On May 21st the U. S. Ambassador Sung Kim and Deputy Chief of Mission Leslie Bassett attended the North Korean Policy Conference which was hosted by the SKKU Global Leader Department, the East Asia Institute which is under the leadership of the Chairman Young-Sun Ha, and the U. S. Embassy. During the meeting with President Jun Young Kim, the Ambassador said: “We hope to see an increased number of American students come to Korea through the excellent programs that Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) provides in English.”
In his opening address, the ambassador recognized the gravity of the human rights issues in North Korea. He also stressed the importance of cooperation between South Korea and U. S. to solve the political complications in the region and called for sincere engagement with North Korea.
Deputy Chief of Mission Leslie Bassett, who read the keynote address on behalf of U.S. North Korea Human Rights Envoy Robert King mentioned: “It is frustrating to see no evident change from the North Korean Human Rights Report, but North Korea is changing gradually from the inside through the exposure to the influx of foreign digital contents and increased use of Internet and digital devices.”
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