1983
- The Committee to Support Victims of the Gwangju Uprising formed
- The Korean Resource Center is founded in Los Angeles
- Protests Condemning the Murder of Vincent Chin
- Young Koreans United of Los Angeles is formed
1984
- Young Koreans United of USA formed
- The Korean Resource Center in San Francisco established
- Young Koreans United of San Francisco formed
- Young Koreans United of New York formed
- Young Koreans United of Chicago formed
- Young Koreans United of Seattle formed
- Young Koreans United of Chicago first general meeting held
- YKASEC in New York established
1985
- Young Koreans United of New England formed
- Young Koreans United of Philadelphia formed
- The 5.18 Uprising Commemoration Committee formed
- Young Koreans United of Dallas formed
- YKU holds conference on reunification and Third World solidarity
1986
- Call for U.S. troops and nuclear weapons out of Korea
- Democracy in Korea Committee formed in the U.S.
- Korean American Resource & Cultural Center of Chicago founded
- Young Koreans United of Denver formed
- Young Koreans United of Washington D.C. formed
- Korea Information and Resource Center of D.C. founded
- YKU Conference for the Overseas Movement held in D.C.
- Protests against U.S. troops and nuclear weapons continue
- Protests held in front of the White House
1987
- Torture death of Park Jong Chul leads to hunger strike
- Korean People's Resource Centre in Sydney, Australia founded
- Im Jin-taek original pansori, “TongBaDa” tours the U.S.
- Yoo Hong-Joon and Kim YongTae exhibit a people's art show
- Vigil in remembrance of Korean victims of the nuclear bomb
- "Korea: The Nuclear Trigger of the World" photo exhibit
- YKU holds international conference on democracy and reunification
- Korean Alliance for Peace and Justice of USA is formed
- Dialogue on the problems facing Korea held for general public
1988
- 100,000 sign petition for removal of U.S. nuclear weapons
- YKU holds international conference in New York to support the 8.15 North-South Korea Student Conference for Peace and Unification
- YKU sends two representatives to the 8.15 Conference
- Presidential candidate Baek Giwan tours the U.S.
1989
- YKU’s "Cry of Asia" cultural performance tours Europe and Asia The film "Oh, A Country of My Dreams" screens in the U.S.
- "International March for Peace and Unification” from North to South Korea and the "U.S. Peace March" from New York to D.C.
- International Solidarity Committee for Peace and Unification formed
- Participation in the European Non-Nuclear Arms Reduction Council
- Three week hunger strike against proposed separate membership of the two Koreas into the U.N. and in support of a peace treaty held
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