Korean Unification Project

The Global Peace Youth Corps has taken the unusual step of launching this campaign to call on youth, Korean, or any nationality, as part of their annual convention. Since the Asia Institute has launched a biweekly seminar with the Global Peace Youth Corps (GPYC), including a live webinar with Professor Noam Chomksy on December 1, this effort is particularly noteworthy.

What better approach to the bureaucratic gridlock than to have youth offer their own creative solutions and get the conversation flowing? Your ideas are welcome!

 

GPYC "Unification Project" 2011

Asia Institute Seminar (November 13, 2011)

The Asia Institute seminar brought together a broad range of experts and students, including students from Japan and even an individual originally from North Korea, to discuss what youth in Korea can do to prepare the way for the future reunification of the Korean Peninsula. The participants broke into two groups: one discussing in Korean and one in English. The results of the seminar will be forthcoming as a short paper.

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