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ILC2021 Asia Pacific: Heads of State and Government Leaders
April 29, 2021
Asia Pacific—Former heads of states discussed the role of government and political leaders in contributing to peace in Northeast Asia at a session hosted by the ISCP.
ILC2021 Asia Pacific: Parliamentarians
April 29, 2021
Asia Pacific—Current and former parliamentarians affirmed the importance of the peaceful reunification of Korea at a session hosted by the IAPP.
ILC2021 Asia Pacific: Religious Leaders and Faith-based Organizations
April 29, 2021
Asia Pacific—Five speakers shared their perspectives on their roles to support the reconciliation of the two Koreas at a session hosted by the IAPD.
IAPD-Africa Looks at the Reunification of Korea at ILC2021
April 29, 2021
Africa—The third session of Africa’s portion of the 2021 International Leadership Conference had the theme “The Role of Spiritual Leaders in Identifying and Promoting Universal Values for a Peaceful World.”
Religious Leaders at Conference Form New Association
November 13, 2017
Seoul, Korea—The 2017 Interreligious Leadership Conference closed with the formation of a new international association of religious leaders dedicated to bringing world peace.
2017 Interreligious Leadership Conference—Executive Summary
November 13, 2017
Seoul, Korea—About 400 religious leaders and representatives of faith-based organizations concluded the 2017 Interreligious Leadership Conference.
Interreligious Conference Stresses Religion’s Peacebuilding Role
November 12, 2017
Seoul, Korea—The third day of the Interreligious Leadership Conference 2017 focused on “The Responsibility of Religion and Faith-Based Organizations in Building Peaceful and Prosperous Societies.”
Vienna Forum Addresses Korean Peninsula Tensions
May 11, 2015
Vienna, Austria - A forum at the UN headquarters in Vienna addressed the issue “The UN at 70: Toward a Resolution of Tensions on the Korean Peninsula.”
Washington DC Forum: “A Score Card: The First Three Years of Kim Jong Un’s Rule”
December 17, 2014
Washington DC, USA - A Dec. 17, 2014 forum evaluating the first three years of Kim Jong Un’s rule over North Korea concluded that it has been “surprisingly significant.”
Vladivostok Conference: From Conflict to Dialogue on the Korean Peninsula
May 30, 2014
Vladivostok, Russia - Experts from Russia, the US, South Korea, China and Japan attended a May 30, 2014, conference in Vladivostok on "Towards a Road Map for Peace and Development in Northeast Asia: From Conflict to Dialogue on the Korean Peninsula."
Backgrounder on UPF's Northeast Asia Peace Initiative
April 21, 2014
UPF's Northeast Asia Peace Initiative brings together diplomats and scholars to explore the prospects for improved relations in the region taking into account political, military, economic and civil society factors. Civil society initiatives include conferences, tourism, humanitarian projects and people-to-people engagement.
Concert in London Raises Funds for North Korean Children's Hospital
April 12, 2014
London, UK - A charitable concert at 43 Lancaster Gate, London, on April 12, 2014 raised funds for humanitarian projects to benefit North Korean children.
Forums in Japan on Insights about European Integration
April 5, 2014
Tokyo, Japan - UPF-Japan organized programs April 3-5, 2014 on the theme, "Peacemaking Processes in Europe: Proposals for East Asia" featuring Dr. Walter Schwimmer, former secretary general of the Council of Europe.
C. Hill: Building a Roadmap for Peace in Northeast Asia
February 10, 2014
I think we need to do a lot more talking together and we need to do a lot more drawing on this map, how we’re going to pursue it. I do believe that the six-party talks is the best way to do it. There are those who say it should be four-party talks. There are those who say it should be eight-party talks. There are those who say it ought to be 84-party talks. It doesn’t really matter. The issue is not how the mechanism is set up. The issue is really whether we can get the kind of diplomatic cooperation necessary to get this done.
A. Zhebin: North Korea's Factors of Stability and Future Developments
February 10, 2014
Until the North Korean nomenclature are given clear-cut guarantees of their personal safety and certain level of well-being, they would be cautious about implementing any reforms and moving towards denuclearization and re-unification. Pyongyang also expects that Beijing would continue to treat the DPRK as an important buffer state separating China from the U.S. forward deployment forces in East Asia.The economic situation and primarily the food problem remains a major challenge for the regime.
H. Yamada: Building a Roadmap for Peace in Northeast Asia
February 10, 2014
China has a new posture [towards North Korea], and South Korea, the U.S. and Japan cooperate with it. That could be the one and only strategy to ease the North Korean problem. Japan should cooperate and contribute as much as she can. But having said that, we, the majority of Japanese, have a most unsettled feeling. We wonder, are others willing to let Japan make a cooperative contribution?
C.S. Yang: Creating a Roadmap for the Korean Peninsula
February 10, 2014
In the case of the Korean peninsula, a small spark has the potential to ignite a devastating world war that would bring in its wake, unspeakable suffering for the people of this nation and region. We cannot rely exclusively on governments to resolve this crisis. Civil society has an important role to play in global affairs, and has unique capacities to initiate “soft power” approaches to conflict resolution and peace.
Conference Session Focuses on Peace in Northeast Asia
February 10, 2014
Seoul, Korea - "Building a Roadmap for Peace in Northeast Asia" was the focus of one session of the International Leadership Conference in Seoul, Korea, February 9-13, 2014.
H. Hong: Building a Roadmap for Peace in Northest Asia
February 10, 2014
The United States government and China are expecting too much from South Korea. The South Korean government should play a more active and creative role, of course. The South Korean government should realize that it would be the greatest victim in the eventuality of North Korea developing nuclear weapons. So we should make proposals that may be accepted by not just North Korea but also the United States and China. That includes the guarantee of security for North Korea so that they can renounce any plan for developing nuclear weapons.
Washington DC Forum: Peace Zones as Avenues for Stability in South Sudan, Syria, Colombia and Korea
October 15, 2013
Washington DC, USA - UPF's Office of Peace and Security Affairs held a forum on Oct. 15, 2013, on the topic of Peace Zones: Creating Avenues for Stability through Development with case studies from Korea, South Sudan, Colombia and Kurdistan.