The Korean Political Science Association (KPSA) and the Korea Institute for National Unification (KINU) jointly held an international conference on the topic of “Korean Unification from an International Perspective” at the President Hotel on July 20, 2012. This conference was a part of our ongoing efforts to promote international cooperation for Korean unification, which is sponsored by the Ministry of Unification. The goal of the conference was to evaluate the issues involved in Korean unification from an international perspective. For instance, how do the neighboring powers view Korean unification? What are the potential benefits of Korean unification for the region’s security and economy? And how can Koreans promote international cooperation for Korean unification? The conference invited ten foreign scholars on North Korea, Northeast Asia, and international politics from the U.S., China, Japan, and Australia. This book is the result of the conference, composed of ten presentations and discussions. I have to say that presentations, not papers, are published for this book. Although presenters prepared papers, the presentations delivered key messages much more effectively than the papers and match much better with the discussions. I am indebted to many people for the successful completion of the conference and the publication of this book. I am deeply grateful to KPSA President Kim Hosup and KINU President Kim Taewoo for their understanding and supporting this joint conference, when I proposed and implemented it as a vice president of KPSA and a project manager of KINU Unification Forum. I am also grateful to our staff members for their assistance. I deeply appreciate the assistance of an ad hoc team organized for this conference, Lee Kyunghwa, Kim Yongsang, Kwon Jiyeon, and others. They handled all the jobs for the conference from booking plane tickets to taking photographs. Lee Kyunghwa's competent management was an indispensable factor which secured the success of the conference.

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