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11/22/2010
Pyongyang elects Kim Jong Il “eternal leader of the party” and dresses its windows
During his latest trip to Pyongyang the head of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation’s project in Korea had the opportunity for intensive political background talks about North-South relations, individual humanitarian issues, succession, the future of the Six-Party-Talks and the economical relationship with China. A senior official of the International department of the Worker’s Party disclosed that at the Party-Delegation-Conference, end of September, not only major state-bodies were filled, but the statutes were changed as well. Hence - in analogy to his deceased father, the “eternal president” - Kim Jong Il now carries the title of “eternal leader of the party”. continue reading »
11/08/2010
Aid or Development? ODA – Lessons learned and challenges for Korea
The 5th Jeju Peace Institute-Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Liberty joint workshop successfully took place at Jeju Peace Institute, Jeju Island, from October 18 to 20. The workshop entitled “Aid or Development?: ODA – lessons learned and challenges for Korea, offered participating experts the timely opportunity to shed light on the still on-going debates on aid-development relationship and to analyze the achievements and failures of foreign assistance policies and practices. After the two-day intensive workshop, the participants came up with the recommendations for Korea’s effective foreign assistance policy. continue reading »
11/03/2010
FNF - IFES International Conference
On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of German Unification Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Liberty (FNF) and the Institute for Far Eastern Studies (IFES) welcomed more than 150 guests at an international conference on “Politics of German Unification: Lessons for the Korean Peninsula” held in Seoul. continue reading »
10/25/2010
Special briefing on the division of Korea
In the course of their participation at the FNF-IFES International Conference on “Politics of German Unification: Lessons for the Korean Peninsula”, Manfred Richter, treasurer of the board of FNF directors, Klaus Gollert, former minister of health, labour and social affairs to the federal state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Falk Bomsdorf, former director of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Liberty to Russia, Rainer Adam, regional director of the FNF’s Southeast and East-Asia regional office in Bangkok and Walter Klitz, the resident representative of the foundation in Korea had the chance to visit the demilitarized zone the day after the conference. Accompanied by the German military attaché, colonel Rainer Schwickart, they were given a comprehensive briefing into the Korean division by LTCol. Michael T. Eggers, the joint duty officer of the United States Army. continue reading »
