The Foundation signed an MOU on mutual cooperation with the Chinese History Research Institute on January 8.

The Chinese History Research Institute was launched on January 3, 2019 as an organization under the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. It is a national history think tank that came into being by the integration of six institutes on archeology, ancient history, world history, China's frontier, and historical theory and adding the functions of a museum and library.

This MOU means a great deal in that it is the first fruit of the efforts by these two organizations that have sympathized with the need for academic exchange and laid a foundation for deepening cooperation between the academic circles of the history of Korea and China. Under the MOU, the two organizations will hold an academic conference every other year, exchange publications, and seek ways for joint development and cooperation by reducing differences in the understanding of history academically through multifaceted exchanges including joint research.

Kim Do-hyung, the Foundation's president, commented, “I hope that their exchanges will develop into a permanent channel of history dialogue between Korea and China.”