Northeast Asia Foundation to Hold Meeting With Foreign Students

By Jun Ji-hye

The Northeast Asian History Foundation (NAHF) has invited attendees of its special program, the Northeast Asian History Academy for Foreigners, to a dinner Wednesday to provide them with an opportunity to discuss issues with foundation staffers.

Twenty foreigners who study or work here have been invited to the event.

A similar event for another 20 was held on Oct. 8

Before the dinner, there will be a lecture by Jung Ho-sub, history professor of Hansung University, about the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences' Northeast Project.

The project is supported financially by the Chinese government and argues that a historical Korean kingdom existed near the border of present-day North Korea and Northeast China This differs from the opinions of some progressive scholars here who say that Korea's first kingdom, Gojoseon, controlled much of present day northeast China, including the capital city of Beijing.

The Northeast Asian History Academy for Foreigners, which began on Sept.

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