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Unification : South Korea

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Richard C. Rudolph East Asian Library. Archival Collection on Democracy and Unification in Korea  (http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/eastasian/archive.htm)
Materials mostly about Korean human rights movements and democratic development during the 1970s and 1980s in the United States–collected and donated by the Korea Church Coalition for Peace, Justice, and Reunification  in Washington, D.C. Housed in the Department of Special Collections, UCLA Library, the collection has a detailed finding aid.

Chaju P'yonghwa T'ongil Minjok Hoeui / 자주평화통일민족회의  (http://www.onekorea.or.kr/)
Information resource on the issue of Korean unification provided by Minjok Hoeŭi, a cooperative organization of progressive Korean NGOs. Includes news and current events, columns, commentaries, editorials, and related sites. In Korean.

Cyber Education Center for Unification / 통일교육센터  (http://www.uniedu.go.kr/)
Educational materials on Korean unification, maintained by T'ongil Kyoyukwon, a research institution affiliated with the Ministry of Unification. Presents information on North Korea, introducing the North Korean school, curriculum, family, recreational, and value systems. Database provides reports, policy commentaries, research papers, with full text, and videos. In Korean.

Defence Korea  (http://www.defence.co.kr)
Defence Korea (Internet magazine) contains almost all aspect of military affairs, such as weapons, military history, defense policy, military search engine, database, military law, special warfare, and more. In Korean.

Information Center on North Korea / 통일부북한자료센터  (http://unibook.unikorea.go.kr/)
Extensive resource of information on North Korea presented by the Ministry of Unification, Republic of Korea. Provides a database on North Korean films. In Korean.

Korea Institute for National Unification (KINU) / 통일연구원  (http://www.kinu.or.kr/)
KINU plays a leading role in laying the foundations for a peaceful settlement and reaching national consensus on North Korea and unification. It is a locus for the international network on Korean Peninsula issues. Presents the Institute's research activities and unification-related resources, an online library catalog and links to publications, statistical databases, selected Web sites on unification, North Korea, and United States' policies on Korea. In Korean and English.

Ministry of Unification (MOU), Republic of Korea / 통일부  (http://www.unikorea.go.kr)
Information about Korean unification and North Korea, with a guide to information about North Korea's society and culture, including folk songs, photographs of everyday life, and languages. General information about the Ministry as well as links to press and public affairs, news, educational materials, dispersed family database, research papers, current issues, historical documents of official meetings, and more. In Korean and English.

United States Forces Korea (USFK) / 주한미군   (http://www.usfk.mil/USFK/)
Site provides information on the USFK, including Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA), Good Neighbor programs, events, activities, publications, information about Korea, related links, and latest news. Links to alphabetical and hierarchical lists.

Civil Network for a Peaceful Korea (CNPK) / 평화네트워크  (http://www.peacekorea.org)
CNPK seeks to build a framework where citizens and students can freely exchange opinions on North Korea, peace, and unification. Emphasizes public involvement, the process of exchanging different ideas and forming a general opinion. CNPK monitors foreign and domestic media and holds conferences on arms reduction and peace. Includes seminar and forum information, papers, reports, essays, newspaper articles, and database. In Korean and English.

Neopeace. The Unification Information Center (http://www.neopeace.net)
Neopeace is dedicated to facilitating a strategic network among academia, mass media, and politics to make practical policy alternatives from an empirical approach in pursuit of realizing the reunification in the Korea peninsula and settlement of peace in Northeast Asia. Includes links to information about Neopeace, unification information, inter-Korea economic cooperation, and Kim Jong Il. In Korean, some English.

Selected Bibliography on Korean Unification  (http://www.phy.duke.edu/%7Emyhan/C%5FSBKU.html)
Bibliography on Korean unification from English-language materials. Edited by Ilpyong Kim, Professor Emeritus of Political Science University of Connecticut and Moo-Young Han, Professor of Physics Duke University.

The Unification Information Center / 통일정보센터   (http://www.neopeace.net/)
The Neopeace is dedicated to facilitate strategic network among academia, mass media and politics to make practical policy alternatives from an empirical approach in pursuit of realizing the reunification in the Korea peninsula and settlement of peace in Northeast Asia. In English and Korean.

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