[Education]The 4th Unification and Diplomacy Academy opening ceremony and an introduction of the second week's lecture

21 Sep 2016
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On September 19, people who are interested in and dream about Korean unification, just as in the lyrics of the song “Our Wish is Unification”, gathered at Hankyoreh Education and Culture Center in Sinchon, Seoul for the opening ceremony of the 4th Unification and Diplomacy Academy.

Jai Chun Lee, a former South Korean ambassador to Russia, opened the Academy with welcoming remarks and encouraged students to be the generation that brings about Korean unification. Also, Yeo Sang Yoon, the Chief Director of NKDB’s North Korean Human Rights Archives, gave a lecture on the importance of unification diplomacy. In the lecture, he emphasized that we have to diligently demonstrate to the international community our determination and ability to overcome the division of the two Koreas and embark on a unification strategy by the means of ‘diplomacy.’

 

The second week's lecture will be presented by Tae Sik Lee, former Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to the United States of America.

Date : 7 p.m. Monday, September 26, 2016

Venue Hankyoreh Education and Culture Center (Sinchon, Seoul)

Title of the lecture : “The ROK-US Alliance and Unification Diplomacy” 

The Academy’s lectures will take place every Monday over the period of three months and will provide students with meaningful questions and answers about diplomacy and Korean unification.