Listen "2025 Korea JoongAng Daily Forum — in pictures"
Episode Synopsis
This article is by Michael Lee and read by an artificial voice.
Some 220 participants, including ambassadors and senior diplomats from over 40 countries, attended the Korea JoongAng Daily Forum at the Lotte Hotel in central Seoul on Thursday.
The event took place one day before the 25th anniversary of the printing of the paper's first edition on Oct. 17, 2000, when the JoongAng Ilbo launched an English-language newspaper in partnership with the International Herald Tribune, now The New York Times.
Speakers at the forum included Stephen Dunbar-Johnson, president, international of The New York Times, and Minister of Unification Chung Dong-young, who outlined the Lee Jae Myung administration's approach to North Korea and the broader region.