Jeju Forum video speech by North Korean personnel canceled... Notification of replacement of UNESCO education officer

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It was found that the participation of North Korean figures in video speeches promoted by the international academic conference 'Jeju Forum' was ultimately aborted.

An official from the Jeju Peace Research Institute, which hosts the Jeju Forum, announced on the 23rd that UNESCO recently notified an education officer other than a North Korean official as a video speaker.

The Jeju Forum, which opens on the 24th with a three-day schedule, has been seeking to recruit Dr. Gwang-cheol Jang, head of the education policy department of the Policy and Lifelong Education Department at UNESCO headquarters, as a virtual speaker for the 'UNESCO and the Future of Education' session on the third day of the event.

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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Jeon Myung-hoon = It was found that the participation of North Korean officials in a video speech promoted by the international academic conference 'Jeju Forum' was ultimately aborted.

An official from the Jeju Peace Research Institute, which hosts the Jeju Forum, announced on the 23rd that UNESCO recently notified an education officer other than a North Korean official as a video speaker.

The Jeju Forum, which opens on the 24th with a three-day schedule, has been seeking to recruit Dr. Gwang-cheol Jang, head of the education policy department of the Policy and Lifelong Education Department at UNESCO headquarters, as a virtual speaker for the 'UNESCO and the Future of Education' session on the third day of the event.

According to the UNESCO website, Dr. Jang is a North Korean official dispatched to UNESCO after working at the North Korean Ministry of Education. He earned a doctorate in education from Kim Hyeong-jik University of Education and is an education expert who has held various positions at UNESCO headquarters and regional offices.

Dr. Jang's push to participate in the Jeju Forum was expected to be an opportunity to get a glimpse of the possibility of inter-Korean exchanges on the international multilateral diplomatic stage in the non-political field, but it ultimately fell through.

As North Korea continues its hostile policy toward South Korea under the slogan of "two hostile countries," the possibility of North Korea canceling its participation in the speech due to pressure being raised when the fact that the speech was being promoted became known in Korea.

This year's Jeju Forum consisted of a total of 70 sessions under the main theme of 'An era of division, reimagining cooperation.'

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