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International Conference "The One Belt, One Road Initiative and Conflicts and Cooperation in East Asia"

On October 19, 2018, the Northeast Asian History Foundation held an international conference at its grand conference hall under the theme "Studying China's Globalization Strategies: The One Belt, One Road Initiative and Conflicts and Cooperation in East Asia."

Present at the conference were Professor Zheng Yongnian (鄭永年) of the East Asian Institute at the National University of Singapore, five Chinese experts including Professor Luo Jianbo (羅建波) serving as director of the Research Office for China’s Foreign Affairs within the Central Party School's Institute of International Strategic Studies, Professor Abanti Bhattachary from the University of Delhi, Professor Sandip Kumar Mishra from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, and Professor Do Tien Sam, the former director of the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences' Institute of Chinese Studies. The experts exchanged their various opinions about the light and shade of China's One Belt, One Road initiative and the possible implications it may have on the Korean peninsula and Asia. The Foundation plans to take what was discussed at the conference to conduct further research on China's globalization strategies and publish the findings in book form by the first half of 2019.

Seventh Secretary-General Joins NAHF

On October 10, 2018, Cho Tae-young, the former Korean ambassador to Indonesia, joined the Northeast Asian History Foundation after being appointed as its seventh secretary-general by the Korean Minister of Education. Secretary-General Cho joined the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs after passing the fifteenth high diplomatic service examination, and prior to serving as the Korean ambassador to Indonesia, he also served as the Korean ambassador to Bangladesh and the spokesperson for the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs.