The Hongcheon Municipal Chapter (head: Yang Tae-ho) of Gangwon-do hosted on April 19 the opening ceremony of Hongcheon Unification University for nurturing unification leaders and conducted the 1st-week lecture for around 140 council members and local residents.

Hongcheon Unification University aims to provide accurate information on the government's unification policy and on the present relationship between North and South Korea and to use them to broaden understanding of the preparation for unification. A total of 8 lectures are conducted over a period of 4 weeks. For those who complete over 6 lectures, certificates and opportunities for unification & national security field trip are provided. In the 1st-week lecture, Kang Dong-wan, professor of Dong-A University, and Kang Tae-ho, a North Korean refugee, gave special lectures and held a unification talk show.

On April 4, the Hongcheon Municipal Chapter conducted unification education for members of women's organizations at the conference hall of the Hongcheon Social Welfare Center. As lecturer, Head Yang Tae-ho emphasized that people need to unite and have national consensus in order to overcome the national security crisis caused by the nuclear experiment and launching of long-range missile by North Korea.