GPPAC Northeast Asia members participated in the Korea Global Forum for Peace (KGFP), an annual track 1.5 multilateral forum hosted by the Ministry of Unification of the Republic of Korea to discuss peace and unification of the Korean Peninsula. GPPAC members from Seoul, Ulaanbaatar and Tokyo presenting in different sessions throughout the three days, August 31 – September 2. Please see below for a selection of some of the videos of these events.
Today, the global healthcare crisis of COVID-19 is placing significant restrictions on face-to-face communication among countries while the pandemic has escalated the urgency and importance of cooperation in non-traditional security.
Against this backdrop, it is more critical than ever for the international community to work toward maintaining the momentum for building peace and continuing international discourse to address the crisis on the Korean peninsula.
2021 is a particularly meaningful year that marks the 30th anniversary of both the Inter-Korean Basic Agreement and both Korea’s simultaneous admission to the UN.
See here for the full programme and archives of each session: https://kgfp.kr/index?l=en
Session 2-3: The possibility of the social dialogue and agreement on Peace and Unification of the Korean Peninsula
Moderator
KIM Kyung-min (National Council of YMCAs of Korea, General Secretary)
Presenter
LEE Taeho (Civil Society Organizations Network in Korea, Co-chair of steering committee)
LIM Hunjo (Korea NGO Association, Co-representative)
HAN Heeseung (Social Dialogue for ‘National Unification Contract’, Participant)
Discussant
JHE Seongho (Chung-Ang University Law School, Professor)
ENKHSAIKHAN Jargalsaikhan (Blue Banner NGO, Mongolia, Chairperson)
YEO Hyesook (Women Making Peace, Co-representative)
YOO Heejae (ORP Institute , Vice President)
Lawrence PHILBROOK (The Institute of Cultural Affairs Taiwan, Director)
KIM Taehyon (National Council of Churches in Korea, Director)
English: https://youtu.be/f1FXOZzS1BU
Korean: https://youtu.be/VWmeGeLbvic
Session 2-4: People’s solidarity for peace in East Asia
Moderator
CHO Youngmi (Korean Women’s Movement for Peace, Executive Director)
Panelist
HWANG Soo Young (People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy (PSPD), Manager)
LEE Won-young (Korea Democracy Foundation, Executive Director)
YI Kiho (Center for Peace & Public Integrity, Hanshin University Executive, Director)
LEE Young chae (Keisen University, Professor)
LEE Dong-ki (Kangwon Institute for Unification Studies, Director)
English: https://youtu.be/KJtvvn6NAYQ
Korean: https://youtu.be/h0AgHV52Qp8
Session 5-3: Envisoning and Empowering for Korea Peace Process
Moderator
MOON Ah Young (PEACEMOMO, CEO)
Panelist
HA Seongung (Ecumenical Youth Council in Korea, General Secretary)
RHEE Hanbeet (National YWCA of Korea, Program Officer)
HAN Gasun (The Joint Board of South and North Korea for the Compilation of Gyeoremal-Keunsajeon, Project Manager)
UM Ikho (Oh!Special, Representative) KIM Jongdae (Re’Generation Movement, Executive Director)
Meri JOYCE (Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict, Northeast Asia Regional Liaison Officer)
OH Gyeongjin (Peace and Public Diplomacy Corps, Member)
English: https://youtu.be/9VpPE8Yc_SA
Korean: https://youtu.be/hbuo3FQgk5E
Session 9-1: Sustainable Development of the Korean Peninsula and Inter-Korean Women’s Exchanges and Cooperation
Moderator
CHANG Eun Ha (Korean Women’s Development Institute, Director, Center for International Development and Cooperation)
Presenter
CHO Youngju (Korean Women’s Development Institute, Research Fellow)
Jörg BATEN (University of Tuebingen, Director Chair of Economic History)
TRAN Thi Minh Thi (Institute for Family and Gender Studies, Director)
Discussant
NIU Xiao (Korean Peninsula Research Center of Shanghai University, Assistant Research Professor)
Dusica RISTIVOJEVIC (University of Helsinki, Kone Foundation Bold Initiative Senior Researcher)
KIM Jeongsoo (Women Making Peace, Standing Representative)
LEE Sangsoo (Institute for Security & Development Policy, Head of the ISDP Korea Center)
English: https://youtu.be/ciDVpIJ1JQQ
Korean: https://youtu.be/rJwVPvTbIOo
See the full programme and video archives here.
