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The talk will focus on the view from inside Pyongyang, and the daily course of life in the midst of the current crisis. HE Morgan will also address challenges and opportunities ahead of the US-NK summit and the mood on the ground, and he will reflect on the geopolitical dynamics among North Korea’s neighbours, as well as how major powers in East Asia can work together to address the North Korean problem.
HE Alastair Morgan took up his current appointment as British Ambassador to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in December 2015. He served as Consul-General, British Consulate-General Guangzhou, from 2010 to 2014. From 1991 to 1996 he was First Secretary (Trade Policy) and from 2002 to 2006 he was Counsellor Trade Policy and Director of Inward investment in the British Embassy, Tokyo. He studied English Literature at Trinity College, Cambridge University and speaks Japanese, Mandarin and Korean.