UGA hosts talks with North, South Korea & U.S.A leaders
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Diplomats, academics and political leaders from North Korea, South Korea and the United States gathered in Athens today to talk about lasting peace and possible reunification in the Asian peninsula, divided for 60 years.
Leaders from both Koreas said they hope the two countries unify one day.
<##IMAGE##> “To secure peace and reunification of the peninsula is the unanimous desire of the entire Korean peninsula,” said Ri Jong Hyok, a member of the country’s Supreme People’s National Assembly and leader of North Korea’s delegation.
Long-standing tensions between the two countries eased 11 years ago, but after a new, conservative regime gained control in South Korea, peace negotiations are not only at a standstill but have reached a historical low point, he said.
The renewed tension between the two countries escalated into violence last year.
The leader from communist North Korea did not specifically mention his country’s drive to develop nuclear weapons, one of the main sticking points in talks between the Koreas and the United States.
Nearly 50 South Korean sailors died when their ship was sunk in the Yellow Sea; South Korean investigators said North Korean torpedoes sunk the ship, though the North Koreans denied it. Last November, the two countries’ armies briefly exchanged artillery fire.
But that violence makes this week’s informal talks even more important, said one of the South Korean delegates, Naik Nak Cheong, a professor emeritus at Seoul National University.
“I believe the more difficult a situation is, the more important dialogue is,” he said,
But nuclear weapons is the first issue listed for discussion in the agenda for the four-day conference at Athens’ Classic Center. Participants will also talk about other questions, including how to avoid future maritime clashes, expanding economic ties and providing humanitarian aid to North Korea, one of the world’s poorest countries.
<##IMAGE##> Today’s opening session was open to the public, but most of the four-day conference will be closed, so the roughly 30 participants can speak freely without having to worry about having to account for their words if they are televised or appear in print, said University of Georgia professor Han Park.
A concluding session Thursday morning will be open to the public, however.
Park, director of UGA’s Center for the Study of Global Issues, arranged the conference, which gives leaders from the two Asian nations a rare chance to talk in private about the serious issues between them.
Park has long been a behind-the-scenes negotiator between the two countries and the U.S., for example helping in recent years to gain the release of two U.S. journalists captured when they crossed over into North Korea without permission.
Leaders from both Koreas said they hope the two countries unify one day.
<##IMAGE##> “To secure peace and reunification of the peninsula is the unanimous desire of the entire Korean peninsula,” said Ri Jong Hyok, a member of the country’s Supreme People’s National Assembly and leader of North Korea’s delegation.
Long-standing tensions between the two countries eased 11 years ago, but after a new, conservative regime gained control in South Korea, peace negotiations are not only at a standstill but have reached a historical low point, he said.
The renewed tension between the two countries escalated into violence last year.
The leader from communist North Korea did not specifically mention his country’s drive to develop nuclear weapons, one of the main sticking points in talks between the Koreas and the United States.
Nearly 50 South Korean sailors died when their ship was sunk in the Yellow Sea; South Korean investigators said North Korean torpedoes sunk the ship, though the North Koreans denied it. Last November, the two countries’ armies briefly exchanged artillery fire.
But that violence makes this week’s informal talks even more important, said one of the South Korean delegates, Naik Nak Cheong, a professor emeritus at Seoul National University.
“I believe the more difficult a situation is, the more important dialogue is,” he said,
But nuclear weapons is the first issue listed for discussion in the agenda for the four-day conference at Athens’ Classic Center. Participants will also talk about other questions, including how to avoid future maritime clashes, expanding economic ties and providing humanitarian aid to North Korea, one of the world’s poorest countries.
<##IMAGE##> Today’s opening session was open to the public, but most of the four-day conference will be closed, so the roughly 30 participants can speak freely without having to worry about having to account for their words if they are televised or appear in print, said University of Georgia professor Han Park.
A concluding session Thursday morning will be open to the public, however.
Park, director of UGA’s Center for the Study of Global Issues, arranged the conference, which gives leaders from the two Asian nations a rare chance to talk in private about the serious issues between them.
Park has long been a behind-the-scenes negotiator between the two countries and the U.S., for example helping in recent years to gain the release of two U.S. journalists captured when they crossed over into North Korea without permission.
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