On March 29, 2016, the Asan Institute held a closed roundtable with Mr. August Albert Borg, First Secretary at the Embassy of Sweden in Pyongyang. Topics discussed included prospects for inter-Korean relations, the purpose of sanctions on the DPRK, peace treaties, North Korea’s strategic maneuvering, and recent changes and developments in Pyongyang.
 
Date/Time: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 / 10:00 am – 11:30 am
Place: Conference Room (3F), The Asan Institute for Policy Studies
 
⇨ Mr. August Albert Borg is Deputy Head of Mission of Embassy of Sweden in DPRK. Previously, he was Second Secretary of Embassy of Sweden in Vilnius (Lithuania) and Riga (Latvia), Election Monitor of Embassy of Sweden in Kabul (Afghanistan), and Desk officer of Department for Eastern Europe and Central Asia; Belarus and Russia affairs of Ministry for foreign affairs in Stockholm.