PUAC Holds the Asia-Pacific Region Expanded Executive Committee Meeting for the First Quarter of 2025

The PUAC Asia-Pacific Regional Assembly (Vice-Chairperson Ko Sang-gu) held the 「Expanded Executive Committee Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Assembly for the First Quarter of 2025」 in the conference room of Grand Center Point Terminal 21 in Bangkok, Thailand at 9:30 on March 8, 2025. The expanded executive committee meeting brought together 30 people, including the vice- chairperson of the assembly and the heads of chapters, as well as the branch heads, secretaries and chairpersons of the standing committees of the Asia-Pacific Assembly. The meeting proceeded in the order of △ opening ceremony, △opening speech by Ko Sang-gu, vice-chairperson of the Asia-Pacific Assembly, △ Remarks by Deputy Secretary General Dong Seung-chul, △ Report on the business of the Secretariat, △ Discussions about major business plans of the Asia-Pacific Regional Assembly and local chapters in 2025, △ Discussions about pending issues related to the activities of the Asia-Pacific region, and △ commemorative photo taking.

Meeting of the International Cooperation Standing Committee for the First Quarter of 2025

The PUAC International Cooperation Standing Committee (Chairman Cho Yoon-young) held a meeting for policy recommendations for the first quarter on February 20, with 50 committee members, including 24 overseas members, attending. The meeting, which was held under the theme of "Unification Policy Cooperation Measures in the Trump Era," proceeded in the order of keynote presentations by Kwon Bo-ram, a researcher at the Korea Institute for Defense Analyses, and Park Won-gon, a North Korean studies professor at Ewha Womans University, a panel discussion of Lee Ki-wan, a professor of international relations at Changwon University, and Kim Sung-soo, a professor of politics and diplomacy at Hanyang University, and a comprehensive discussion involving all committee members.

Commemoration of the 106th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in the Muo Year, Celebration of the 80th Anniversary of Korea's Liberation (Shenyang, China)

The PUAC Shenyang Chapter (Park Young-wan doubles as head of the Shenyang Chapter and Vice Chairman of the China Assembly) held a ceremony commemorating the 106th Anniversary of Declaration of Independence in the Muo Year at the Westin Hotel in Shenyang, China on January 17. The Declaration of Independence in the Muo Year, proclaimed by 39 independence activists in Jilin Province in northeastern China on February 1, 1919 (January 1 of the lunar calendar), was Korea's first declaration of independence. The Declaration of Independence in the Muo Year became the catalyst for the February 8 Declaration of Independence and the March 1st Movement.