Journalists from all over the world are scheduled to gather in Korea next week for a conference on the role of reporters in inter-Korean relations and peninsular reunification.
The second World Journalists Conference will kick off in Seoul with around 100 media professionals from 50 different countries.
The conference, hosted by the Journalists Association of Korea, will last until Friday, after the opening ceremony Monday at the Korea Press Center.
About 30 participants of this year’s conference will receive the chance to visit Dokdo, a group of islets in the East Sea that are the subject of a territorial dispute between South Korea and Japan.
The group will also visit the demilitarized zone, as well as Bulguksa temple in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province, and other historical sites.
The event will give journalists from nations in the six-party forum ― with the exception of North Korea ― a platform to discuss North-South relations in depth. The countries involved in the six-party talks on nuclear issues include the two Koreas, China, the U.S., Russia and Japan.
Guest speakers of the event include Park Chong-ryul, president of the Journalists Association of Korea, Vice Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yong, and Yu Hyun-seok president of The Korea Foundation.
The Journalists Association of Korea held its first conference in Seoul last year.
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