On September 14-15, the Ministry of Unification held the 11th Korea–Germany Unification Advisory Committee. This Council, which will resume as a face-to-face meeting in three years after COVID-19, is themed around the humanitarian status of West and East Germany and the human rights policies and exchanges in the North Korean sport and culture sectors.
Three advisory members, including Carsten Schneider (the Minister of State for East Germany and Equivalent Living Conditions), and seven experts, including Michael Grosse-Bromer (a member of the Bundestag), attended this meeting.
On September 13, Unification Minister Kwon Youngse welcomed participants from Germany and called for the German government’s support and cooperation to encourage North Korea to positively respond to the Yoon Suk Yeol administration’s “Audacious Initiative.”