22 November 2022
On November 22nd, MGIMO Rector Anatoly Torkunov welcomed at the University the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Korea Chang Ho Jin.
The guest was accompanied by the Director of the Korea Foundation (Moscow Office) Lim Cheol Woo and the Second Secretary of the Embassy Oh Ji Yong. The meeting was also attended by the Vice-Rector for Science and Research Andrey Baykov, the Associate Professor at the Department of Japanese, Korean, Indonesian and Mongolian Languages Valery Sukhinin and the Associate Professor at the Department of Oriental Studies Ilya Dyachkov.
The MGIMO Rector told the guest about MGIMO University, its ties with South Korean think tanks, and a long tradition of student exchanges. Those present discussed academic cooperation, current and future research projects, in particular, the presentation of the book entitled “Russian–Korean relations. Parallel History” (in Russian), which will take place at the University on November 29th.
