. He said that it should establish a stable operating system by improving research, education, and public relations levels, and establishing a system that can develop policies at all times. At the end of this year, we will publish a white paper analyzing the business of the past 15 years and future tasks, and make it an opportunity to leap again. Through this ceremony, we have recalled the past 15 years and our employees have made new resolutions.

The publication of 『Diplomatic Document in Korea

: Claim for Japan's Compensation』

NAHF will publish 40 books on the series of references related to the Korea-Japan talks in order to understand the whole of the Korea-Japan talks based on objective data and to reveal how the key issues were discussed. 『Diplomatic Document in Korea: Claim for Japan's Compensation』 published this time is the first achievement of the project. This book published the original text of 1954 (total 523 pages), and added explanations to the difficult contents so that it could be easily used by researchers and the general public.

『The Peace Treaty with Japan on Korea』(1951) was written to supplement the legal aspect of the treaty. This proved that the Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty of 1910 was illegal and invalid, and sought to compensate for the damage caused by colonial rule. This shows that the Korean government was not appealing emotionally, but rather trying to solve the issue of compensation for Japan based on thorough and clear evidence and logic.

On the other hand, the claim of the individual is related to Part 2: Confirmed claim, Part 3: Human, material damage caused by Sino-Japanese War and Pacific War, Part 4: damage caused by low-cost exploitation conducted by the Japanese government. The Korean government has expanded the scope of compensation compared to the claim negotiations. So the government demanded compensation for school facilities, labor, and products in South Korea as well as pensions for soldiers and civilian attached to the military. The series of references to be published in the future will reveal the following details. How the demands of compensation for Japan change in the 'Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea'.

The Academic Conference 

: The Causes of Cultural Conflict between Korea and China, and its Solutions

NAHF held an academic conference on September 24 to explore the causes and solutions of cultural conflicts between Korea and China.

The theme of Part 1 is 'globalization and cultural conflict in East Asia'. This session examined the cultural conflicts around the world and tried to identify the causes of cultural conflicts between Korea and China. The presenters and presentations are as follows. 1) Lim Dong-wook, Professor Emeritus at Gwangju University, 'Globalization and Cultural Imperialism: Duet of Cultural Consumption, Cultural Exchange and Cultural Conflict', 2) Park Jung-soo, Former Research Professor at Hanyang University, 'Chinese Nationalism and East Asian Cultural Conflicts', 3) Yoon Kyung-woo, Professor at Kookmin University, 'Acceptance of Korean Wave in China, and Resistance', 4) Kim In-hee, researcher at NAHF, 'Cultural policy of the Xi Jinping government and cultural conflict between Korea and China'.

The theme of Part 2 is 'cultural conflict between Korea and China, and reading culture'. In this session, we looked at cultural conflicts such as Gangneung Danoje, the origin of the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival, and the fan of Goryeo exported from Goryeo to Song Dynasty. And we discussed ways to solve the debate about the origin of Korean and Chinese culture. The presenters and presentations are as follows. 1) Park Young-hwan, Professor at Dongguk University, ‘The Interchange and Conflict of Culture between Korea and China, and the Dispute on Danojeol’, 2) Shin Jong-won, honorary professor at the Academy of Korean Studies, 'The theory that the Mid-Autumn Festival originated in Silla, and the right to invent culture', 3) Koo Do-young, Research fellow at NAHF, 'The Meaning of Folding Fans Produced by Goryeo and Joseon in the History of Cultural Exchange between Korea and China', 4) Kwon Hyuk-hee, professor at Kangwon National University, 'The Conflict of National Identity and Cultural Heritage in the Global Age - The debate on the origin of cultural heritage between Korea and China, Proposals for Cultural Diversity and Sustainability'.

2021 History Academy

NAHF hosts the 2021 History Academy to spread correct historical awareness of Northeast Asian history and issues. The course will be released on YouTube channels from 19:00 to 21:00 every Thursday(2021. 10. 7, 14, 21, 28) from the first week of October.

The theme of the 2021 History Academy is 'Civilizations Exchange and Korean Peninsula'. The following courses are ready. 1) What is Korean: Multicultural and Civilizations Exchange (Jung Chung-won, Professor at Seoul National University), 2) The Petroglyphs of the Korean Peninsula (Jang Seok-ho, honorary researcher at NAHF, 3) The Official History of China: Foreign History – Episodes Related to the Northern Peoples (Kim Jung-hee, honorary researcher at NAHF), 4) The History of the Grassland and the Korean Peninsula to be examined through Mongolia (Yoon Hyung-won, Director of Buyeo National Museum). We hope that many citizens interested in history will participate. And we expect this academy to contribute to raising the right historical awareness.