This year marks the 65th anniversary of the signing of the armistice agreement that ended the Korean War in 1953. The shadows of the Cold War that lingered over the Korean peninsula are slowly lifting as we witness great changes unfolding on the peninsula from this year.

On the occasion of North Korea’s participation in the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games, South and North Korea exchanged special envoys and the historic 2018 inter-Korean summit took place on April 27th at the Peace House in Panmunjom. This was the first summit in eleven years between the two Koreas and in result, the “Panmunjom Declaration for Peace, Prosperity and Unification of the Korean Peninsula” was signed. All this paved the way for both Koreas and neighboring countries to continue discussions to promote peace and prosperity on the peninsula and the Northeast Asian region along with a commitment to work towards the complete denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.

In light of this, the Korea Global Forum 2018—hosted by the Ministry of Unification and jointly organized by the Institute for Far Eastern Studies of Kyungnam University and the University of North Korean Studies—adopted “The 65th Anniversary of the Korean War Armistice Agreement, Peace and Prosperity on the Korean Peninsula” as the grand theme. The Korea Global Forum 2018 will provide a timely opportunity for experts, scholars and officials from both home and abroad to discuss and share views on promoting peace on the Korean peninsula.

We would like to welcome you to the Korea Global Forum 2018.