Kopri > History of KOPRI

2016

03.Korea-Chile Cooperation Center

12.Incheon of the Year Award

2015

01.Establishment of the KOPRI Operations Center

02.MultI-cultural space (library) location

09.Establishment of the Korea Arctic Research Consortium Secretariat

09.Arctic Research Consocium Office Board Ceremony

09.Award for excellence in the 70th Anniversary of the Liberation of Korea, and an award in the selection of the 70th anniversary medal

10.Former Arctic Youth Research Group Home Coming Day

2014

01.The Antarctic Jang-Bogo Station, the 1st winter research team commencement ceremony

02.The Antarctic Jang-Bogo Station completion ceremony

04.10th year foundation ceremony of the institute

2013

04.KOPRI building was inaugurated

05.Korea received status as permanent observer in the Arctic Council

12.The Antarctic Jang-Bogo Station began 2nd phase of the construction The 27th overwintering party was dispatched to the Antarctic King Sejong Station

2012

07.Korea Maritime Institute of Science and Technology (KIOST) affiliated research institutes launched

2011

03.The Arctic Science Summit Week [ASSW] in 2011

09.Groundbreaking ceremony of the KOPRI building

12.The 25th overwintering party was dispatched to King Sejong Station

2010

03.The Jang Bogo Antarctic Research Research Station was planed to bulid near Terra Nova Bay

07.Research icebreaker 「ARAON」 departed fot the Arctic

2009

11.Research icebeaker 「ARAON」 was constructed and delivered

12.Research icebeaker 「ARAON」 departed for the Arctic

2008

01.Conducted the steel cutting ceremony for 「ARAON」, Korean Research Icebreaker

2007

01.Construction and construction supervision by the research icebreaker

2006

03.KOPRI moved into the Incheon Free Economic Zone

2004

04.The Polar Sciences Laboratory was expanded to the Korea Polar Research Institute, KORDI

2002

04.The Arctic Dasan Station was inaugurated

04.Korea joined the International Arctic Science Committee [IASC]

06.Korean National Committee on Polar Research (KONPOR) was established

2001

10.The Korean Arctic Science Council(KASCO) was organized

1990

07.The Polar Research Laboratory was expanded and renamed the Polar Research Center Korea acceded to SCAR as a regular member

1989

10.Korea joined the Anarctic Treaty as a consultative party

1988

01.The first Korea Antarctic Research Program(KAPP) team conducted a survey in the vicinity of King Sejong Station

02.The Antarctic King Sejong Station was inaugurated

1987

03.Polar Research Laboratory was established at the Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute(KORDI)

08.Korean National Committee on Antarctic Research (KONCAR) was organized

12.Korea joined the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) as an associated member, and consturuction of King Sejong Station began

1986

11.Acceded to the Antarctic Treaty as the 33rd Signatory

1985

03.Acceded to the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources(CCAMLR)