Dong Jin Kim is Irish School of Ecumenics Senior Research Fellow in Peace and Reconciliation Studies, Trinity College Dublin.

David Mitchell is Assistant Professor in Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation at Trinity College Dublin.

1. Peace processes and comparative research in Ireland, Korea and beyond Dong Jin Kim and David Mitchell 2. The colonial origins of the conflicts in Ireland and Korea Maja Vodopivec 3. Memory, reconciliation and mourning: breaking the cycle of violence and building peace in Ireland Geraldine Smyth 4. The Korean War and public diplomacy: dilemmas of remembering the forgotten war Kyungmook Kim 5. Peace agreements and elite level peacemaking in Ireland and Korea: governance, security and context Dong Jin Kim and David Mitchell 6. Ecumenical engagements for building civil society: the Corrymeela Community and the Korea Christian Academy Kiho Yi and Derick Wilson 7. The peacebuilding role of women within and between Ireland and Korea Gillian Wylie and Dong Jin Kim 8. Sport for peace: comparing contributions and constraints in Ireland and Korea David Mitchell and Dan Gudgeon 9. Supporting peacebuilding through socio-economic development in Northern Ireland and the border counties of the Republic of Ireland: sharing lessons for the Korean peace process Sandra Buchanan and Dong Jin Kim 10. The geopolitics, structures of division and just peace in Northern Ireland, Sri Lanka and Korea: comparative reflections for mutual empowerment Jude Lal Fernando

This book offers a distinctive perspective on peace processes by comparatively analysing two cases which have rarely been studied in tandem, Ireland and Korea.