On 28th April 2021, IUCN launched the new IUCN Flagship Report: Nature in a Globalized World-Conflict, and Conservation. HSF has contributed to the report.

On April 27, the 34th Korean Unification Forum hosted by the Institute for Peace Affairs (IPA) and the Hanns Seidel Foundation Korea (HSS) successfully. Jo Youngsik, Director of Water Resources Management Research & Planning Department, K-water, a partner of HSS, attended as a debater

On the occasion of the 3rd anniversary of 4.27 Panmunjom Declaration, the Hanns Seidel Foundation Korea organized some major works of HSF’s inter-Korean forest Cooperation.

On April 21st, George Mason University Korea Peace and Conflict Studies Center Asia (GMUK PACSC Asia) and Hanns Seidel Foundation Korea (HSF) hosted a problem-solving workshop ‘A Conflict Analysis and Resolution Approach to Inter-Korean Cooperation.

Hanns Seidel Foundation Korea (HSF) visited Songdo to meet local partners. Felix Glenk, project manager for DPR Korea of HSF Korea, Dr. Hyunah Choi, senior researcher of HSF Korea and Youjin Cho, research intern visited East Asian-Australian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP) and United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP).

The Institute for Peace Affairs (IPA) and Hanns Seidel Foundation Korea (HSS) are co-hosting the 34th Korean Unification Forum, "Sustainable Environment Cooperation on the Korean Peninsula 3: Direction of Cooperation for Coexistence of the South-North Shared Rivers."

On April 20th, Hanns Seidel Foundation Korea (HSS) met with Seoul National University Asia Center (SNUAC) and signed the Agreement on Scholarly Exchange and Collaboration between Hanns Seidel Foundation Korea and Seoul National University Asia Center.

North Korea recently launched their first website on national wetlands, “Mundok Migratory Bird Reserve.”

Cheorwon-gun is a divided county within the divided Province of Gangwon, directly located south of the DMZ that separates South Korea and North Korea. The ruins of the former Korean Workers’ Party Office in Cheorwon is a constant reminder that the area was located in North Korea after the division of Korea in 1945, and only became formally part of South Korea with the Korean Armistice Agreement. HSF Korea conducted a field research to the area on 1 April 2021.

On 21 April, 2021, the George Mason University PACSC Asia and Hanns Seidel Foundation organizes a workshop ‘Conflict analysis and Resolution Approach to Inter-Korean Cooperation: From Lessons Learned to Dynamic and hybrid Cooperative Efforts.’

On April 7th, Seoul National University Graduate School of Public Administration (SNU GSPA) and Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF) Korea hosted a joint seminar series ‘COVID-19 between Europe and Asia, Challenges for Public Administration.’

The HSF went on a trip to the southern part of the divided Goseong County from March 25th to March 26th in order to check the developments of local nature preservation projects.

Commemorating 30th anniversary of German reunification in 2020, Dr. Ki-ung Son and Professor. Dong-wan Kang published a book “Walk along the 1,393km of Grünes Band between the Inner German Border.” Dr. Seliger joined this journey several times in Germany.

On April 6, 2021 OJEong Resilience Institute (OJERI), Korea University hosted a hybrid seminar on Drought - Evaluation of Flood Prediction and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in North Korea.

Hanns-Seidel Foundation in Korea (HSF) wishes you a Happy Easter. We thank our supporters and partners.

On 31 March, Goyang Research Institute hosted the 22nd Goyang Forum. The topic of discussion was the possibility of cooperation in the Northwestern region of Gyeonggi, the border area through peace economy.