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‘2026 Korea-Africa Foreign Ministers’ Meeting: D-1 Roundtable’ Held
관리자 / 2026-06-01 오후 2:13:00 / 5‘2026 Korea-Africa Foreign Ministers’ Meeting: D-1 Roundtable’ Held
On Saturday 30 May, the day before the ‘2026 Korea-Africa Foreign Ministers’ Meeting’ which began on 31 May, the Foundation, in collaboration with the Korean Association for African Studies and the Korean Association for International Relations, hosted the <> to examine the importance of enhancing Korea-Africa relations and strategies for cooperation.
The roundtable took place as a morning special session of the ‘2026 Korea-Africa First Half Academic Conference’.
During this roundtable, keynote presentations and panel discussions were led by former Ambassadors to Africa, who have worked tirelessly on the ground for many years to foster relations between Korea and Africa, and new strategic directions and implications for cooperation were discussed, focusing on key themes such as supply chains, energy, critical minerals and public diplomacy.
※ Pre-submitted articles on this topic were serialised over the past three weeks in a special issue of ‘Africa Focus’. (*Click on the titles below to access the links.)
Park Jong-dae, professor at the Graduate School of International Relations, Yonsei University
(former ambassador to the Republic of South Africa)
Song Geum-young, senior adviser at the Korea International Cooperation Agency
(former ambassador to Tanzania)
Kim Dong-chan, Professor Emeritus at the National Institute of International Relations
(former Ambassador to Angola)
Han Dong-man
(former Consul-General in San Francisco, former Ambassador to the Philippines)
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