The Institute for East Asian Studies at Sungkonghoe University is a post-doctoral research institute, officially established in March 2003 under the Institute of Social and Cultural Studies at Songkonghoe University. The institute is primarily aimed at producing interdisciplinary knowledge through comprehensive research on the historical formation and practical eastern studies of Asian culture. It also refrains from remaining stagnant and isolated in academia, from the rapidly changing reality of the Asian region, and attempts to contribute to a practical approach of overcoming the unfortunate relations between Asian countries since modern times amid tensions and specific realities. To achieve this, the institute aims to explore the cultural potential of the private sector, independent of the nation-state, and carry out a series of activities for solidarity and sharing pain, thereby overcoming the limitations of cultural exchange under the boundary of the nation-state.