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International Goodwill Ambassadors appointed
KDF has appointed International Goodwill Ambassadors for Democracy to carry out activities to promote democracy and peace at a time when international exchange is difficult due to the pandemic from 2021. The International Goodwill Ambassadors for Democracy, composed of 19 civil society activists and researchers from 17 countries in Asia, Canada and Europe, started their activities to promote democracy and democratization movement of Korea. The Goodwill Ambassadors are made up of people who know Korea well and have a high understanding of Korea's democratization movement. The nationalities of the commissioned persons are Canada, Germen, Norway, Asia-pacific, Nepal, Taiwan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Japan, Cambodia, Thailand, Philippines and Timor Leste.
The Goodwill Ambassador | LIST
KDF - International Goodwill Ambassador 2023
| N/O | National | Name (*female) | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Canada | Donald Leslie Baker | Prof.Dr., Dept. of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia |
| 02 | Germen | Yhee, Jean | Ph.D. Director, Institut Politik+Kultur in Berlin |
| 03 | Germen | Schulamit Kriener* | Legal Counsel, Hanwha Q CELLS GmbH |
| 04 | Norway | Georg Andreas Broch | Special Adviser, The Norwegian Center for Holocaust and Minority Studies |
| 05 | Asia-pacific | Nam Boo Won | General Secretary, Asia and Pacific Alliance of YMCAs |
| 06 | Nepal | Deepak Prasad Bashyal | Technical Advisor for Networking and Advocacy - JCYCN |
| 07 | Taiwan | Cheng, Naiwei | The Memorial Foundation of 228 |
| 08 | Malaysia | Yap Swee Seng | Former executive director of BERSIH 2.0 |
| 09 | Mongolia | Urantsooj Gombosuren* | Chairperson, Centre for Human Rights and Development |
| 10 | Bangladesh | Mustain Billah | Editorial Board Member, Jonoporishor |
| 11 | Sri Lanka | Sanjeewani Anuradha Gunarathne* | Project Management Consultant |
| 12 | India | Nilambar Nayak | Executive Director, Centre for Social Justice and Development |
| 13 | Indonesia | Ichal Supriadi | Secretary General, Asia Democracy Network |
| 14 | Japan | Mika Furukawa* | Specializes in Korean art and culture studies, lecturer, Joshibi University of Art and Design |
| 15 | Cambodia | Him Yun | Executive Director, the Coalition for Integrity and Social Accountability |
| 16 | Thailand | Patporn Phoothong* | Independent Researcher |
| 17 | Thailand | Pandit Chanrochanakit | Prof.Dr. Department of government, Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University |
| 18 | Philippines | Fides Bagasao* | CO-Founder, Communiy Organizers Multiversity |
| 19 | Timor Leste | Gabriel Lito | Founder, Juventude Inovativu |
International PPDC
Since 2020, the KDF has been organizing the "Peace and public Diplomacy Corps" program to share the experience of public diplomacy and international cooperation for developing democracy and peace with the youth generation. In 2023, 70 members are participating the PPDC program from five countries, including Japan, Nepal, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Republic of Korea. The participating groups are as follows. KDF (Republic of Korea), JCYCN(Nepal), EYF(Sri Lanka), NPA(Japan), YFP(Cambodia), ARF(Thailand).
Support and international cooperation for overseas democracy
- Supported overseas democracy movements and group activities at home and abroad in Myanmar, Thailand, Hong Kong, etc.
Online media work
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Social media (Facebook) platform “Seoul Network for Solidarity” opened and operated
- Sharing information of pro-democracy activities in Asia with 1,100 recipients of civil society activists and experts in 50 Asian countries including Thailand, Indonesia, Japan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh