| Nov. 1998 | Prime Minister Kim Jong-Pil visited Kyushu University. |
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| Dec. 1999 | Establishment of RCKS. |
| Prof. ISHIKAWA Shouji inaugurated as 1st Director. | |
| Jan. 2000 | Opening Ceremony |
| Apr.2000 | RCKS becomes the institute for Centers for Common Education and Research in Kyushu University. |
| Feb. 2005 | Pacific Rim Consortium on Korean Studies founded. |
| Feb. 2006 | Pacific Rim Consortium on Korean Studies renamed The Worldwide Consortium of Korean Studies Centers. |
| Apr. 2006 | Prof. INABA Tsugio inaugurated as 2nd Director. |
| Apr. 2010 | Prof. MATSUBARA Takatoshi inaugurated as 3rd Director. |
| Dec. 2010 | 10-year anniversary event. |
| Apr. 2011 | Japan-Korea Strait College program launched (until March 2014). |
| Apr. 2014 | College of Asia-Pacific program launched (until March 2020). |
| Apr. 2014 | Prof. NAKANO Hitoshi inaugurated as 4th Director. |
| Aug. 2015 | Reorganized from 5 divisions to 2 units per division (“Integrated Area Studies Division” + “Social System Research Unit” and “Comparative Research Unit”) | Apr. 2018 | Prof. FUKAGAWA Hiroshi inaugurated as 5th Director. |
| Apr. 2022 | Prof. MOTOKANE Masahiro inaugurated as 6th Director. |
| Apr. 2024 | Prof. IZUMI Kaoru inaugurated as 7th Director. |
| Reorganized from a two-unit system to a two-team system (“Resource Development Team” and “Academic Promotion and Collaboration Team”) |