Participants attend a session during the 20th Jeju Forum for Peace and Prosperity at the International Convention Center Jeju in Seogwipo, Jeju Island, May 28, 2025.
Newsis A North Korean UNESCO official who had been expected to join this year’s Jeju Forum remotely will not take part in the event after all, organizers said Tuesday.
Chang Gwnag-chol, chief of the Education Policy Section at UNESCO, had been scheduled to participate via video in a Friday session titled “UNESCO and the Future of Education: Challenges and Prospects.” Had he joined, he would likely have become the first North Korean figure to take part in the annual international forum.
Read More Korea wants Jeju Forum to be global platform of peace, int'l cooperation: foreign minister UN secretary-general candidates to speak at Jeju Forum next week Jeju Forum seeks to invite North Korean UNESCO official to participate remotely According to the Jeju Peace Institute, which organizes the event, UNESCO recently informed the forum that Chang would no longer participate.
A Vietnamese education expert is expected to replace him on the panel.
