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KLRI Holds K-Law Forum on the Rule of Law in Peacemaking in East Asia
  • Date 2018-08-28 View 916
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The Korea Legislation Research Institute held the 2018 K-Law Forum with the theme of ‘the Rule of Law in Peacemaking in East Asia’ on August 28 at Columbia University, New York, the U.S..

Since 2012, the KLRI has been hosting K-Law forums as a venue for discussing main issues facing Korean laws, jointly with researchers from prestigious research institutes around the world. The forum aims to improve the level of foreign researchers’ understanding of Korean laws and to promote Korean laws all over the world.

The 2018 forum consisted of four sessions with about 100 participants attending, including KLRI President Rhee Ik-hyeon, Director Roh Jeong-ho of the Center for Korean Legal Studies, Columbia Law School, Cho Tae-yul, ROK Ambassador to the United Nations. The agenda items discussed during the sessions included ▲ Ending the Division: Law in the Inter-Korean Normalization Process ▲ Ending the Nuclear Threat: Law in the Denuclearization Process and ▲ Ending the Korean War: Law in the Peacemaking Process, and the last session included round table discussions.

The forum was co-chaired by Kim Hyeong-gun, Director of Office of International Cooperation of the KLRI and Charles Armstrong, Director of the Center for Korean Research at Columbia University. Presentations and discussions were held by Professor Hong Sung-phil of Yonsei University, Baik Tae-ung, Director of the Center for Korean Studies, Hawaii University, KLRI Researcher Choe Yu-kyong and Leon Sigal, Director of the Northeast Asia Cooperative Security Project at the  Social Science Research Council of the U.S.

KLRI President Rhee Ik-hyeon said, “This forum serves as a venue for  discussing the importance of effective formulation of laws and policies, which will promote a genuine and lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula.” He added, “Now is the time to discuss these issues in view of expanding democracy and the rule of law in the Korean reunification process.”

The KLRI endeavors to introduce Korean laws to the global community in a systematic and professional manner, by opening courses on Korean laws in the academic curriculum at law schools abroad and distributing research guidelines on Korean laws, in an effort to increase the international stature of Korean laws.


Date: 2018. 08. 28(Tue)
Venue: Columbia University, USA