National Institute of Korean History | |
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Hangul | 국사편찬위원회 |
Hanja | 國史編纂委員會 |
Revised Romanization | Guksa pyeonchan wiwonhoe |
McCune–Reischauer | Kuksa p'yonch'an wiwonhoe |
The National Institute of Korean History(NIKH) is a South Korean national organization in charge of researching, collecting, compiling, promoting the study of historical materials on Korean history. It was established as Guksagwan (국사관 國史館) in March 1946, one year after the liberation of Korea and was changed to the current name in 1949.[1][2]