Speakers

Dr. Jin Shin

Professor

Kyungbook University

Professor Shin Jin has spent more than 20 years as a researcher and educator with his aspiration of peaceful reunification of South Korea and North Korea. He has been given a number of awards, including Fulbright Scholarship and Research Award from the Ministry of Unification. He was a visiting scholar at Columbia University and Johns Hopkins University. His papers, books, and other writings mainly focus on North Korea’s international relations, which is related to the reunification of the Korean peninsula. In preparation of reunification, the Korea Ministry of Unification asked the Institute for Peace Affairs, the most important partner, to co-build education programs about reunification for all educators in Korea. For the next 3 years, hundreds of educators from social science and politics will participate in this program.