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1993
  • South-North Sharing Movement Research Committee, headed by Chairman Lee Man-Yeol and Vice Chairman Yoon Young-Kwan, was launched on the sideline of South-North Sharing Movement establishment.
  • From 1993 to 2006, the Committee conducted 134 monthly seminars, visited North Korea and conducted field research on divided countries.
2006
  • Founders decided to establish an independent research institute, distinguished from the South-North Sharing Movement.
2007
  • Establishment ceremony of the KPI was organized by the Founding President Prof. Yoon Young-Kwan (February 12, 2007)
  • Hosted 1st ~ 7th Korea Peace Forums
  • Organized the 1st professional training for North Korean refugees
  • Registered as NPO under the Ministry of Unification
2008
  • Hosted the 8th ~ 12th Korea Peace Forums
  • Organized the 2nd, 3rd professional training for North Korean refugees
  • Published 『North Korean issues and settlement of peace on the Korean Peninsula』 (recognized by Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism in 2009)
2009
  • Hosted the 13th ~ 19th Korea Peace Forums
  • Organized the 4th professional training for North Korean refugees
  • Received citation from the Minister of Unification
  • Published 『the July 1st Economic Management Reform Measure: transition from planned economy to market economy?』
  • Published 『Inter-Korean economic cooperation policy and implementation』 (recognized by the National Academy of Science)
  • Published 『Obama administration and the ROK-US strategic alliance』
2010
  • Hosted the 20th ~ 24th Korea Peace Forums
  • Organized the 6th professional training for North Korean refugees (KPI's employment support team was dissolved)
  • Published 『Reunification experiment over the 7 years: Panel Study on the livelihood of North Korean defectors in the South』
  • Published 『Improving North Korea Human Rights, next step?: Peaceful intervention strategy and global cases』
2011
  • Appointed Prof. Lee Jang-Ro as the 2nd KPI president
  • Hosted the 25th ~ 32nd Korea Peace Forums
2012
  • Hosted the 33rd ~ 36th Korea Peace Forums
  • Published 『Transitioning from Socialism, and Christianity』
  • Published 『Experience of transition economies and reform of North Korea's education system』
2013
  • Appointed Prof. Jung Woo-Taek as the 3rd KPI president
  • Hosted the 37rd ~ 40th Korea Peace Forums
  • Published 『Pacifism and Anti-pacifism – Study from peace and cultural perspective』
2014
  • Hosted the 41st ~ 43rd Korea Peace Forums
  • Published 『Christian Reflections on unification』
  • Published 『Education vision for Unified Korea』
2015
  • Hosted the 44th ~ 49th Korea Peace Forums
  • Published 『Inter-Korean economic integration』
2016
  • Hosted the 50th ~ 51st Korea Peace Forums
  • Organized 5 special forums and collaborated with CBS twice
  • Published 『Christian reflections on peace』
2017
  • Hosted 10th anniversary (3.20. Grand Ambassador Hotel)
  • Appointed Dr. Yoon Duk-Rong as the 4th KPI president
  • Hosted the 52nd ~ 56th Korea Peace Forums
2018
  • Hosted the 57th ~ 59th Korea Peace Forums
  • Organized 2 trainings for North Korea/unification NPOs
  • Published 『Reflection on forgiveness and reconciliation』 (recommended by Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism in 2019)
2019
  • Hosted the 60th ~ 61st Korea Peace Forums
  • Co-hosted special forum with Future Foundation of Korea and published final report
  • Co-hosted ‘Gospel, peace, unification conference’ with Christian Society for Reunification and Onnuri Church
  • Organized 2019 KPI Next-generation scholar academy (for graduate students)
2020
  • Published 『Present and future of Korean society and community』
  • Co-hosted special forum with Future Foundation of Korea and published final report
  • Organized KPI Next-generation scholar Washington DC field study (for graduate students)
  • Organized training for North Korea/unification NPO practitioners
  • Organized KPI Next-generation scholar academy (for graduate students)
  • Registered as NPO under Seoul Metropolitan Government
2021
  • Appointed Prof. Jo Dong-Joon as the 5th KPI president
  • Published revised edition of 『Pacifism and Anti-pacifism – Study from peace and humanities perspective』
  • Organized KPI Next-generation scholar academy for graduate students(International Webinar)
 
2022
  • Co-hosted special forum with Future Foundation of Korea
  • Organized KPI Next-generation scholar academy for graduate students(International Webinar) 

  • (January~April) Published 16 research books, conducted 25 research projects,
    Organized 61 Peace forums, 12 special forums,152 seminars, and 34 cinema talks,
    Organized 6 North Korean defector trainings and 12 Next-generation seminars,
    Organized 4 North Korea/Unification NPO trainings,
    Organized 2 Next-generation academies and 3 workshops