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Mr. Michel Kerres, NRC newspaper, Mr. Sico van der Meer, Research Fellow, Clingendael Institute, Mr. Remco Breuker, Professor of Korean Studies at Leiden University and Director Leiden Asia Centre,  H.E. Lee Yun Young, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea, Dr. Jun Bong-Geun, Advisor on the Inter Korean Summit 2018, Republic of Korea and Mr. Peter Potman, Director Asia and Oceania, Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

By Roy Lie Atjam.

Current developments on the Korean peninsula- Such was a theme of a seminar co-hosted by Leiden Asia Centre, the Embassy of the Republic of Korea, and the Clingendael Institute. The seminar was held at Societeit De Witte The Hague on Tuesday 22nd May 2018.

Mr. Sico van der Meer, Research Fellow, the Clingendael Institute.

 

The focus of the seminar was on providing academics, diplomats, media, the general public and others with some insight into the recent developments on the Korean peninsula.

Furthermore, a summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump is hopefully going to take place in Singapore on 12 June 2018.

Current developments on the Korean peninsula.

 

Speakers at the seminar:

 H.E. Lee Yun Young, Ambassador of the
Republic of Korea in the Netherlands

Mr. Remco Breuker, Professor of Korean Studies at
Leiden University and Director Leiden Asia Centre

The Korean Peninsula after the Inter- Korean Summit 2018’
Dr. Jun Bong-Geun, Advisor on the Inter Korean Summit 2018,
Republic of Korea

What role for the European Union on the Korean Peninsula?’
Mr. Sico van der Meer, Research Fellow, the Clingendael Institute

The Netherlands and the Korean Peninsula: Supportive Diplomacy’
Mr. Peter Potman, Director Asia and Oceania,
Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Michel Kerres, during Q&A session, at the table Remco Breuker and Peter Potman.

The organizers of the seminar were unaware that President of the USA Donald Trump was about to pull out of the North Korea Summit with Kim Jong-un on that day.

Now with the ongoing summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump, on June 12 in Singapore, details of the seminar are on hold.

 

 

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