Democratic Peaceful Unification Advisory Council Beijing Chapter 21st Term Launch... Park Girak Inaugurated as New Chairman

The 21st term of the Beijing Council of the National Unification Advisory Council (NUAC), which advises the President on peaceful reunification, has newly launched, with Park Girak inaugurated as the new chairman.

According to the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in China on the 23rd, Ambassador Jeong Jae-ho delivered the appointment letter to Park Girak, chairman of the 21st Beijing Council, on behalf of President Yoon Suk-yeol. Letters of commission were also awarded to advisory committee members.

Park Ki-rak, the 21st Chairman of the Beijing Council of the National Unification Advisory Council, is delivering the opening address at the inauguration ceremony held on the 23rd at the Holiday Inn Beijing Focus Square Hotel in Chaoyang District, Beijing. (Photo by Kim Hyun-jung)

The NUAC is a presidential advisory body established based on the Constitution, founded in 1980 and launched the following year. The chairperson is the President. It has established and operates councils in 45 regions across 136 countries worldwide. In China, councils operate in five regions: Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Qingdao, and Shenyang.

At the inauguration ceremony held in the afternoon at the Holiday Inn Beijing Focus Square Hotel in Chaoyang District, Beijing, Chairman Park said, "The current international situation is moving so urgently that the term 'new Cold War era' is being used, and although Korea-China relations have shifted to with-COVID after THAAD and COVID-19, the number of Korean residents has decreased and the market economy has been greatly contracted." He emphasized, "As chairman, with conviction and responsibility, I will communicate and harmonize with advisory committee members and strive together with them to make the Beijing Council a focal point in realizing President Yoon Suk-yeol’s unification policy of ‘a denuclearized, peaceful, and prosperous Korean Peninsula’ and the ‘Bold Initiative.’"

Consul General Kim Byung-kwon of the Korean Embassy in China said in his congratulatory speech, "The advisory committee members also play a crucial role in consolidating peaceful and democratic unification capabilities on the Korean Peninsula," adding, "Our embassy will support your activities wholeheartedly and sincerely." He continued, "We expect the 21st Beijing Council to greatly contribute to spreading the unification aspirations of overseas Koreans and expanding consensus within the Korean community for promoting inter-Korean relations characterized by practicality and flexibility, thereby laying the foundation for the democratic and peaceful unification of our homeland."

The event continued with a lecture by Lee Seung-ho, the Unification Officer of the Korean Embassy in China, titled ‘Korean Peninsula Unification and the Yoon Suk-yeol Government’s Unification and North Korea Policy,’ followed by performances by the Beijing Korean Boys and Girls Choir and a unification chorus.

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