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05/15/2013
Inner Unity - A Common Challenge for Germany & Korea
Four Germans who have distinguished themselves by making significant contributions to rapprochement between East and West Germans will discuss their personal experiences on 5 June, 2 pm, at the Korea Press Center in Seoul: Dr. Anna Kaminsky (Federal Foundation for the Reappraisal of the Communist Dictatorship), Freya Klier (Civil Rights Activist), Axel Schmidt-Gödelitz (East-West-Forum), and Elke Urban (School Museum Leipzig). continue reading »
05/15/2013
Conference "Capacity Building and Knowledge Sharing with North Korea"
Capacity building efforts involving and supported by the international community can play a crucial first step in the process of building trust, where to date at the state-to-state level there is virtually none. The Institute for Far Eastern Studies and Friedrich Naumann Foundation are bringing together Asian, American, and European scholars, specialists, and field experts for examination and discussion of capacity building and knowledge exchange programs involving North Korea. continue reading »
04/23/2013
Current Situation in the Korean Peninsula
On Friday, April 19th, the Korean office of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Liberty hosted a lecture event for its former scholarship holders at Ewha Womans University. Approximately twenty people were able to attend Resident Representative Dr. Lars-André Richter’s one-hour lecture entitled “Eine starke und wohlhabende Nation: Nordkorea zwischen Anspruch und Wirklichkeit” (“A strong and prosperous Nation: North Korea between Ambition and Reality”), in which he described the foundation’s visit to North Korea a month earlier, but also analyzed the current state of affairs and possible outcomes of the tense situation on the Korean peninsula. continue reading »
11/02/2012
25th Anniversary of FNF Korea Office
25 years ago, in 1987, the Friedrich-Naumann-Foundation for Freedom opened its office in Seoul. Thereby it laid the basis for its activities at the Korean Peninsula, first in South, later on in North Korea. The office is located at the campus of Hanyang University in Seongdong District, Seoul. As a result of the cooperation between Foundation and University the CLA, the Center for Local Autonomy was established. continue reading »
