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04/26/2011
Ahtisaari should be mandated to investigate Kumgang shooting
Within a note to the Deputy Head of the International Department of the Worker’s Party, the Regional Director of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation’ for Freedom’s office in Korea, Walter Klitz, reminded the DPRK’s policy makers of an earlier recommendation brought forward during one of his visit to Pyongyang last year. He had suggested approaching the former Finnish president and Nobel Peace Prize laureate to engage as an independent advocate of peace and reconciliation into the frozen inner-Korean dialogue on the issue of the Kumgang Tourist Region. After a 53 year old South-Korean tourist had been shot to death in 2008, all South Korean tourist activities in the North had been put on hold. If Mr. Ahtisaari could be won over to head an international team to independently investigate the Mount Kunmgan shooting incident, Walter Klitz argued, this might also open a chance to overcome the inner-Korean silence and lead to a new dialogue on other urgent affairs. Currently Martti Ahtisaari, together with former US President Jimmy Carter and a number of other elder statesmen, sojourns on a private mission to Pyongyang. continue reading »
04/11/2011
Financial Decentralization – the Essence of Local Autonomy
The 41st Seminar on local autonomy was co-hosted by Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom and Center for Local Autonomy in Seoul, on last Thursday, April 07. Under the title of “Major Issues in Local Finance and Future Prospect”, the seminar aimed to raise public awareness on the growing local debt and encourage discussions among academia and field experts on ways to improve local financial situation by empowering local governments in their right to local taxation and promote financial decentralization. continue reading »
02/25/2011
Special Training Program for Local Councillors
Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Liberty (FNF) and Center for Local Autonomy (CLA) jointly launched special training programs for local councillors, aiming to foster role and accountability of local council and build capacities of local councillors in carrying out their parliamentary activities. continue reading »
12/13/2010
24th Joint International Seminar on Local Autonomy
In late November the Center for Local Autonomy of Hanyang University and the Friedrich Naumann Foundation’s office in Seoul held their 24th joint International Seminar on Local Autonomy. This year’s seminar focused on “Local Governance and Community”. continue reading »
