Hanns-Seidel-Foundation (HSF) and President Kim Jong-soog of the Korean Women´s Development Institute (KWDI). Afterwards, the first session of the seminar reflected upon the 25th anniversary of UN…

The report addresses vocational education and training in North Korea, with a particular focus on so-called “Factory Colleges” and other educational institutions. In North Korea, there are specialized

On 8–9 September 2025, the Technical Review Meeting on the Draft Revised International Single Species Action Plan for the Black-faced Spoonbill was held at the ESCAP East and North-East Asia Office, c

Building Partnerships, Bridging Borders As we move closer to the 2030 deadline for the SDGs, partnerships are no longer optional — they are essential. At the heart of this global agenda lies SDG 17 Pa

On July 16, 2025, a delegation from the city of Gwangyang in South Jeolla Province, South Korea, visited the Hanns Seidel Foundation in Munich. The group consisted of around 40 participants, primarily

meeting was held to relaunch the Youth Task Force of the East Asian–Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP). In addition to enthusiastic young representatives from across the region, members of the…

From July 23 to 31, 2025, the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands was held in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. Centred on the theme “Protecting Wetlands for Our Common

Institute for Peace Affairs has published a new issue of the Korean Journal of Unification Affairs (Vol. 37 No.1, first half of 2025). This volume again includes a variety of interesting studies and…

g flyway conservation through NGOs' engagement: Case of Hanns Seidel Foundation. Avian Research, 100287. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avrs.2025.100287. Read the full article on ScienceDirect:…

Discussing the Resumption of Inter-Korean Forest Cooperation On August 7, 2025, the National Institute of Forest Science, in partnership with the Hanns Seidel Foundation Korea, convened an expert roun