From l to r: HE Mr Hak Bong Hyon, Lord Lothian, Aidan Foster-Carter and Charles Scanlon

On Tuesday 9th June, we were delighted to welcome His Excellency Mr Hak Bong Hyon, Ambassador of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in London, Aidan Foster-Carter, Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Sociology and Modern Korea at Leeds University, and Charles Scanlon, BBC East Asia editor until March 2015 to GSF.  They took part in a discussion entitled ‘Perspectives On The Current Situation On The Korean Peninsula’, which was chaired by Lord Lothian.

To listen again to the discussion, please click here. 

To read NKNews’ report of the event, please click: http://www.nknews.org/2015/06/dprk-ambassador-to-uk-discusses-inter-korean-relations-reunification/

Jeremy Hunter, who attended the event, will also be giving his own talk on North Korea on Wednesday 24th June.  Details can be found by clicking here: Jeremy Hunter Jermyn St Theatre.