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RPI’s Korea Programme

The major focus of RPI’s work at present is seeking to build a shared vision and convergent development process between North and South Korea. RPI’s involvement in the Korean Peninsula largely comprises three parts.

Visits

Maintaining high-level contacts with the diplomats, senior officials, thinktank and academics through regular visits to Geneva, Seoul, Washington DC and London.

Seminars

Mobilising international expertise and knowledge on the issue of inter-Korean relations and reunification by running seminars in Geneva and Cambridge, or online.

Research

We are publishing books and research reports on how best to build economic cooperation and trust between North Korea and South Korea.

호상 융합 발전 제 1 단계:
조선반도 농업 공동체 (KPAC)


Bilateral Free Trade Agreement — Features

We have focused on research across many sectors of public life in both DPRK and ROK, including their relationships with other countries. This research has led us to conclusions which underpin our current proposals. To appreciate how a KPAC may contribute to building relationships and trust between DPRK and ROK, please read the report available below this section.


양자 무역을 위한 결제 방법
Intra-Korean Won

코리아 전략 보고서

RPI’s proposed Bilateral Free Trade Agreement (BFTA) developed from an earlier position paper entitled ‘Building Relationships and Trust Across the Korean Peninsula; A Mutually-agreed Economic and Social Convergence Strategy’. Between 2019 and 2021 these ideas, now developed further as the ‘Mutually Agreed Convergent Development Strategy’, are expressed in the BFTA. To understand the wider background and purpose of the BFTA, we hope you may find time to read the RPI position paper below.

강연 영상

조선반도의 평화구축에 관한 다른 강연 영상들도 함께 참고하십시오.

“A Strategy for Economic and Social Convergence as the Route to Peaceful Reunification.”

2020 Korean Peninsula Peace Forum
2020 Korean Peninsula Peace Forum
2020년 9월 30일

“A Practical Plan for Alignment of DPRK and ROK Institutions and Policy Goals.”

Handong Leading University for Unification Education Unit
Handong Leading University for Unification Education Unit
2020년 11월 28일

“The Role of World Society to Build Peace on the Korean Peninsula.”

Republic of Korea Embassy in London & NUAC (UK)
Republic of Korea Embassy in London & NUAC (UK)
2020년 11월 28일
Video resources

Mutual Convergent Development Process

A five-part video introduction to RPI’s relational peacebuilding methodology — from the foundations of relational thinking to its application on the Korean Peninsula and the Ukraine-Russia conflict.

Phase 1 · Introduction

Mutual Convergence Development — Phase 1

RPI · Methodology Series

RPI online seminar – noon, 27th May 2025

Phase 2 · Foundations

Mutual Convergence Development — Phase 2

RPI · Methodology Series

Build mutual perceptions of fairness · Enable participation · Encourage recognition of both rights and responsibilities

Phase 3 · Framework

Mutual Convergence Development — Phase 3

RPI · Methodology Series

Vital to build non-coercive cooperation · Enables organisations and societies to work peacefully and effectively

Phase 4 · Application

Mutual Convergence Development — Phase 4

RPI · Methodology Series

Application to the Korean Peninsula

Phase 5 · Outcomes

Mutual Convergence Development — Phase 5

RPI · Methodology Series

Implicit in all models of economic growth and social welfare