Disclosed is a refrigerator including a cabinet having a storage compartment, an inner case defining an external appearance of the storage compartment, a first door rotatably installed to the cabinet for opening or closing one side of the storage compartment, a second door rotatably installed to the cabinet for opening or closing a remaining side of the storage compartment, a pillar provided on the first door, the pillar being rotated so as to come into contact with the second door and having a pillar protrusion protruding from an upper side thereof, and a pillar rotation unit provided on a ceiling of the inner case for rotating the pillar.