The Northeast Peace Initiative The Future of Korea Part 1 The Future of Korea Part 2
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The Northeast Asia Peace Initiative includes civil society initiatives supporting the peaceful reunification of the Korean Peninsula, where people with a common history, culture, and language were divided by the Cold War struggle between superpowers. Civil-society initiatives include tourism, cultural exchanges, and a variety of person-to-person connections. UPF conferences and forums bring together leading diplomats and scholars to offer insights into prospects for improved relations among the countries of the region. The following is a selection of backgrounders, conference presentations, and reports about civil-society initiatives that foster mutual understanding:

Backgrounders

Keys to Understanding North Korea, by Stephen Linton
How Korea Became Divided, by Mark Barry
Insights from Declassified Soviet Archives of 1950, by Kathryn Weathersby

Security Concerns

Chinese Perspectives, by Chu Shulong and Xiyuan Jiang
Japanese Perspectives, by Toshio Kawabe and Hiroshi Kumagai
Mongolian Perspectives, by Dashdorj Bayarkhuu and Idevkhten Doloonjin
Russian Perspectives, by Artyom Lukin and Alexander Nikitin
South Korean Perspectives, by Woonsang Choi and Park Young-ho
US Perspectives, by Paul Chamberlin and Erich Weingartner

Precedents for Peaceful Regional Integration

The Helsinki Agreement, by Vladimir Petrovsky
The European Union, by Masahisa Hayashi

Potential Networks That Can Promote Development

A Grand Design for Northeast Asia, by Tamotsu Nakano
Energy, by Juro Nakagawa and Yang Euy-seok
Agriculture, by Nam Sung-wook

My Meeting with Kim Il-sung, by Rev. Sun Myung Moon
Tourism, by Lee Kyung-hyun
Cultural Exchanges, by Julian Gray and Little Angels Children's Folk Ballet
Women to Women Outreach, by Yun Duk Kim and Lan Young Moon
Education, by Park Heung-soon
Reconciliation among Korean Residents in Japan, by Kim Young-il
Perspectives from the Ministry of Unification, by Huh Moon-doh
Korean War Veterans Become Ambassadors for Peace, by Gail Paine