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International academic conference held on
“Kraskino Fortress within Balhae Culture”

The Foundation held an international academic conference on November 8 with the theme of “Kraskino Fortress within Balhae Culture” at a meeting room on the Foundation's 11th floor. Located in Khasan of Russia's Primorsky Krai, the Kraskino Fortress was the ruling place in Yeomju, one of the four states under Dongjing Longyuanfu of Balhae, and since 1980 has been excavated by archaeologists of the Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography, Far-Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Since its inception in 2006, the Foundation has unearthed diverse relics and ruins every year to date through the joint excavation with Russia. The conference, intended to summarize the excavation achievements of the Kraskino Fortress conducted since the launch of the Foundation, was attended by a number of researchers of the Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography, Far-Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, who took the time for academic exchange with Korean scholars. Among those who made presentations in the conference were Kim Eun-kuk, a researcher of the Institute on Pre-Modern Korean History; Professor Jeong Seok-bae of Korea National University of Cultural Heritage; and six Russian scholars, including N.N. Kradin, director of the Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnography, Far-Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, who took part in the excavation of the Kraskino Fortress.

Completion ceremony held for 5th term of
Foundation-University of Seoul citizen history and culture lecture

The Foundation held the completion ceremony for the 5th term of the citizen history and culture lecture at the Lifelong Education Center of the University of Seoul on November 7. The 5th-term students who attended the lecture offered by the education center received the completion certificate under the names of the head of the Northeast Asia-Dokdo Education Training Institute and the Lifelong Education Center, along with souvenirs. The lecture, attended by 40 citizens every Thursday for 7 weeks from September 19 with the theme of “Understanding History Problems in Northeast Asia”, covered historical and territorial issues in Northeast Asia involving the Japanese military comfort women, Dokdo, and the history of Goguryeo and Balhae. The Foundation and the University of Seoul will continue to hold the citizen lecture through ongoing collaboration.

Expert lecture linked with nightly opening of
Dokdo Museum Seoul from October to December

The Foundation's Dokdo Museum Seoul will be open until 9 o'clock at night on the last Wednesday of every month, and is operating an expert lecture as a connected program. Lectures in October, November, and December take place with the theme of “The History They Are Trying to Deny, History We Should Know” to help the broader populace to understand Japan's pillage accurately from the belief that the recent aggravation in Korea-Japan relations has been caused by the difference in historical perceptions about Japan's invasion and the incomplete liquidation of past history. The lectures, scheduled for 6:30 PM at the Nature Zone of the museum, are on “Compulsory mobilization of Joseon people” on October 30 (researcher Jeong Hye-gyeong of the Japanese Compulsory Mobilization and Peace Research Institute); “The Japanese military comfort women” on November 27 (Do Si-hwan, head of the Foundation's Research Center on the Japanese Military Comfort Women); and “30 scenes of Japanese pillage” on December 18 (Nam Sang-gu, head of the Foundation's Institute on Korea-Japan Historical Issues).

Academic conference held on “Shedding New Light on the Chungju Goguryeo Monument”,

marking the 40th anniversary of the monument's discovery

The Foundation held the academic conference on “Shedding new light on Goguryeo Monument” on November 22 at a meeting room on the Foundation's 11th floor with the Society for Korean Ancient History, marking the 40th anniversary of the monument's discovery. The monument was discovered in 1979 in Chungju of Chungcheongbuk-do Province, and is now preserved in the Exhibit Hall for the Chungju Goguryeo Monument. The monument, on which the state name of “Goryeo” and Goguryeo's official ranks and offices such as “Daesaja” and “Daehyeong” are inscribed, was designated as National Treasure No. 205 for its value in being recognized as the only stone monument of Goguryeo on the Korean Peninsula. The academic conference deciphered the inscription on the monument again through scientific research on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the monument discovery, and shed new light on the historical features of when the monument was built. There were also presentations on how the monument was deciphered along with its contents, date of establishment, and production background and purposes.