The below notice came, via a circuitous route, too late to publish in advance of the forum (what has happened to the Embassy’s PR function?). It is posted here for archival purposes. One thing of note: the flyer reveals the existence of an Embassy YouTube channel. The link is now included in LKL’s link library. […]
Category: Inter-Korea relations
North-South relations, Six-party talks and the like. Also DPRK-US relations
2020 Korean Peninsula Peace Forum
Coming later this month, a free-to-attend online presentation of proposals for a practical approach to reunification. You can get a preview of some of the likely discussion points by reading the proposals which are available on the Relational Peacebuilding Initiatives website. 2020 Korean Peninsula Peace Forum A Socio-Economic Strategy Leading Towards Peaceful Korean Unification Wednesday […]
Building Relationships and Trust across the Korean Peninsula
Come hear about a possible approach to peacebuilding in Korea. Registration required. Building Relationships and Trust across the Korean Peninsula: An Economic and Social Convergence Strategy Monday, 13 January 2020, 18:30 – 19:30 PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP | 7 More London Riverside | London SE1 2RT Speaker: Dr. Michael Schluter, President and CEO of RPI Chairman: Clive […]
Games of Change? Sport Diplomacy and the Korean Peninsula
A symposium organised by the SOAS Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy: Games of Change? Sport Diplomacy and the Korean Peninsula Professor David Rowe (Western Sydney University), Dr Simon Rofe (CISD SOAS) 17 July 2019, 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM Paul Webley Wing (Senate House) Room S113 The 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics has been widely […]
BKS / Chatham House Korean Ambassadors talk: the podcast
For those, such as myself, who couldn’t make it to the recent talk on the Diplomatic Outlook on the Korean Peninsula, Chatham House has kindly uploaded a recording of the event, which you can find on the Chatham House website and embedded below. The Guardian picked up one of the earlier soundbites in the on-the-record […]
Discussion: Denuclearising the Korean Peninsula
Denuclearising the Korean Peninsula: a public meeting with Francis Daehoon Lee, People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy, South Korea; Glyn Ford, former MEP and author of ‘Talking to North Korea’; and Carol Turner, CND. People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy is a South Korean NGO with consultative status at ECOSOC, the UN Economic and Social Council. It […]
Chatham House Korean Peninsula Peace Forum
A one-day conference at Chatham House to examine the state of play on the Korean peninsula following February’s summit in Hanoi. Update: the conference is now fully subscribed. Korean Peninsula Peace Forum: Prospects for Lasting Peace on the Korean Peninsula Friday 12 April 2019 Chatham House | 10 St James’s Square | London SW1Y 4LE […]
2019 LSE SU EAST ASIA Forum: “New Chapter for Cooperation?”
This year the LSE’s North Korea conference, which for the past couple of years has followed closely on the heels of the Korea Future Forum, has expended its scope to cover the whole region: 2019 LSE SU EAST ASIA Forum: “New Chapter for Cooperation?” Saturday 23 March 2019, 9:30am – 6pm Old Theatre | LSE […]
Talk by ROK Ambassador Enna Park – Diplomacy on the Korean Peninsula Opportunities and Challenges
A speical early evening talk by Ambassador Park: Diplomacy on the Korean Peninsula Opportunities and Challenges Speaker: HE Ambassador Enna Park The River Room | Kings College | Strand Tuesday 5 March 2019 17:30-18:30 | Register via Eventbrite Last year saw a great shift in the situation on the Korean peninsula. North Korea stopped its […]
LSE roundtable: New Reconciliations – the two Koreas
A talk on inter-Korea relations as part of LSE’s New World (Dis)Orders Festival: New Reconciliations: the two Koreas Wednesday 27 February 2019 7:30pm to 8:30pm | Registration required: Ticket information LSE | Wolfson Theatre | New Academic Building | Campus Map Dr Jeong-Im Hyun (University of Central Lancashire), Dr Owen Miller (SOAS), Prof Vladimir Tikhonov […]
Kim Jong Un’s 2019 New Year Address
The following is the text of Kim Jong Un’s 2019 New Year Address, sourced from Rodong Sinmun: New Year Address of Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un for 2019 Respected Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un made the New Year Address for 2019. The full text of the New Year Address reads: Dear people and service personnel […]
Korean Peninsula Peace Forum
The situation in the Korean Peninsula has made many headlines in the last couple of years. With North Korea’s all out attempt to attain nuclear and ICBM capabilities in defiance of the international sanctions and pressure campaign led by President Donald Trump and US allies around the world, the situation looked precarious and dangerous. However, […]
ROK-UK Forum on the peaceful unification of the peninsula
Registration is required for this event. Please email sylviapark at live dot co dot uk if you wish to attend, with details of your Full name Affiliation Contact details including phone number. ROK-UK Peaceful Unification Forum “The Korean Peninsula – Peace Building International Co-operation” Monday 5th November 2018, 2.30 pm to 6.00 pm Millennium Gloucester Hotel, London […]
[Cambridge] Reflections on the Sunshine Policy and its relevance today
The Republic of Korea and its efforts for a peaceful relationship with its neighbour, the People’s Republic of Korea, has become of huge strategic interest in international politics. This year, it will be just over 25 years since Kim Dae-Jung spent time at Clare Hall, a college in the University of Cambridge as a Visiting […]
Text of the Pyongyang Joint Declaration
The following is the unofficial translation of the communique issued from the Pyongyang summit. President Moon’s statement following the summit can be found on the Blue House website. At the bottom of this post is a link to download a translation of the military accord that was signed at the same time. Pyongyang Joint Declaration […]
The Singapore Summit: the Joint Statement
Here is the official text from the Summit: Joint Statement of President Donald J. Trump of the United States of America and Chairman Kim Jong Un of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea at the Singapore Summit. President Donald J. Trump of the United States of America and Chairman Kim […]