On November 20, 2024, the Hanns Seidel Foundation Korea, in collaboration with the Korean Institute for Peace Affairs, hosted the 23rd Overseas Korean Seminar. The event brought together experts to analyze the evolving international situation on the Korean Peninsula, shaped by North Korea's involvement in the Ukraine war and the shifting political directions of the new governments in the United States and Japan. Additionally, strategies for stabilizing the Korean Peninsula's future were discussed in dialogue with overseas Korean experts.

Published by Yonsei University’s Institute for North Korean Studies with support from The Asia Research Fund, this edition invites readers on a journey ranging from questions of North Korean identity, socio-economic circumstances and developments in the Pyongyang-Moscow security nexus. Hanns Seidel Foundation Korea proudly acknowledges representative Dr. Bernhard Seliger’s work as a Book Review editor. Written and reviewed by experts from all over the world, the North Korean Review furnishes readers with a prime grasp of North Korean realities and developments.

Sanctions on North Korea lengthen, how will Pyongyang respond? NK’s Strategy for Coping with Sanctions and the International Response

On October 31, 2024, the Hanns Seidel Foundation participated in the German-Korean Economy Forum, hosted by the City of Goyang and the Goyang Research Institute. The forum gathered representatives from local and German organizations, institutes, and businesses to share insights and experiences on the theme “Strategy Development for Global Economic Growth in the City of Goyang.”