Alliance of Scholars Concerned about Korea (ASCK)
Alliance of Scholars Concerned about Korea (ASCK)
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ASCK was founded at Columbia University (New York) in March 2003 as an alliance of scholars working in the United States and other countries who were concerned about current US policies toward the Korean peninsula. As an organization, ASCK maintains that the current problems on the Korean peninsula and between the US and the two Koreas, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the Republic of Korea, can only be solved through dialogue, cooperation, and the active pursuit of peace. In this, the members of ASCK feel it their responsibility to speak out against policies that increase tensions in Northeast Asia and that may lead to another catastrophic war in Korea, and to add their collective voice to a constructive discussion on how to achieve a peaceful, unified Korea existing in harmony with its neighbors, including the United States.
The Alliance of Scholars Concerned about Korea is dedicated to the promotion of mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of Korea, both North and South. The goals and activities of ASCK include:
1. Helping scholars, students, policy-makers and the general public learn about Korea, both North (DPRK) and South (ROK), through accurate, historically informed analyses;
2. Contributing to the constructive and peaceful development of US-ROK and US-DPRK relations;
3. Facilitating the exchange of scholars and students between the US and the DPRK.
