Gyeongnam National University Institute of Far Eastern Studies Hosts New Year Meeting with Endowed, Invited Professors and Research Fellows

The Institute of Far Eastern Studies at Gyeongnam National University held the '2025 Institute of Far Eastern Studies Chair Professors, Invited Professors, and Invited Research Fellows New Year Meeting' on the morning of the 20th in the Peace Hall conference room.

Group photo of the Kyungnam University Far East Issues Training Institute New Year's meeting.

At the meeting, Gyeongnam National University President Park Jae-gyu, Shim Yeonhakwon Chairperson Kim Seon-hyang, and four chair professors of the Institute of Far Eastern Studies (Kang In-duk, former Minister of Unification; Ahn Ho-young, former Ambassador to the United States; Lee Soo-hoon, former Ambassador to Japan; Cho Byung-je, former President of the Korea National Diplomatic Academy), four invited professors (Park No-byeok, former Ambassador to Russia and Ukraine; Cho Seong-ryeol, former Consul General in Osaka, etc.), eight invited research fellows (Seo Joo-seok, former Vice Minister of National Defense; Jeong Jae-yong, former senior reporter at Yonhap News Agency, etc.), and about 30 faculty members of the Institute attended.

During the New Year luncheon meeting, the institute's key projects such as '2024 major project achievements and 2025 plans' were explained, and discussions were held on the outlook for changes in the Korean Peninsula situation following the inauguration of the second Trump administration in the United States, as well as the domestic and international situation for the new year.

President Park Jae-gyu urged the attendees, saying, "You contributed to the development of the institute with many research achievements over the past year," and asked them to "actively cooperate in academic research for the development of inter-Korean relations and unification in 2025."

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